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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: miraje who wrote (20008)2/3/2008 1:54:47 PM
From: neolib  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36917
 

I know, it's weather, not climate, but it's funny to see the Algores and the econuts and their MSM backers claim to predict what the climate will be, a century down the road, when they can't accurately predict the weather for the following day, half the time..


1) You think anyone has a prayer of predicting the actual pressure and velocity of the airflow at a SPECIFIC point at a SPECIFIC time instant on the trailing edge of a 777's wing within say 50%? 2) Do you think they can predict the average aerodynamic variables over the entire wing within a few percent, and hence be able to actually design a wing using just computer codes these days?

In case you don't know, the answer to 1 is no, we cannot, and the answer to 2) is yes we can.

But a nitwit might well say: "I know it is just chaos, not wing lift, but it's funny to see the Wing Designers and the computer nuts and their MSM backers claim to predict what the lift will be, of the entire wing for any time, when they can't accurately predict the specific aerodynamics of any single point, for ANY specific time."



To: miraje who wrote (20008)2/4/2008 7:54:06 AM
From: HPilot  Respond to of 36917
 
"I know, it's weather, not climate,"

It may be climate, scientists doing solar research are predicting the long term solar cycle will decrease in the next decade or so. Also we passed the short term 11 year cycle a few years ago. The earth has been cooling slightly for the past 7 years or so. Too early to tell yet for sure though.