[Coral-List] More Run up for Copenhagen
David M. Lawrence
dave at fuzzo.com
Sun Dec 20 10:05:11 EST 2009
I don't know, Gene. Most of the concern over cooling back then was --
as others have pointed out -- that particulates (pollution) would offset
the effects of warming from increased carbon dioxide.
No reputable scientist, even any reputable stoners of the 70s,
questioned that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas and that it's
concentration in the atmosphere would affect global temperature.
If more people (i.e., the public and policymakers) understood the
Stefan-Boltzmann law, I suspect more we would have had a lot less talk
and a lot more action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by now.
Physics generally rules, like it or not.
Dave
Eugene Shinn wrote:
> Young coral-listers will appreciate the mood around 40 years ago. How
> quickly scientists change.Watch for climate guru in the third video.
> Gene
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ndHwW8psR8
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tokbiZW3gVY
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nprY2jSI0Ds
>
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