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Climate May Be Less Sensitive To CO2 Than Previously Thought
a_hanso writes "A new study suggests that the effects of rising levels of carbon dioxide on temperature may be less significant than previously thought. 'The new models predict that given a doubling in CO2 levels from pre-industrial levels, the Earth's surface temperatures will rise by 1.7 to 2.6 degrees C. That is a much tighter range than suggested by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 2007 report, which suggested a rise of between 2 to 4.5 degrees C."
Why bother? Biodiesel from animal fat works just fine. Just render down all those fat Americans.
I say we continue to pump CO2 into the air, use up all our oil, and see what happens at the end...
Because I am tired of "I told you so" people, when it is all based on theory and only good can come out of reducing CO2 by a few percentages.
...since the "scientific results" change on a monthly basis, combined with the yearly releases on how the "scientists" are doctoring the data or selectively releasing on the portions that support the result that they want to show - debating is very, very easy. Add to that the other side where scientists are doing the same thing, but support the opposing view, and you get wonderful conflict.
If either side actually released the complete data, with nothing hidden and both sides actually focused on finding the truth about the climate, we *might* be able to actually determine what is going on and if there is anything we can do about it – or even if we should do anything about it. After all, who says that today's climate is the best one for the earth? There are have been very many climate changes in the earth's history. Why do we think we have the right to pick one?
However, since there are people/power/money involved, there will be very few real facts that matter. So, we are back to debate and the people that get paid to do it.
Somebody doesn't understand how ridiculous the terms "unlimited" and "exponential growth" are when taken together.
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