There is only one definitive scientific experiment to prove whether global warming is happening: Continue on the way we are now and see what happens. If the ice cap melts and floods Bangladesh, there is global warming. I am quite prepared to accept that the global warming theory is incorrect. I don't think anyone is prepared for the consequences if global warming occurs. The cost of acting as if the theory is correct pales in comparison to the cost if the theory proves to be true. We can easily predict the consequences of changing our ways. Any hardship would be short lived. It would mess up a few 5-year plans. We have no idea what will happen if anything resembling global warming actually occurs. For example who is to say we will actually get warmer. The Gulf Stream could be redirected and all of Europe could become like Siberia. It is also quite possible the climate will change without our intervention. If this is true and we act as if we can make a difference, we have wasted a small amount of effort, but at least we know we tried. I would rather not perform the definitive experiment. Boy would we feel stupid if the theory proved true and we did nothing. Nick > >Some of the work I do requires doing drainage studies from storm water >run-off and snow fall data. And, not one to trust "scientific studies" >much, I looked into the basis for the numbers we typically use for the 5 >year, 10 year, 25 year, 50 year and 100 year events. And found little in >the way of valid statistical or scientific evidence. -- Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St, Suite I Glastonbury, CT 06033 (860) 659-8847 Schade_at_guillemot-kayaks.com http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/ >>>>"It's not just Art, It's a Craft!"<<<< *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 13 2000 - 09:51:54 PST
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