[NSRCA-discussion] What a difference a year makes

[Bill's Email]

Every good rant deserves a rebuttal. Here's mine.

On 3/20/13 1:17 PM, Dave Lockhart wrote:
>
> The reason for that is some of the same "scientists" that (wrongly) 
> touted global cooling in the 1970s are the same ones now (wrongly) 
> preaching global warming.
>

Which ones are those?? Got any examples?? I think you may have a 
mistaken impression of the state of scientific thought at the time as 
well as today. This is a good graphic.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics.php?g=43

> The simple change of language from "global warming" to "climate 
> change" should be proof enough that global warming is not happening.
>
This is not only wrong, but it is kind of a silly "proof". The main 
reason that the term has been changed was due to fact that many deniers 
made silly comments like "well it snowed here today, so much for global 
warming". The more precise term is in fact global climate change. That 
is being fueled by the increase in average global temperatures which are 
drastically affecting the climate. It is also worth understanding the 
difference between climate and weather.

> However, the politicians and greenies that used "global warming" as 
> justification for bigger government and more government control of the 
> private sector do not want to lose that traction as the fraud of 
> global warming is being disproven.
>
Again, this so wildly misunderstands the issue that it is hard to know 
where to start to respond. It is an example of the thinking that Al Gore 
invented global warming to take away your SUV.

> So they (the politicians and greenies) are now using "climate change" 
> in a desperate attempt to tie any naturally occurring climate 
> condition to human influence.
>
No, they are using climate change for the reason I stated above.

Here are a few nice graphics for people to look at.

http://www.skepticalscience.com/graphics.php

I'm sorry, but the inability of any one person (or group of people) to 
understand something does not mean that the something is wrong. For 
instance, there are still people today who think the Earth is flat.

Anthropomorphic influence on global warming/climate change is 
undeniable. I will grant that there is still much debate about what, if 
anything, we can do about it. But to deny its very existence will render 
that important debate nearly impossible.

BTW - for those that wonder. I am a geologist by education and 
profession. Way back in 1983 I helped in some of the early research on 
the deep ice cores from the Antarctic. This is not a recent science.

End of Rant for me.





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