03-01-2010, 12:26 PM
Reiner Wrote:Danno, you are also right about a few facts, but you made a major logical error.Do you seriously think that scientist are not taking into consideration the influence of volcanic gasses in the equation?
Yes, greenhouse gases by definition warm the planet. And yes, man has produced greenhouse gases, albeit nothing in comparison to the forces of nature. To draw a direct corollary between these two facts and ignore the other major forces at work is ridiculous. (Example: Volcanoes pump millions of tons of carbon and other greenhouse-causing elements into the atmosphere all the time.)
It's like saying you drove on I-94 today, and there was an accident on I-94, so you caused the accident. The logic just doesn't add up.
The reason the earth has warmed over the past 150 years is because we the "Little Ice Age" ended approximately 150 years ago. What you really are saying is that today's "normal" temperatures are warmer than a 500-year cold spell.
By the way, we're not talking about a coldest day, or month, or even winter. East Anglia says 15 years of cooling. That's not statistically insignificant when you are talking 150 years of data.