tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post116033329423823527..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: St Frank and the RainforestBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160868413760329772006-10-14T23:26:00.000+00:002006-10-14T23:26:00.000+00:00Watch my programme. It's great.Watch my programme. It's great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160517795132919122006-10-10T22:03:00.000+00:002006-10-10T22:03:00.000+00:00Gizza job Maxine!!Gizza job Maxine!!Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160512424612209202006-10-10T20:33:00.000+00:002006-10-10T20:33:00.000+00:00Does everyone know about http://www.realclimate.or...Does everyone know about http://www.realclimate.org/?<BR/>I' a long-in-the-tooth science journal editor, I work for the best science journal in the world (bar none), nature -- and I recommend this blog/site for the unspun climate truth. (or you could read Nature ;-) )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160504403186686312006-10-10T18:20:00.000+00:002006-10-10T18:20:00.000+00:00Thanks, Gordon, check it out, Philip.Thanks, Gordon, check it out, Philip.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160504059529846582006-10-10T18:14:00.000+00:002006-10-10T18:14:00.000+00:00Have a look here, for a very cool presentation of ...Have a look here, for a very cool presentation of various graphs and facts relevant to global warming:<BR/><BR/>http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/zoom/zoom.pdfGordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160419436794753272006-10-09T18:43:00.000+00:002006-10-09T18:43:00.000+00:00Bryan, I've got your book and have read it, althou...Bryan, <BR/>I've got your book and have read it, although I can't lay my hand on it at present and I can't remember what you said in it. <BR/><BR/>You don't answer the question I pose, namely what evidence can I see that proves the scientists are right. Up to now nothing appears to have changed in the natural world that I can observe in Europe - I can't speak for the rest of the world, because I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160412886419556912006-10-09T16:54:00.000+00:002006-10-09T16:54:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160412772318550192006-10-09T16:52:00.000+00:002006-10-09T16:52:00.000+00:00Philip,I am very sympathetic to the style of your ...Philip,<BR/>I am very sympathetic to the style of your thinking. Indeed, in 1992 I wrote a book on these lines, Understanding the Present. In the case of global warming - and I am no scientist but I have spoken to the best and the sanest in this area - over the past 600,000 years rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide have coincided precisely with interglacial periods - ie the warmest periods. ThereBryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160390479187483502006-10-09T10:41:00.000+00:002006-10-09T10:41:00.000+00:00Oh, and I should have said that it doesn't mean th...Oh, and I should have said that it doesn't mean they are true either. Surely it's more likely that the theories are untrue if you can come up with a reason explaining why they are held to be true which doesn't depend on their truth for people to believe them. If you see what I mean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160389983922594922006-10-09T10:33:00.000+00:002006-10-09T10:33:00.000+00:00What exactly is the current evidence for global wa...What exactly is the current evidence for global warming you refer to, Bryan? <BR/>And where can I see its effects? <BR/><BR/>I read somewhere that a huge percentage of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (85-90%) comes from the oceans and man-made emissions account for a tiny percentage of any increase.<BR/><BR/>My point is that we lesser beings have no way of knowing whether the 'scientists' are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160385624526722022006-10-09T09:20:00.000+00:002006-10-09T09:20:00.000+00:00I wouldn't dream of burning you, Philip, and, oddl...I wouldn't dream of burning you, Philip, and, oddly enough, I share your views about the historical/cultural roots of such theories. This, however, does not mean they are not true. I happen to think the current evidence makes it profoundly irrational to think anthropogenic global warming is not happening. Strangely, your view that about our assumption that we can do anything about is hubristic Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1160384781224174172006-10-09T09:06:00.000+00:002006-10-09T09:06:00.000+00:00At the risk of having hundreds of the faithful dra...At the risk of having hundreds of the faithful dragging me out into the street and publicly burning me, I venture to say I don't believe in man-made global warming. The current obsession with it and the huge number of high profile recent converts makes me even more sceptical. The belief is, in my view, based broadly on two things and have their origins in hubris:<BR/><BR/>The first is based on a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com