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It's the ozone layer, stupid!

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It's the ozone layer, stupid!

With thanks to Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fpcomment/archive/2010/01/09/the-ozone-hole-did-it.aspx
from JoeUser Forums

Well, well, well. One of my favourite columnists, Lawrence Solomon wrote a very interesting column yesterday. This is sure to turn a few heads. The gist of the article is that man-made global warming was occurring due to the hole in the ozone layer. When the key industrial nations of the world banned CFCs, the layer repaired itself, and global warming stopped.

From the linked article:

 

"Climate change is real and man-made, explains University of Waterloo professor Qin-Bin Lu, author of a new study published this week in the peer-reviewed journal,Physics Reports."

 

The biggest problem that I've always had with the global warming hypothesis was that it was too simple an explanation. The earth's climate is a very complex system, and while CO2 admittedly plays a role, it is such a minor component that you can't explain the effect on the entire system by adjusting it up and down.

It's kind of like trying to determine how the economy is going to perform solely by looking at "supply and demand".

This will surely fry the AGW crowd's bacon, if it turns out to be correct explanation. Thank you Qing-Bin Lu!

 

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Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

Too many of the AGW religious are like him, and nothing short of the destruction of the planet is going to convince they are wrong.  It is like the Daffy Duck cartoon (the one where he is auditioning for a spot on a show and blows himself up).  They can only be proved wrong once - but there will be no one around afterwards to say "see, we told you so".

 

I read an interesting article recently by Andrew Coyne, and I quote "The error here is not only scientific. It is also political. If your desire is to persuade the unpersuaded among the general public, the very worst way to go about it is to advertise your bottomless contempt for your adversaries."

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/07/the-truth-is-out-there-somewhere/

It doesn't matter what side of the debate that you are on, but if your basic argument is, "I'm so smart, you're so dumb, and I'm going to hit you over the head with my opinions until you get it", well that is not likely to be the argument that persuades me. |-)  

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