On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 23:35:08 -0500 Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the explanation. I feel much better now watching the > Greenland ice sheets melt away. Sound bites like yours are useless. How about http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060029652 , particularly the last few sentences, The relevance for predictions of human-caused climate change is that the models are also used to forecast future El Niño trends under warming scenarios. If they don't have their assumptions right, the predictions could be off, Emile-Geay said. "Certain aspects of the past they don't do well," he said. "It points to some fundamental deficiencies in the models." Craig > On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Craig via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 21:16:49 -0500 Max Dillon via Mercedes > > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Somehow I knew they would work this in: "This was behind how tobacco > > > firms used science to make their products look harmless, and is used > > > today by climate change deniers to argue against the scientific > > > evidence." > > > > > > Please, someone explain the science behind CO2 acting as a > > > greenhouse gas. All I've ever found are "models". > > > > The "science" behind CO2 acting as a greenhouse gas is that it will > > trap infrared radiation and not allow it to radiate to space, like > > the glass on a greenhouse. That does not account for saturation of > > the IR lines in the CO2 present, causing absorption to drop, and a > > lot of other things. > > > > The facts that all of the models are increasingly divergent from > > reality and that there has been no warming for 18 years prove that > > the hypothesis is false. > > > > > > > The very phrase "climate change denier" is designed to denigrate > > > anyone who dares to challenge the religious beliefs of the green > > > high priests. > > > > You are correct; that is why they use the phrase. You are also correct > > that it is a religion. It is, in addition, a way to redistribute > > wealth and concentrate power in the hands of a few power-hungry > > individuals. > > > > > > Craig > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > Craig ---------------------------------- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 278 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint and attend to the headlight switch) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
