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On Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:39:47 -0600, "KLC Lewis"
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"Goofball_star_dot_etal" wrote in message
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http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94

Ya, so if someone tells me that I did not experience something that I
experienced, I must not have experienced it.
It is true that the clamor over "global cooling" didn't begin to approach
the current levels of concern over "global warming. There are many reasons
for that. But to suggest that the reason is that they were wrong then, and
are right now, based solely upon the differences in concern, is
ridiculous.
And to deny that the science existed then is an attempt to rewrite
history.

Remove the money and power from the "global warming" issue and let's see
just how much "concern" remains.


Your memory is either faulty or selective.

The "Global Cooling" you remember was caused by an observable hole in
the ozone layer, created by the widespread indiscriminate use of
fluorocarbons. The ozone layer is needed because it is what enables
the greenhouse effect, which helps keep the surface temps where they
are. If we hadn't done something about it, the hole would have
eventually gotten bigger to the point where the earth would not be
able to maintain even temperatures. That problem was clearly man
made. That's why things such as Freon are no longer in production. The
Ozone layer has subsequently recovered, because earthlings stopped
destroying it. Now we have added so much CO2 to the atmosphere that
the greenhouse effect has strengthened beyond design specs. Too much
greenhouse effect is as bad, or worse than too little. It needs to be
"just right", which it was until we screwed it up.


There are too many logical and factual flaws in your argument for me to
address them all, so I won't even try. But you might want to do some
research on the Montreal Protocol and the current state of the "ozone hole."

As for how much greenhouse effect is "just right," that is entirely
subjective. There is no "normal and natural" climate on this planet. The
entire planet is in a constant state of flux -- we humans just happen to be
comfortable with the current climate and so we want to keep it this way. But
in doing so, we are fighting every natural process on Earth. Global Climate
Change is the norm, not an anomoly.