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[quote user="IRONROOSTER"][quote user="selector"] [quote user="IRONROOSTER"]...  The evidence of Global warming is pretty overwhelming...  Paul [/quote]What is by no means established, though, are the causes.  The vocal set seems to discount the greatest single energy producer within 4 lightyears of the Earth...by a factor of about 6 orders of magnitute.  The Sun's flux is in flux, and its changes in flux cannot be discounted.  The Sun is a flare star, so its output changes over time.  Tying CO2 production to global warming is by no means a slam dunk.  But thousands have jumped on this bandwagon...'cuz it's so campy. I am not going to state that our ways of doing things down here are not worth reflection and modification, maybe even in a hurry, but I am not convinced that we understand why we should do it.  The horse has swapped ends with the cart, in my view.[/quote]I deliberately left out a causal clause.  For me the real issue is can we do something about it? and will we?  I agree that there may be nothing we can do.  Also, for reasons not well understood, it may turn out less catastrophic than some claim. OTOH maybe we can tip the balance in our favor by taking action now. Maybe, only by taking action now can we divert catastrophe. The sad thing will be if we finally know we should have taken action, but it's too late. [/quote]I am curious to know what type of action you believe will prevent the climate catastrophe.  The reason I ask is that I see two distinct and radically different courses of action.  One is the remedy that actually matches the threat as it has been quantified by the very ones who have defined the impending catastrophe.  The other course of action is the one that catastrophe predictors actually recommend.  It consists of a whole litany of easy little things often referred to as tips on being green.  It includes things like keeping your tires properly inflated, using a programmable thermostat, changing to CFLs, caulking cracks, buying food that needs the least transportation, carpooling, reusing your grocery bag, only boiling enough water for one cup of tea at a time, and planning your car trips to avoid left turns.  This is the sugarcoated remedy than anybody can swallow, but it amounts to little more than a symbolic effort compared to what will really be required to solve the problem.  The remedy that will actually solve the climate problem that has been laid out by the so-called experts is bitter medicine.  It requires the elimination of most if not all manmade CO2.  With this real remedy, one needs to consider not only what will happen if the threat is real and we don't try to prevent it, but also, the wasted cost of this tremendous sacrifice if the climate threat turns out to be false.
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