I think it's more like thinking that if we don't burn this witch, it probably won't do any harm.
You have to prove that the problem is CO2 before changing the whole world makes any sense. Going on a witch hunt to destroy any who think they drive a car is not particularly stupid so much as it is crazy.
Prove your case before you recomend the solution. Right now, you have not proven your case.
You say that I claim that scientists have not predicted "the rapidity with which our actions are causing the Earth to change." That is untrue. What I claim is that in the instance of CO2 driving climate change, scientists have yet to prove that our actions are causing the Earth to change at all.
They, too, have yet to prove their case.
They have proven the case. And I have repeatedly posted that proof. Proof from the American Institute of Physics.
The Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Effect
Now if you can come up with real physicists that claim otherwise, do so. Note that I will check out their other work, and fruitcakes such as Lycklama, will do your arguement more harm than good.
And there is direct observational evidence;
Increases in greenhouse forcing inferred from the outgoing longwave radiation spectra of the Earth in 1970 and 1997
John E. Harries, Helen E. Brindley, Pretty J. Sagoo & Richard J. Bantges
Space and Atmospheric Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, UK
Correspondence to: John E. Harries Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to J.E.H. (e-mail: Email:
j.harries@ic.ac.uk).
Increases in greenhouse forcing inferred from the outgoing longwave radiation spectra of the Earth in 1970 and 1997 : Abstract : Nature
Top of pageThe evolution of the Earth's climate has been extensively studied1, 2, and a strong link between increases in surface temperatures and greenhouse gases has been established3, 4. But this relationship is complicated by several feedback processes—most importantly the hydrological cycle—that are not well understood5, 6, 7. Changes in the Earth's greenhouse effect can be detected from variations in the spectrum of outgoing longwave radiation8, 9, 10, which is a measure of how the Earth cools to space and carries the imprint of the gases that are responsible for the greenhouse effect11, 12, 13. Here we analyse the difference between the spectra of the outgoing longwave radiation of the Earth as measured by orbiting spacecraft in 1970 and 1997. We find differences in the spectra that point to long-term changes in atmospheric CH4, CO2 and O3 as well as CFC-11 and CFC-12. Our results provide direct experimental evidence for a significant increase in the Earth's greenhouse effect that is consistent with concerns over radiative forcing of climate.
