re: #108 zombie

The REAL truth is that we simply don’t have anywhere near enough data to draw ANY valid conclusions. Global warming and global cooling happens on geologic time scales, and we are basically dealing with about 50 years of reliable temperature measurements. We need hundreds of years of solid data before we can really start thinking about drawing conclusions and making projections.

I think that is the salient point. The fact that we are looking at a tiny subset of measurements and yet proposing draconian measures to redress them. Al Gore’s rant that “the debate is over” is what particularly sticks in my craw. Hell, the debate hasn’t even started yet. The PC nazi reaction to your paper sums up all anyone needs to know about the dangers of unthinkingly going down this GW road. People of good intent on both sides of the argument should acknowledge this point.