a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> "The extreme temperature in both hemispheres are caused by global warming. > Many people opposed to climatology fail to realize that." > > Jed, this is a figment of post normal science. There is absolutely no > proof for what you say > and I have been following it for years. This is your opinion versus the expertise of 99% of climatologists. I cannot judge but I suppose they are right and you are wrong. Before anyone says otherwise, let me point out that is NOT an appeal to authority. See: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/appeal-to-authority.html > Even the UK Met Office (ever ready to knock back climate > alarmism) says: > > “Climate change happens on a global scale, and weather happens at a local > scale. Climate scientists have been saying that for quite a while. > > “It’s impossible to say that these storms are more intense because of > climate change.” > Whereas the Japanese Meteorologic Agency just said this storm probably is a direct effect of global warming. I expect they are right.

