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ScottSolomon · 05-10-2003, 02:21 AM

xoxoxoxoBruce,

There has beena lot of research into this it is not just a bunch of guys in lab coats making off-the-cuff estimates. The problem is, CO2 acts like a switch. Different levels of CO2 cause the climate to behave differently. We are currently in a climatological static equilibrium. If we increase the amount of CO2 to a sufficient degree, we could send the environment into another cooler or warmer equilibrium. Most of the models I've seen consider the warm up to occur in the short-term, followed by an ice age.

We can just assume that our climatologists are as ignorant now as they were 50 years ago - even though our sampling, analysis, and modeling capabilty has grown at a geometric rate over the past couple of decades. Or we can take advantage of our intelligence and devise a plan that will help to stave off climate change as long as possible.

As a people, the choice is ours, but we will not face the outcome. We are creating the world for our great-grandchildren. DO you want to leave them with a mess, or would you like to do your best to make sure their world is not a deathtrap - so to speak.

05-10-2003, 02:21 AM	#8
ScottSolomon Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On the skin of a tiny planet in an obscure galaxy in a lackluster corner of the universe. Posts: 94	xoxoxoxoBruce, There has beena lot of research into this it is not just a bunch of guys in lab coats making off-the-cuff estimates. The problem is, CO2 acts like a switch. Different levels of CO2 cause the climate to behave differently. We are currently in a climatological static equilibrium. If we increase the amount of CO2 to a sufficient degree, we could send the environment into another cooler or warmer equilibrium. Most of the models I've seen consider the warm up to occur in the short-term, followed by an ice age. We can just assume that our climatologists are as ignorant now as they were 50 years ago - even though our sampling, analysis, and modeling capabilty has grown at a geometric rate over the past couple of decades. Or we can take advantage of our intelligence and devise a plan that will help to stave off climate change as long as possible. As a people, the choice is ours, but we will not face the outcome. We are creating the world for our great-grandchildren. DO you want to leave them with a mess, or would you like to do your best to make sure their world is not a deathtrap - so to speak. __________________ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. George Orwell Last edited by ScottSolomon; 05-10-2003 at 02:23 AM.