Uncle Bob wrote:
Another brick in the wall....


http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.j...toryID=7667385

As usual. Long on statements of certitude. Short on substance.

Keep telling yourself, "it's just a cycle, a normal, unremarkable
cycle..."

Remind me of that the next time i wake up shivering in this tropical
paradise, like i did this morning.... Maybe i've just shed the last
vestage of my Massachusetts conditioning...?

Seriously, though--

Is the Earth heating up? Undoubtedly. I think we now have more than
enough data to confirm an unmistakable warming trend.

Is this a natural cycle? No one knows. We should have enough data to
make that determination in about 500 to 1000 years.

Is humankind to blame? No one knows. We have plenty of hypotheses,
along with sufficient scientists to present such hypotheses with
religious authority, but we have no real theories.

All else is opinion, conjecture, and/or propaganda.

Should we keep doing research? Of course. Should we be curbing our
pollution and lavish burning of organic fuels? We'd be foolish not to.
Should we be drawing conclusions? Well, that would imply that we have
enough data...


Clear skies!

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