On Sep 8, 2008, at 8:51 AM, Michel Jullian wrote:
(typo: 2009 in last heading)
Thanks!
Good points Horace, but note Rick doesn't deny global warming, he
"only" disputes the anthropogenic explanation for some reason
(maybe he owns oil fields or something?)
Michel
It strikes me as not directly relevant as to whether we caused this
disaster or not. The fact remains that we might be able to fix it.
If I had my hand in a pot of scalding water I'd want to either turn
off the heat or pull my hand out.
We know what our contribution of greenhouse gasses is. We have a
pretty good quantitative handle on what that means in terms of
greenhouse effect and overall atmospheric effect, though the effect
has been grossly underestimated by calibration that occurred without
understanding global dimming.
If we have our hand in a pot that is 0 C and we add 30 deg.C no big
deal. If we start out with the pot at 30 deg.C and add 30 deg. C we
might be very uncomfortable. Now if we can prevent the extra 30 deg.
C I'd think we might find we want to do that regardless the cause of
the extra initial heat.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
