re: #189 coquimbojoe

I didn’t see anything there that backed up the idea that man is responsible for climate change. Watts does some pretty good stuff over all. I felt like Sinclair set up some straw man type arguments also. Overall, i thought it was a pretty crappy video. The WMD argument at the and was weak not only for the childish snark, but he ignores that fact that every nation in the region, our European allies and the UN said that Iraq had WMDs. Bush didn’t lie, he was just saying what everyone was telling him (and Gore, and Clinton 1 and 2 said, and Kerry, ad naseum).

I personally believe in climate change, but I am skeptical that man really has anything to do with it.

Okay, then look at this easy to read chart!

Image: File:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr.png

This is really basic climate science. In the past four hundred thousand years, through four interglacial cycles, the level of O=C=O has risen to around 300 parts per billion (PPB). At that point a new glaciation cycle began. (This is why back in the 70’s many people were predicting a new ice age. Based on carbon levels, it was past time.) Now we have rocketed past 300PPB and are fast approaching 400 PPB.

What has changed since the last interglacial period? Just us.