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Old August 9th 09, 04:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Peter Dohm
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Default Rutan on Global Warming

"James Robinson" wrote in message
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"Flaps_50!" wrote:

On Aug 9, 2:16 pm, "Dan Luke" wrote:
It is tepid, equivocal and obviously written to appease members
who are violently opposed to the idea of AGW, while still not denying
the overwhelming scientific evidence for same.


You need to remember that the only 'evidence' for AGW comes from
seriously flawed computer models. FACT


That is simply not a fact, in spite of your contention.

Data has been collected from core samples taken from glaciers on the rate
of temperature change over many thousands of years, and it has shown that
the earth's temperature has been increasing at a faster rate since the
industrial revolution than any other time in history. That evidence
supports the fact that the rate of climate change has substantially
increased, contrary to your contention that there is no evidence. The
question then becomes if this is simply normal climate change, but at an
extreme rate, or if humans activity has been the cause of the
acceleration.


There is also the issue of sensor placement and micro climates.

Even if human activity is a cause, or one of the causes, that contributes
nothing to the claim of CO2 as a cause; or, much more likely, an effect.
Just as one small example, the amount of paved area (including tile and
bitumen roofs) is a major part of the heat island effect of cities.

Remember also that there is a tremendous amount of CO2 stored in the
oceans--which release it as their temperatures rise and absorb it as their
temperatures decline. Like water, CO2 is a resource that is here for us to
use.

Peter