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- From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.205006.17535@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 20:50:06 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec19.215032.18325@galileo.physics.arizona.edu> krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.220703.410@pmafire.inel.gov> cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook) writes:
- >
- >>Nobody in science seriously doubts that global warming is happening.
- >
- >Here we have it folks. The intelligent poster claims that NOBODY seriously
- >doubts that global warming is happening. Since I'm sure that this poster
- >claims to have read ALL the scientific journal articles on the topic, he must
- >believe that all of the completely credible scientists who have written that
- >global warming is NOT occuring (not to mention the thousands who believe that
- >humans have nothing to do with it) are lying???
-
- Given the fact that it is an observed phenomemon, it's pretty hard to
- dispute. From what I've read, the debate centers around the following
- questions (primarily):
-
- - Is the observed trend actually an emerging long-term trend? Or, is
- it a temporary blip?
-
- - Given the current recent trend, what will the magnitude be of any
- future warming?
-
- - What will be the effects (if any) be on climate and weather?
-
- - Is the observed trend caused by man?
-
- >
- >God! The smugness of the sky-is-falling crowd never fails to amaze me.
- >
-
- And just what did you read in my post that led you to believe I'm a
- member of the "sky-is-falling crowd"? Did you read my whole post, or
- did you just pick on this particular sentence (which, I'll grant, was
- overstated)?
-
- Get off your reactionary high horse. It's easy enough to dispute my
- statement without resorting to name calling. All you need is one
- counterexample.
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- ...Dale Cook "I don't much care how a man prays -- there's plenty of
- room in hell for all of us." --- "Mad Jack" Duncan
- The opinions are mine only (i.e., they are NOT my employer's)
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