What's great are the same people who deny the existance of God based on evidence, embrace the idea
of global warming on less evidence.
--- Bob Calco <bob (AT) bobcalco DO.T net> wrote:
> While we are on the subject of global warming/cooling past and
> future...:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5034026.stm
>
> ---
> Appy Sluijs points out that the data reveals that some of the climate
> models used to detail the Arctic's history got things wrong, and as
> they are the same models that predict our future climate they may need
> adjusting.
>
> Kate Moran, lead author of one the papers and professor of
> oceanography and ocean engineering at University of Rhode Island,
> agrees: "We anticipate that our data will be used by climate modellers
> to give us better information about how climate change occurs and
> possibly where global climate might be leading.
>
> "Today's warming of the Arctic can, in all likelihood, be attributed
> to mankind's impact on the planet, but as our data suggest, natural
> processes operating in the past have also resulted in a significant
> warming and cooling of the Arctic."
> ---
>
>
> - Bob
>
> ! -----Original Message-----
> ! From: profox-bounces@leafe.com
> ! [mailto:profox-bounces (AT) leafe DO.T com] On Behalf Of Bob Calco
> ! Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 4:28 PM
> ! To: 'ProFox Email List'
> ! Subject: RE: [OT] The Coming Ice Age
> !
> ! The more correct way to put IMHO it is that it's easy for man in his
> ! arrogance to assume he can cause and/or prevent long-term
> ! climatological change. In reality, life has been wiped out more than
> ! once on this planet and it will likely be wiped out again. If nature
> ! is moving more quickly now toward a new climatological regime,
> whether
> ! we contributed to it or not, we're pretty much powerless to stop it.
> ! But the evidence that it may be happening more quickly followed by
> the
> ! conjecture that it can be explained by man-made phenomena are less
> and
> ! less convincing the larger your geological time horizon. All manner
> of
> ! sudden and seemingly inexplicable changes have occurred on this
> planet
> ! long before man hobbled together his most recent attempt at
> ! civilization. To think economic sepukku is the "cure" to this
> ! perceived problem is naïve in the extreme.
> !
> ! We are as much a part of nature and its laws as any animal. Do we do
> ! destructive things? Yes. Will destroying our economy fix the balance
> ! of nature? Of this I am skeptical, even allowing the speculation
> that
> ! economic progress is the "culprit". I see little gain and only a lot
> ! of pain in taking the kinds of measures advocated by those who feel
> ! the end is near and we must, so to speak, repent of our modern ways
> by
> ! dramatically curtailing our economic activity.
> !
> ! Clearly sensible steps should be taken to be as conscious of our
> role
> ! in the ecology of things, but to think governments or
> multi-nationals
> ! are capable of sensible things is a matter that requires rigorous
> ! proof before we trust or require either to take those steps. :)
> !
> ! First we have to define "sensible" and I think this has as much
> chance
> ! of success as getting Pamela Anderson and Pat Buchanan to agree on
> the
> ! term "decent"...
> !
> ! - Bob
> !
> ! ! -----Original Message-----
> ! ! From: profox-bounces@leafe.com
> ! ! [mailto:profox-bounces (AT) leafe DO.T com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan
> ! ! Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 12:55 PM
> ! ! To: profox@leafe.com
> ! ! Subject: [OT] The Coming Ice Age
> ! !
> ! ! Only an idiot would believe that global warming is caused by
> ! ! man. Why just 30 years ago, the same
> ! ! morons were calling for an ice age.
> ! !
> ! ! http://www.junkscience.com/mar06/Time_AnotherIceAge_June241974.pdf
> ! !
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