A1965bigdog,
"It is sad that the WaPo lacks the journalistic integrity to allow those of us from the other side of the argument equal time."

the washington post and just about every other news outlet has given the "other side" way more exposure than they should have gotten. the opinion of the vast vast majority of scientists is that global warming is real and that it's caused by man-made co2 emissions. would you give flat-earth geologists "equal time" with the "oblate spherioders"?

every time there's a global warming article in the post the always gets the perfunctory "contrarian" quotes from pat michaels or roy spencer or someone else from the pool of about 100 or so "skeptic" scientists. and of course nearly all these skeptics are funded by energy companies (some just enjoy being contrarian and have made quite a name for themselves in the "echo chamber").

A1965bigdog, do you "believe in" evolution?

Oh boy. The WaPo is at it again. It is sad that the WaPo lacks the journalistic integrity to allow those of us from the other side of the argument equal time. So be it.

What the Albore worshipers can't answer is that since over the past million years there have been multiple incidents of global warming and global cooling, and since over that period sea level has varied from 20 feet higher than it is today to 300 feet lower than it is today, why should we consider this to be nothing but normal variation?

Here's another one for ya. CO2. The Almorons out that want you to believe that there is some exponential temperature response to the change in CO2 levels. I counter with analogies. Take insulation in your house. The first couple of inches are very important after that, the increase in insulation properties becomes logarythmic. And let's take a look at water. Pure water is an insulator. Add a little bit of salt, it's electrical resistance drops. But adding 1000 times as much salt doesn't result in a 1000 fold drop in resistance. Friends, it is the law of diminishing returns.

Here's something else. Water vapor. It's 10 times as abundant in the atmosphere than CO2. Seeing that water is a supposed greenhouse gas as well, wouldn't it swamp out the effects of CO2?

Here's something else for you. The Vostok Ice Core data. That data, that Albore had on HIS graph when he made a fool of himself on that cherry picker, clearly states that temperature rises 800 years BEFORE CO2 levels increase, destroying the cause and effect relationship.

The point is that the Earth's climate is highly variable, and yes, low lying cities probably will be flooded out. However, it will happen naturally, as it has in the past.

And one final note: Beware of prophets who profit from their prophecies!!!

VOTE REPUBLICAN!!!

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A lot of conjecture but no references to scientific studies that global warming is occurring nor studies as to what is causing it if it is real. One could speculate, for example, that it is simply due to more active volcanoes under the oceans which is something we have no control over. Then there is that ball of energy aka the Sun that is slowly expanding and gets closer every year. Again something out of our control.
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A lot of conjecture but no references to scientific studies that global warming is occurring nor studies as to what is causing it if it is real. One could speculate, for example, that it is simply due to more active volcanoes under the oceans which is something we have no control over. Then there is that ball of energy aka the Sun that is slowly expanding and gets closer every year. Again something out of our control.