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Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? |
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"The One" wrote in message ups.com... Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? There's also a strong correlation between World Wars and a sitting Democrat President in America. |
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Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? There's also a strong correlation between World Wars and a sitting Democrat President in America. So we're veering off physical, measureable correlations and going to social ones? Nah. That dog don't hunt. |
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"The One" wrote in message ups.com... Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? There's also a strong correlation between World Wars and a sitting Democrat President in America. So we're veering off physical, measureable correlations and going to social ones? Nah. That dog don't hunt. The dog that doesn't hunt is using correlation interchangeably with causation. |
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Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? There's also a strong correlation between World Wars and a sitting Democrat President in America. So we're veering off physical, measureable correlations and going to social ones? Nah. That dog don't hunt. The dog that doesn't hunt is using correlation interchangeably with causation. Good thing that I didn't do that. So do you smoke? It is, after all, only a strong correlation. As I said. |
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"The One" wrote in message ups.com... Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Gilligan wrote: "The One" wrote in message ups.com... Martin Baxter wrote: Gilligan wrote: Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/1....t193etet.html Global warming: http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/cp_n110641A.xml.html Well, as I implied earlier, and Dave pooh poohed, most Global Warming models predict more violent storms, wider extremes of temperature, droughts, floods, (not in the same place at the same time ;-o ). Certainly the most recent average surface temperatures measured from space indicate that the planet is warming, there are two big questions: Is the rise significant enough and likely to increase for a long enough period of time to constitute "Global warming", and, is there anything practical we can do about it? There are few who doubt that the answer to first is yes. It's the latter question that opens the big can of worms, i.e., "Did we cause it, and if so can we stop it?" From what I've read, the models predict that the extremes will get worse the farther you get from the equator. And there does seem to be a pretty strong correlation between the rise in greenhouse gases and the rise in temperature. Of course, that's all there is between smoking and lung cancer: a pretty strong correlation... Do you smoke, Gilligan? There's also a strong correlation between World Wars and a sitting Democrat President in America. So we're veering off physical, measureable correlations and going to social ones? Nah. That dog don't hunt. The dog that doesn't hunt is using correlation interchangeably with causation. Good thing that I didn't do that. So do you smoke? It is, after all, only a strong correlation. As I said. No I don't smoke. |
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