Another nail in the climate denial coffin

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  Posted by David C Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:13am PST

  Anything based on computer Models will end up being flawed you fool!

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  Posted by new_guy_in_chi Mon Nov 3, 2008 6:18am PST

  As a working meteorologist I deal with many computer forecast models on a daily basis. Each has their own mixture of bias, foible and outright error. For us to get a five day prediction spot-on is a miracle, to get a result you find conclusive for a 50 year run is absurd. Simulations are great, but they aren't hard science. In the 80's the same type of long-range models were predicting doomsday scenarios for what is now present day. For all of the hyperventilating that goes on about global warming, the impacts to date are beneath the notice of 99% of humanity. The doomsday scenario simply hasn't panned out, and that has eroded my confidence in long-range simulations to just about nil.

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  Posted by mkgreenwood Mon Nov 3, 2008 4:15pm PST

  Quantum physics explains the process of absorption of specific wavelengths of the energy spectrum by molecules, atoms, parts of molecules,etc. O2 happens to absorb ultraviolet energy and becomes Ozone O3 which also absorbs Ultraviolet at a slightly lower wavelength. The bigger gaseous molecules like water, Carbon Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Oxides, are good at absorbing energy at the infrared region which is heat. If we are burning carbon based fuels we are using up the surplus molecular Oxygen that took 3.5 billion years to amount to what was in our atmosphere before the burning of Carbon based fuels. Kiss our life on Earth goodbye.

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  Posted by Protestthisone Mon Nov 3, 2008 9:31pm PST

  For those who know for a fact that the global climate change is a very real and growing problem it is frustrating that some people are so out of touch with this reality. The ice caps are melting and polar bears and seals are falling through ever thinning ice, or on ice hunks that break off and drift out to sea. The result is drowning and starvation of a ever decreasing species on the brink of complete demise. For those who still have their head in the sand and don't think climate change is a real thing I can only say "GET SMART" and get educated in the reality of it. As floods, tornados, wild fires, hurricanes, and changes in temperatures increase there will be more disease, hunger, death and destruction for all life on this planet. The whole life support system is in jeopardy. This is a real problem that if left ignored with make the other economic, education, wars, and healthcare problems look like nothing.

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