I have answered this already, I think 1% of possible data would be a huge improvement, though still could be statistically inaccurate.
Lets assume that the 'accurate' temperatures from 'thousands of years ago are truly accurate (and I will give you 10,000 years) and still use my base of 10,000,000 years, we aer still talking about .1% of available data. Lets scale this down a bit. Lets say we want to extrapolate the earth's climate change over a period of 10 years, that is 3,652 days (accounting for 2 leap years). This means we would be basing our 'conclusion' on the changin climate on 3.652 days worth of data. If that data was taken in the fall, one could conclude that the earth is getting cooler...if it was taken in the spring, one could conclude that the earth was getting warmer. I do not disagree that the climate is getting warmer, but when we are talking about something that is millions of years old, even thousands of years of data may be statistically insignificant. > > > How much data do we need to collect before any action can be taken in your > opinion? When are we allowed to extrapolate data to suggestions of action? > > -- Scott Stroz Some people are like slinkies...not really good for anything but they bring a smile to your face when pushed down the stairs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283416 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
