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Atmospheric CO2 -- a different view
On Mar 27, 2:45 pm, "Two meter troll" wrote:
On Mar 27, 2:07 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote: "Two meter troll" wrote in ooglegroups.com... On Mar 27, 12:33 pm, "KLC Lewis" wrote: And 50 years ago, how much was being spent on the development of hydrogen fuel cells? We know immensely more now than we did then -- I have every reason to expect that we will know exponentially more 50 years from now than we did then. Particularly when you take into account that the average desktop (or even laptop) computer today is more powerful than that which was possessed by even the largest financial corporations fifty years ago. Technology is growing so fast today that it's virtually impossible to keep up with it. 50 years ago, you could buy a color television and it wouldn't be obsolete for at least another 20 years. And as our technology improves -- particularly in the area of computers -- other advances that we cannot even imagine today will suddenly appear. Darwin Saves! Evolve or Perish! yep and its burning oil in direct proportion; i am not so sure we are going to have 50 more years before conditions become unstopable. I dont argue that the models are wrong IMO they likely are; my argument is can we afford to make a bet at this point. since the effect is exponentual; our margen for error is very slim; I like to stack the odds in my favor. I think of it as an at sea problem; I cannot breathe water so my safe place is my boat. if my boat is burning either i put the fire out or i jump into the sea and die. this is what we have with GW; the question is no longer if its happening it is that it is happening and what do we do to fix it. Some are convinced that GW is happening and we are the primary cause; some are convinced that GW is happening and we are an ancillary cause; some are convinced that GW isn't happening at all. Even if we assume the worst, is it necessary for us to act TODAY, on imperfect data, promoting impossible goals with unforeseeable consequences, or would it be better to continue developing alternative energy sources while continuing to study GW for several more years and act upon better, more long-term data? I suggest that the latter is wiser than the former. respectfully the Some are a majority; that it is happening. the few who are not convinced are by and large not doing sciance in the field. we are a huge part of the cause looking at the data nothing else has the co2 and methane outputs of human industry and transportation. We have a debt we best start paying it now because we are going to be paying intrest for a long while. so yes starting today is better than letting the debt get bigger. How much long-term Data do you need we have almost 500 years of observed data that can be varified and another thousand in unvarified observation. and then we have Ice core data back 60.000 years. how much longer do you want to wait? I have kids and soon will have grand kids I figure taking care of this now means my grand kids have a chance. so in addendome here are a few searches; i figure if its gonna stay factual i will provide the whole data set and not single out any spacific sites. enjoy. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=...r=&btnG=Search http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...lobal+CO2+emis... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...l+ocean+temper... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...istoric+global... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...istoric+global... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...oric+global+wa... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... http://scholar.google.com/scholar?nu...Atmospheric+ch... I love research |
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