On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:40:06 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Although it would seem there is some basis in fact on this solar cycle
thing.

http://tinyurl.com/262px5

I've already read that article series, perhaps you have posted that link before?

The simple truth is this - man does change and affect his environment.
Has since the first time humanoids began to walk upright.

However what is missing with the Global Warming contingent is a sense of
history and, to tell the truth, basic knowledge of science. That's what
you get when you elect lawyers who only took "Science for Liberal Arts"
in college. I mean think about Nancy Pelosi who said after visiting
Greeland "I have seen Global Warming". Has she never heard of the
Vikings who discovered Tibet and colonized Mexico and established a
trading colony in Greenland (around 960 CE)?

And think about this - there are, as of now, six different solar cycles
of varying lengths. Each of them affects the climate of the Earth
differently - there is sound, scientific proof of these changes - some
drastic, some minor.

What I find interesting about this global warming thing, is how little we really understand the mechanisms
of our climate. Clearly, it is a very, very, complex system, and I suspect much of what we are now
hearing will not hold up in the coming years. I'm willing to let the scientists hash it out. Until the science
is set, I'll continue to filter through my generally skeptical nature. However, you'll have to admit, there is
far too much picking of the "science" needed to back ones' own preconceived notions.

Do we need to do something about smog and green house gas? Yes.

Of course, but just from personal observations, I think we have. That brown haze that was an almost
daily occurrence in the 60's seems to be rare these days. I sure wouldn't mind the air being cleaner, but
I do think it has improved. I know our waterways (NJ) are cleaner than they were.

Is it the sole cause of climate change? Not even close.

I tend to agree, but there is the question of how much curtailing greenhouse gases would ameliorate
future changes.