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What I don't understand is while modern society continues to drink the global warming kool-aid, the one question which needs to be asked always remains unasked:
How can we accept global warming when meteorologists cannot even accurately predict the weather five days in advance?
Anyone?
Update: My response to Rob's reply he posted on his blog:
Rob,
A valid argument to some extent, however you failed to take into account:
(1) Why the temperature increases on Mars then? Are humans the cause of this? No. I suppose we can quickly deduce that the temperature increase on Mars are due to the sun shining hotter, correct? That being said, shouldn't the above be taken into consideration regarding Earth's temperatures getting hotter?
(2) The polar ice caps are just that..ice. Ice which is floating on water just like an ice cube floats in a cup of hot tea which is filled to the rim. When the ice melts, does the cup of tea overflow? Nope. Why? Because the ice already displaced the water.
The same can be said for the polar ice caps, no? If they were to melt, would not the flooding be minimal because the ice caps themselves have already displaced the water in the first place just by being there?
(3) C02 is a tree's best friend. What do trees need? C02. What do trees give off in exchange for C02? Oxygen.
I guess what I am trying to say is this: The earth was here long before we as humans were around, and the earth will be around long after we as humans are all but gone. The earth adapts, as it always has. That's how nature works. Look at evolution. Animal and plant species adapt to their surroundings. The same can go for the planet earth.
It's my firm belief that global warming has been put into the spotlight because those with political power want more even political power, and they'll use the threat of global warming to achieve it. It's all about political power, nothing more, nothing less.
Look at Al Gore. He talks the talk, but doesn't walk the walk until he himself gets caught with his "hands in the cookie jar" with his huge utility bills, not to mention his jets/limos, etc. Hey, if he walks the walk and is a firm believer in what he preaches, why not practice it? As far as I am concerned, Al Gore a phony and should be addressed as such.
Global warming? Sure, the sun is going through a hotter cycle as evidenced by the temperature increases on Mars. The earth also goes through cycles on its own, too. And what's this thing about cow and sheep flatulence (http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~wolfman/Essays/Cow.html)? Ok, so lets kill all the cows and sheep then, right? No, of course not.
Man made Global warming? I don't buy it. Present me with a SOLID model proving humans are the cause of global warming that the entire scientific community can all agree upon and I'll take a closer look.
Until then, I stand by my words.
Update II: My second response to Rob's second reply he posted on his blog: