> Brian wrote: > The way I see it, sometimes nature just happens. > > We seem to think we have some sort of control, for better or worse, over > everything. It reminds me a little bit of the global warming debate. I seem > to recall the earth experienced a massive case of "global warming" thousands > of years ago when it came out of the Ice Age....I wonder if we caused that > one too?
Does you mean that you don't think there's global warming or that you dispute it's cause as being humans? Anyone who doubts that global warming is happening might as well subscribe to Flat Earth Quarterly because the evidence is overwhelming. As to it's cause, it's almost undisputed by any credible science that it's humans: Lots of CO^2 = global warming. Humans create lots of CO^2. Previous warming events did indeed happen, and from the same cause - CO^2. Previously the CO^2 was mostly likely from volcanoes (which were much more active in prehistory) and/or ocean stores. These days the only known source is humans. "Global Warming" is somewhat of a misnomer - people think it means a constant heat wave. What it means is that the Earth's climate systems will have more energy (heat) and there'll be more fresh water available to those systems because the extra degrees of heat are enough to melt ice packs. How it will all play out, science cannot predict. That it is happening is without a doubt. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141048 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
