Robert Munn wrote: > The only thing we really know, i.e. can tell from hundreds of millions of > years of the geological record, is that the climate of the planet changes > significantly over time, regardless of the existence or activities of human > beings.
Which, as far as we know with current science, *may* have had contributing factors similar to conditions caused by human activity. So, it is not inconceivable that whatever natural cycle the planet is currently going through, human activity could be accelerating, aggravating and|or modifying the results. Even if that is not true that humans are doing anything to the climate and this a completely natural warming trend. Any trend of a similar scale to some that *have* happened historically is still perfectly capable of screwing over humanity. Thus it should probably be taken seriously. Would it not be so nice that all the disappearing ice and glaciers was only caused by some hokum with some numbers somebody has in a database. The only real trouble with that hope is that by the time one can prove it with historical data it is rather too late to do anything about the results if it turns out to be true that the world is considerable warmer in the future. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308763 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
