The debate on global
warming, cooling, where, what and how is one that is difficult and excites
strong differences of beliefs and feelings.
History tells us that
climate, weather and a lot else will change but which way the ancient gods of
time will jump is always a guessing game.
They are willful, deceitful and unreliable.
This link tells you why from Euan
Mearns blog and is by Roger Andrews . He
is expert and those commenting are expert.
Make of the piece and comments what you will.
What was learned is that
if people like this find it complicated and open to debate why are our
politicians and government departments so certain?
If it was just a minor
issue of incidental interest compared to grand policy and major decisions on
the flows of state spending and organisation of the economy, it would be one
thing.
But it is cited as being
the critical factor in decision making about all our futures, economic and
personal.
The residence time of CO2 in the atmosphere is both a major weakness of climate orthodoxy and a major area of uncertainty.
ReplyDeleteIt would probably be a killer argument if more journalists were a) honest and b) took the time to understand it.