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Re: Weather Channel Founder Blasts Gore, Blames Him for Economic Woes |
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Posted by JPC on Sat Jun 14 07:26:11 2008, in response to Re: Weather Channel Founder Blasts Gore, Blames Him for Economic Woes, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Jun 13 16:53:22 2008. Perhaps, but they demonstrate that there's no real reason to assume there's scientific consensus. Your rebuttal only proves that significant debate exists. Only Al Gore and his cabal insist all debate is over and one side has won the argument.Not so fast. The ''humans have no impact on global warming'' school is very small. While there are many scientists in this school, they are greatly outnumbered by the ''humans have had at least some impact on global warming'' school. I would say that a fair consensus (although not unanimous) exists. And even still - if half the scientists say that if we keep doing the same thing there will be disastrous consequences, and the other half say there probably won't be, what is the logical thing to do (remember my example of the baby in the car seat). Models can be made to show anything, In the absence of hard data yes, although as more data becomes available, more and more models with reasonable input parameters indicate that manmade effects are at least partly responsible for observed climate change. The ''parameter space'' over which observed climate change can be solely attributed to natural cycles is quite small and shrinking. Most of the models which DO are compiled by environmental scientists who either need new grants to further their studies or to placate politically motivated benefactors. This is a true statement, but it's perhaps more powerful than you make it out to be, since it applies across the board. So the same is true for scientists who seek to prove that global warming is not caused by man (i.e. because they are receiving financial support from groups which would suffer if carbon emissions are curbed). |
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