Does it matter?

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Does it matter?

Tom Brosz — 10/4/2005 3:54:28 AM (archived)

A damn vague question, but no. It doesn't. Not in the way you're hinting at. It's based on too short a time frame and the conclusions drawn are sheer speculation, with another good dose of media "disaster-hype" thrown in.

Here's a paper with some more data going back a few more years.

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Without getting into causes... - alcaray - 9/29/2005 3:28:08 PM
- No...let's get into causes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 12:35:01 PM
  - A medly of pseudoscience - DL - 9/30/2005 5:47:52 PM
    - Omission of a single word. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 10:10:20 PM
  - Ah yea! That explains why there are no aurorae in the South... err (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:09:26 PM
  - You should be a guest on the Art Bell show. - Scott Evil - 9/30/2005 3:36:13 PM
- Certainly, it matters. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/30/2005 11:59:51 AM
- More on this - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 9:42:52 PM
  - Try this - Fox - 9/30/2005 2:58:30 AM
    - Good answer. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 5:13:23 AM
  - What's to explain? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 10:54:46 PM
    - What, only the northern hemisphere is getting warmer? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 12:58:46 AM
      - The observation is the observation is the observation - alcaray - 9/30/2005 3:32:03 PM
        
        Let's just say "amateur planetologist" - Fox - 9/30/2005 7:39:09 PM
        
        Fox had a reasonable response. See above. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 4:40:49 PM
        
        When did Fox become a climatologist? - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:53:32 PM
        
        Does he have to be one? I'm not. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2005 1:25:23 AM
        
        Will it be significant when polar bears can no longer "be up there"? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2005 4:57:22 PM
        
        How long do you think polar bears have been up there? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:28:46 AM
        
        Not much of an answer to my question, buddy. Or am I to infer your answer was "no". (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:14:51 PM
        
        The polar bears are going to be fine. Okay? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 4:24:03 PM
        
        Go back and read the question again. Go back and read the question in the original post. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 5:22:44 PM
        
        Great jumping ursines. I'm not the one who brought up polar bears! - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 9:38:14 PM
        
        It was so simple a question. Sorry about all the stress. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 9:50:59 PM
        
        No, you're playing "dense" again. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 10:14:28 PM
        
        Smallest steps possible without reverting to baby talk. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 11:44:26 PM
        
        Does it matter? - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 3:54:28 AM
        
        I hope you are right. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/4/2005 3:04:44 PM
        
        I'll ask the same question I brought up in Lindy's thread above... - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 11:36:52 PM
        
        I think the assumption that you make within your question is false. - alcaray - 10/5/2005 2:58:35 PM
        
        assumption - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 6:58:56 PM
        
        Can't you really? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/6/2005 3:57:23 AM
        
        re: assumption - alcaray - 10/5/2005 8:16:21 PM
        
        Polar bears are actually migrants from the Sahara. (n/t) - DL - 10/3/2005 3:52:31 PM
        
        Did you cry over the loss of the Wooly Mammoth? Sabretooth Tiger? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/3/2005 1:58:09 AM
        
        Yes, I did. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:15:42 PM
        
        I knew you were older, but wow! - Tony - 10/3/2005 8:04:18 PM
        
        Nah, he just rented "Ice Age" (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/4/2005 12:54:55 PM
        
        Fred and Wilma did. - Mary Anne - 10/3/2005 12:02:24 PM
        
        LOL Yabba Dabba Dooo! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/4/2005 8:09:44 AM
- done - McFly - 9/29/2005 5:33:47 PM
- Yes! - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:05:04 PM
  - Does the Earth have too much water? - REB - 9/29/2005 5:16:27 PM
    - re: Does the Earth have too much water? - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 8:09:34 PM
- re: Without getting into causes... - REB - 9/29/2005 4:20:30 PM
  - I think you mean "uninhabitable" within 10000 years... - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:10:34 PM
    - I don't think you've got a grasp of the timframe of this change (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 5:24:57 PM
    - D'oh! - REB - 9/29/2005 5:21:01 PM
- Traitorous Scumbag!!! This is a Media-fascist anti-freedom conspiracy! Admit it! You want to take away my SUV! (n/t) - DL - 9/29/2005 3:32:02 PM
  - don't blame me...I don't own an SUV. - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:14:42 PM
  - That article amazingly has no reference to human-induced greenhouse effect - SDF - 9/29/2005 3:58:56 PM
    - Give me a break - DL - 9/29/2005 4:17:30 PM

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