I'm lost. You're justifying paying for an theory? How much insurance are you willing to pay against the space invasion?
On 8/13/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sam wrote: > > You implied insurance companies are justifiably raising your premiums > > due to the link between global warming and hurricanes even though no > > science exists there. I was pointing out that you needed a refund > > because there where no hurricanes last year. While if it was tied to > > gw we would have had more not none. > > > > (1.) Insurance. This is all about *perceived* risk which, as it turns > out, can be calculated with some degree of accuracy. Since there is a > *possibility* that GW may cause increased weather activity, that risk > is currently priced into all of our home insurance. Period. > > (2.) Your last sentence is logically inconsistent with your GW > position. If there is global warming, human caused or no, we have no > idea what it's effect would be on climate and storms. It could cause > the temperatures to heat up or cool down, could cause more storms or > less, or could have no perceivable effect. That's the state of > science right now: we don't understand the weather and can't predict > it. > > Global Warming says that the amount of energy from the Sun retained by > Earth's atmosphere is increasing. It doesn't say what the rate is, > nor what the effects will be. > > If you spin a basketball on your finger and ever so slowly add energy > it may just spin faster, slow down if the energy contributes to > friction, or fly off of your hand due to cascade. > > The effects are not predictable unless you make assumptions about > which variables you're holding constant. The same is true with GW. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240101 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
