re: #338 Blind Frog Belly White

This person is an idiot. No, global warming is not all ‘faulty computer modeling’.

1) the absorption spectrum of CO2 in the infrared is an incontrovertible fact. i.e. it traps heat.

2) the amount of CO2 we pump into the atmosphere is known, easily calculated from fossil fuel usage.

3) The increase in CO2 in the atmosphere and the oceans is measurable, and has been measured.

4) the increase in temperature in the atmosphere and the oceans is measurable, and has been measured.

So, we know CO2 traps heat, we’ve been adding A LOT to the atmosphere, and the temperature is rising. The data support the hypothesis. Now, you may hypothesize that it’s something else, but you have to actually NAME that something else. Things have causes. You can’t just say ‘It’s a cycle!’ without saying what it’s a cycle of. Solar irradiation? Yeah, we can measure that, too. It’s not rising. Falling, actually.

Oh, and those allegedly faulty models? Yeah - we’re right in line with them. Funny about that.

And leaving all that aside, the modeling has been pretty accurate.