A Few Things Ill Considered
Archives for March, 2006
The Models are Unproven
Posted by coby on March 27, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Why should we trust a bunch of contrived computer models that haven’t ever had a prediction confirmed ? Talk to me in 100 years. Answer:
We Can’t Even Predict the Weather Next Week
Posted by coby on March 26, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Scientists can’t even predict the weather next week, so why should we believe what some climate model tells us about 100 years from now? Answer:
Chaotic Systems are not Predictable
Posted by coby on March 26, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Climate is an inherently chaotic system, and as such it can not be predicted. Answer:
Natural Emissions Dwarf Humans’
Posted by coby on March 26, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: According to the IPCC, 150 billion tonnes of carbon go into the atmosphere from natural processes every year. This is almost 30 times the amount of carbon…
The CO2 Rise Is Natural
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: It’s clear from the ice cores and other geological history that CO2 fluctuates naturally. It is a bogus assumption that the rise happening today has to be…
The Null Hypothesis Says it’s Natural
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Natural variability is the null hypothesis and an anthropogenic CO2 warming effect needs compelling evidence before there is any reason to take it seriously. Answer:
Global Warming Is Nothing New
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Global Warming has been going on for the last 20,000 years. Answer:
Vineland Was Full Of Grapes
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Newfoundland was so warm in the Medieval Warm Period that when the Vikings landed they called it Vineland and brought boatloads of grapes back to Europe. Answer:
Greenland Used to be Green
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: Greenland used to be a lovely hospitable island when the Vikings settled it. It was not until the Little Ice Age that it got so cold they…
Geological History Does not Support CO2′s Importance
Posted by coby on March 25, 2006 This is just one of dozens of responses to common climate change denial arguments, which can all be found at How to Talk to a Climate Sceptic. Objection: If you look back over the last 600 million years you see that there really is not much correlation between temperatures and CO2 levels. Clearly CO2 is…