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Re: Jim Rickards thoughts on CAGW alarmists Here is my problem “And that’s the point. Climate change is real, but it’s slow, complex and unpredictable,” Jim says. “Here are some facts: CO2 levels are rising, but there’s no evidence that CO2 causes warming. The evidence points the other way, that warming causes CO2 to be released from permafrost and the oceans. “Sea levels are rising, but the pace is about seven inches in 100 years. That minimal rise will not inundate the New York subways or drown island nations. The rise that is occurring will likely be reversed due to feedback loops long before any seven-inch increase. “By the way, sea levels have risen 400 feet since the last ice age and people adapted just fine. Remember Al Gore’s polar bear extinction scare? He hopes you don’t because the evidence is that polar bear populations are thriving. “Moreover, a mild global warming episode appears to have ended around 1998. Claims of ‘record’ temperatures since then are based on dubious measurements (including putting land-based thermometers in asphalt parking lots; satellite infrared measurements show no warming), and the results are within the margin of error. “Climate does change,” Jim sums up, “but not because of carbon dioxide and not in ways that humans can control. ================= Even those that write about climate change being natural or uncontrollable write as if it is progressive. it is not it is cyclical. The climate will change and then change back. It will not continually get hotter or colder or windier or drier or wetter or .......... Climate does not change it oscillates. |
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