"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message


it's pretty obvious you won;t be convinced.

Not until the data proves AGW is correct. I don't dispute recent increases
in temperature, but I have not seen any conclusive link to human activity
being the cause nor have I seen evidence the temperature changes are outside
"normal" ranges.

This is not some blind adherence to a pre-determined position nor is it
succumbing to peer pressure (which your lame "idiot" reference attempts to
accomplish). Take a look for yourself at the raw data for temperature
reconstructions from NASA and other sources. Here's a good start:
http://gcmd.nasa.gov/ (particularly the paleoclimate sets)

I've been perusing this site and others for a few years now downloading and
charting the data myself to see what the trends are. Frankly, in a
historical sense, recent temperature changes are entirely within "normal"
parameters for temperature reconstructions in both northern and southern
hemispheres.

The only temperature reconstructions that show alarming trends are those
based on the data sets like Mann's famed "hockey stick" and those data sets
have been questioned enough by his peers that I don't need to do so here.

The fact remains: Current temperatures are well within the norm defined as
the range of temperatures for the last 8,000 years.

(Nice try with the distro expansion, BTW.)

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