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To: koan who wrote (337718)12/8/2009 1:04:59 PM
From: Jorj X Mckie1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 794335
 
Understanding global warming is like brain surgery. It is very complicated, specific, and involves a science far removed from computer science.

Actually, a climatologist (not a global warming scientist) is collating a lot of different sciences rather than being a expert in one.

Atmospheric Chemistry is one component, but it is by no means the only or even the most important component. If we move Antarctica off of the south pole we will have a much warmer planet no matter what the atmospheric chemistry is. If we eliminate the land bridge at the panama canal we would also have a much different climate.

A little thing like ocean currents can really change things dramatically. Then you have to factor in the biogenic inputs and clouds and water vapor and.....basically, climatologists ware project managers. And if the project managers aren't managing the inputs into their project well inputting bad data and making stuff up then you get bad results.

By massaging the data to such extremes the climatologists prove that they are not "pretty sure of their data."
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