Saturday, February 19, 2005
Evidence Abounds Concerning Global Warming
I'm sure that the usual suspect will worm their way out of the woodwork to come up with hapless rebuttals. However, it'll be nearly futal now with the recently released findings of
this long-term and exhaustive study.
Scientists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California have been working for several years with colleagues at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to analyse the effects of global warming on the oceans. They combined computer modelling with millions of temperature and salinity readings, taken around the world at different depths over five decades.
I guess the usual suspects could try to argue the same tired "liberal bias" about scientists from California that they argue about newspapers. It would make about the same logical sense in their minds.
They found that the “warming signals” in the oceans could only have been produced by the build-up of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Non-human factors would have produced quite different effects.
Good, they've isolated out the only serious argument any anti-environmentalist ever made with a straight face.
It's time to watch the opponents squirm.
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2 Comments:
Fortunately, many people realize that economic analysis isn't the only method of determining whether action needs, or does not need, to be taken. Actually, I would argue it's a very poor way to make decisions in all but a few specific circumstances.
There are many dollars wasted on many things depending on who is giving their opinion.
Who decides what is excessive or what is pointless? Obviously I'm not advocating that we get rid of everything that has an effect on our environment and on our health.
I just think that a little personal responsibility goes a long way. Also, I think that research and development help to make beneficial changes.
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