Steerpike
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- Dec 17, 2007
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Global warming can has significant impacts. It has in the past, and we've had periods of rapid warming in the past.
The problem with the people who focus solely on the anthropogenic model is that they've somehow managed to believe that there's no doubt the model is accurate. That, of course, isn't true. It is by no means certain that humanity is a primary cause of warming.
Now, from my perspective, I agree with most of the environmental measures the anthropogenic people want because I think they're just good sense. Reducing emissions, etc. makes sense whether there is a link to warming or not, and if you couple that with the possibility that it is linked to warming it makes even more sense.
But I feel in all likelihood that warming is a combination of natural cycle and human activity, with the natural cycles being predominant. That's just my sense from reading a lot of the scientific literature directly rather than relying on popular media reports.
So here's the problem: Al Gore and his fellow subscribers to the anthropogenic forces as "primary" are betting everything on the idea that we can reverse warming by changing our activities. I think they're wrong. We may be able to slow it somewhat (or maybe not), but in the meantime while they've focused all their efforts on prevention no one has focused much on adapting to the change.
We need to look more at adaptation because we likely can't stop the warming. The impact could be extremely costly in terms of dollars, lives, economy, etc. But as usual we have to be hit over the head and then react retroactively.
The anthropogenic side of the argument have convinced so many people that we can actually stop climate change that we're not doing hardly anything to deal with the reality that we probably cannot. That makes the people who have blinders on in the anthropogenic crowd as dangerous as the people who say there is no climate change at all.
Fact is, the climate is changing. While we try to understand it better, we need to start making preparations for the change. We're probably not going to be able to do anything to avert it.
The problem with the people who focus solely on the anthropogenic model is that they've somehow managed to believe that there's no doubt the model is accurate. That, of course, isn't true. It is by no means certain that humanity is a primary cause of warming.
Now, from my perspective, I agree with most of the environmental measures the anthropogenic people want because I think they're just good sense. Reducing emissions, etc. makes sense whether there is a link to warming or not, and if you couple that with the possibility that it is linked to warming it makes even more sense.
But I feel in all likelihood that warming is a combination of natural cycle and human activity, with the natural cycles being predominant. That's just my sense from reading a lot of the scientific literature directly rather than relying on popular media reports.
So here's the problem: Al Gore and his fellow subscribers to the anthropogenic forces as "primary" are betting everything on the idea that we can reverse warming by changing our activities. I think they're wrong. We may be able to slow it somewhat (or maybe not), but in the meantime while they've focused all their efforts on prevention no one has focused much on adapting to the change.
We need to look more at adaptation because we likely can't stop the warming. The impact could be extremely costly in terms of dollars, lives, economy, etc. But as usual we have to be hit over the head and then react retroactively.
The anthropogenic side of the argument have convinced so many people that we can actually stop climate change that we're not doing hardly anything to deal with the reality that we probably cannot. That makes the people who have blinders on in the anthropogenic crowd as dangerous as the people who say there is no climate change at all.
Fact is, the climate is changing. While we try to understand it better, we need to start making preparations for the change. We're probably not going to be able to do anything to avert it.