How are you so certain the answer to your question is 'yes'? On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > The science folks I've talked to agree that there are certainly > natural swings, that much is obvious from climate records. We also > have a general agreement, I think, that a significantly warmer Earth > is not in the best interests of our species. The question then is: Is > human activity, something we can do something about, causing global > climate change over and above anything else going on not caused by > human activity? I think that the answer to that question is pretty > clearly yes. It doesn't matter if the non-human influences were > warming or neutral, if anthropogenic climate change is pushing things > warmer, that's bad for humanity. If the underlying, non-human, > influences were trending markedly colder, that might be a different > answer, but as far as I'm aware, no one is arguing that. > > Cheers, > Judah > > On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Based on the natural cycle of heating/cooling we are on an 'upswing', >> so I hesitate to think humans are the only reason for the climate >> change. :D >> >> People I have discussed this topic with typically fall into one of two >> groups. >> >> 1. Humans are causing all the climate change. >> 2. Humans have no impact on the climate change...at all. >> >> and neither group is capable of entertaining the idea that the other >> group may be right - even a little bit right. >> >> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I do not question that the climate is changing. I am just not sure of >>>> the cause of the change. >>>> >>>> Could it be from us pesky little humans? Of course. But it is just as >>>> likely being caused by the natural heating and cooling cycle of the >>>> Earth that has been going on for millions of years. >>> >>> Out of curiosity, what makes you think that the odds of the two things >>> are even? Or did you just mean that one possible explanation is >>> natural cycles and you aren't able to make a good call one way or >>> another? >>> >>> >> >> > >
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