Doug Freyburger wrote:
> "Bill in Co" <surly_curmudg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> But we do know that we (as a human race) won't be around all that much
>> longer (due to the now irreversible, manmade global warming) THAT is
not
>> beyond human understanding. I understand it. But the planet itself will
>> survive. And perhaps some plants.
>
> Because there exist photographs of glaciers a century ago
> and last year, and because there are measurements of
> melt water exitting Greenland at many time the rate of
> snow fall on Greenland, it is certain that global warming
> is happening.
>
> What is not certain is the relative size of the human
> contribution to global warming. Any discussion of global
> warming that does not address issues like the Little Ice
> Age, length of interglacial eras in the past, orbit ellipse
> evolution, solar output variation and so on misses any
> natural input to global warming.
That has already been addressed.
> Since natural inputs tend
> to overwhelm human inputs the question needs to be
> about percentage of human causation not labels of
> "manmade".
>
> The deal with climatic change - It has always happened
> since long before humans existed. It has happened with
> humans on the planet like during the Little Ice Age of the
> 1300s. It causes significant social upheaval and large
> human migrations. It does not cause extinction.
This one is different, Doug. And unique, because it's manmade.
> In fact, since it warms large areas that used to be too cold for
> intensive argiculture it doesn't even necessarily decrease
> the total land under cultivation. Just which land is under
> cultivation. Interesting times but not extincting times.
>
> What this has to do with marriage is indirect at best.
> Marriages go through turbulent times when spouses
> change over time. Some changes are rapid, others slow.
> If a marriage is a metaphor for human society and vice
> versa, let's all be in therapy. Oh wait, posting on-line is
> theraputic ...
:-)
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