Just because *you* don't know what these things mean doesn't mean that others don't. Please stop that, thanks.
Judah On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "Or the magnetic poles shift which leads to super volcanoes irrupting and >> bringing with it the next ice ag" >> >> In that case, the argument over global warming and cooling becomes very >> trivial. >> > > Although they may be the same thing or both happening at the same > time. I've always been baffled by the it-must-be-or-it-must-not-be > argument for x reasons: > > (1.) If the Earth is absorbing an increasing about of energy ("global > warming"), we have no idea what the effect would be. It could mean > higher land-level temperatures, it could mean lower temperatures or an > ice age, could mean more frequent and larger storms ... who knows? > > (2.) If the Earth is absorbing more energy, we have no idea what > secondary effects this might have: changes in ocean currents, > earthquakes, whatever. Who knows? > > (3.) Since we agree that we don't know #1 or #2 why would anyone waste > time debating it? > > The facts are that we know ice caps are melting amongst other things > and we don't know why. Never will. But we should take steps to > compensate for multiple risks, prioritizing them by probability even > if the uncertainty around those probabilities is large. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338978 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
