In order to determine if man with his hydrocarbons is having an impact on the climate, you don't need to look at data going all the way to the beginning of time. You only need to look at data before hydro-carbon and after hydro-carbon on the same scale. It's a much easier problem. Is the air dirtier now than it was before 1800? Is the hole in the ozone larger than it was 200 years ago. Is the ice melting at more rapid rate year to year than it did before the Industrial Revolution?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then man is having a negative impact on environment and climate. On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > The point I am trying to make is that the data we have about climate change > is from an extremely small time frame when compared to the entire time > 'climate' existed on earth. Trying to state unequivocally that the changes > we are seeing based on that data is solely (or even partly) the result of > humans and that changing our ways will have an effect on these changes > seems....odd. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:283425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
