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xyzer · Jan 3, 2007, 09:51 am

Here is a site which covers the media hype over the impact of climate change.
BMI Special Report -- Fire and Ice

As some of you know I am a skeptic when it comes to the effects of human caused emissions on globalclimate. I'll concede that within the recent span of technology, which allows us a better means of recording worldwide weather/ temperatures an such, there is currently evidence of warming. In fact the earth is warmer than it was several thousands of years ago during an ICE AGE?
But it has fluctuated both ways for the entire estimated span of this planets existence...indicating that something more than human has a major effect on climate cycles.
To postulate the scientific certainty of scientifically oriented studies of climate is spurious IMNSHO? Each such study is set up to test a hypthesis and usually adds factors that the scientist believes will support or disprove the hypothesis(note here... some very important conjectural theories such as natural variations in the suns brilliance are not predictible and usually not addressed.)
Thus the scientific certainty of the study is questionable and each studies conclusions are prefaced with qualifiers such as if X occurs then Y might happen?
Enter the climate alarmists...Gore stating as absolute truth that the oceans levels will rise 20' in 50 years due to the melting of the ice pack? Then suggesting that the warming that might happen is caused by humanactivity? Follow this with the predictible press hype accentuating the sensational possibilities and we have gullible public clamoring for government intervention into something that is questionable at best. Does not what we know about climate change indicate that species must adapt to natural change rather than try to change it relying on questionable tactics based on conjecture?

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xyzer Liberated thinker Location: New Mexican Alps Posts: 1,981	Here is a site which covers the media hype over the impact of climate change. BMI Special Report -- Fire and Ice As some of you know I am a skeptic when it comes to the effects of human caused emissions on globalclimate. I'll concede that within the recent span of technology, which allows us a better means of recording worldwide weather/ temperatures an such, there is currently evidence of warming. In fact the earth is warmer than it was several thousands of years ago during an ICE AGE? But it has fluctuated both ways for the entire estimated span of this planets existence...indicating that something more than human has a major effect on climate cycles. To postulate the scientific certainty of scientifically oriented studies of climate is spurious IMNSHO? Each such study is set up to test a hypthesis and usually adds factors that the scientist believes will support or disprove the hypothesis(note here... some very important conjectural theories such as natural variations in the suns brilliance are not predictible and usually not addressed.) Thus the scientific certainty of the study is questionable and each studies conclusions are prefaced with qualifiers such as if X occurs then Y might happen? Enter the climate alarmists...Gore stating as absolute truth that the oceans levels will rise 20' in 50 years due to the melting of the ice pack? Then suggesting that the warming that might happen is caused by humanactivity? Follow this with the predictible press hype accentuating the sensational possibilities and we have gullible public clamoring for government intervention into something that is questionable at best. Does not what we know about climate change indicate that species must adapt to natural change rather than try to change it relying on questionable tactics based on conjecture? Thus we play the fools with the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.