And again, we’re putting 90 million tons of it into the air today and we’ll put a little more of that up there tomorrow. The physical relationship between CO2 molecules and the atmosphere and the trapping of heat is as well-established as gravity, for God’s sakes. It’s not some mystery. One hundred and fifty years ago this year, John Tyndall discovered CO2 traps heat, and that was the same year the first oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania. The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science.
But the basic facts are incontrovertible. What do they think happens when we put 90 million tons up there every day? Is there some magic wand they can wave on it and presto!—physics is overturned and carbon dioxide doesn’t trap heat anymore? And when we see all these things happening on the Earth itself, what in the hell do they think is causing it? The scientists have long held that the evidence in their considered word is “unequivocal,” which has been endorsed by every national academy of science in every major country in the entire world.
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It seems obvious that we’re not going to change each other’s minds. So I give up. But before I do I’ll predict:
By the end of next year you will have serious doubts about your current beliefs regarding global warming.
It’ll take Jill a little longer.
BTW, I love Jill’s line about Mickelson.
OK Ephraim, you get to make a prediction, but it’s my blog so I get the final word.
On August 30, 2008, you posted this comment:
“Sarah Palin stands a VERY good chance of becoming the first female US president.”
What’s your latest thinking on that prediction?
I refuse to wear a life jacket while boating. They are too expensive and scientists have yet to agree on whether or not the boat will capsize.