What is the current alternative explanation to manmade global warming?
The proponents of manmade global warming have consistently stated it’s because of greenhouse gases.
To counter this claim skeptics have provided alternative explanations but they’re forever changing. Recent explanations have included cosmic rays, the oceans, increased solar output, Pacific decadal oscillation, blackbody radiation etc. Could someone please let me know what the current explanation favoured by the skeptics is?
Each of the many explanations is, in it’s own right, claimed to account for the recent warming and thus prove human activity isn’t responsible. Assuming the skeptics are correct and they’re not just coming up with anything that might sound plausible, shouldn’t the planet be warming many times faster than it is?
RON C: Another good answer but again, key points are omitted. Your logic and reasoning are sound but it doesn’t ‘add up’. There are several skeptics who claim that all the current warming can be attributed to alternative factors and in many cases a single factor is cited as being the sole cause of the current warming. If these skeptics were correct then there would be many factors each responsible for the same level of warming that humans are supposed to be responsible for. It’s true that doubling the forcings doesn’t double the temperature rise but when equated, if the skeptics are correct with all their different explanations, then the world should be warming at least 7 times as fast as it is now (and possibly as much as 20 times as fast).
How does the fact that similar temperatures & CO2 levels existed in the past protect me from climate harms now?
I keep hearing people emphasize that similar climate conditions existed in the past — and therefore I shouldn’t worry about global warming. But I don’t understand this logic. After all, the earth has experienced ice ages in the past — and if we were headed into one now, knowing of past ice ages would hardly keep me any warmer as a result. So why should I consider this "the earth has seen it all before" argument valid?
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Mr. Jello – he of "top contributor" status in the global warming section – has now blocked my ID so I can no longer correct his incessant distortion and ignorance of the scientific facts regarding this subject.
This is not the first time a global warming denier has blocked my ID – I was also blocked by someone named "the_CO2_agenda_is_a_lie" and "a_bush_family_member" for the same reasons.
Are global warming deniers so afraid of the facts that they’ll censor people who try and use scientific facts to convince them that they’re wrong?
Boy you just have to love that logic – ‘Bob blocked me so I blocked you’.
The logic of a global warming denier, ladies and gentlemen.
Not to mention the paranoia and ego of "everyone has an agenda (except me)". LOL!
Bob – the quote is "you can’t HANDLE the truth!". But no, I haven’t seen Jello post anything that wasn’t simply either his uninformed opinion or a distortion of the truth (at best).
dad – yes, if you click on his question and it says "You cannot view this question at this time", that means he’s blocked you.
Chuda – Y!A finally (and correctly) reversed the ban on my account:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As6MMc8lLk5ZrMSOAhywS77sy6IX?qid=20070823124327AAu8Sak
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