Re: global warming: is it us, or is it the sun?

From: Sander Vesik (sander_at_haldjas.folklore.ee)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:18:20 +0000 (UTC)

Alex Terrell <alexterrell@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ce2n8c$6f2$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>...
> > "Paul Blay" wrote ...
> > > "Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote ...
> > > > Really then show me some solid figures comparing human production of
> > > > greenhouse gasses vs natural sources.
> > >
> > > Bets that any data produced will be dismissed as not solid enough?
> >
> > Ah here's a site he'll probably believe,
> > http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/greenhouse_data.html
> > if only because it's completely missed the point.
> >
> Interestring that the Dept of Energy attributres most of the CO2
> increase to non human activities. That means that even without humans,
> we'd have CO2 levels that are unprecedented.

See the problem is that - well, there was a kickoff off of commitee
members until only those who strictly toed the Bush political line
remained...

>
> This seems an amazing coincidence?: Over the last 100 years, CO2
> levels have been significantly higher than at any time over the last
> 700,000 years, and the DoE tells us that we humans have nothing to do
> with it!

A source that picks only those papers agreeing with some political agenda
out of a large body of papers is rather likely to arrive at suprising results.

It will be interesting to see how precicely their about-face will
match the timing of the majority of large oil companies having taken
a Shell-like stance on global warming and its causes. 

-- 
	Sander
+++ Out of cheese error +++

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