http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5027 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5027&cpage=1#comment-12726 Jim Clarke Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:50:03 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5027#comment-12726 This is precisely what one expects to see if natural cycles dominate and the human influence on climate is still negligible. The PDO and the AMO are obviously huge factors in global climate, but their influence is not even factored in to the GCMs and the IPCC reports. If they were, the climate change attributed to humanity would be greatly reduced and the threat of a climate crisis would evaporate, along with billions of dollars of funding. Still, that is a small price to pay to avoid the possible trillions of dollars of direct and unintended costs of proposed climate change policy. This is precisely what one expects to see if natural cycles dominate and the human influence on climate is still negligible. The PDO and the AMO are obviously huge factors in global climate, but their influence is not even factored in to the GCMs and the IPCC reports. If they were, the climate change attributed to humanity would be greatly reduced and the threat of a climate crisis would evaporate, along with billions of dollars of funding. Still, that is a small price to pay to avoid the possible trillions of dollars of direct and unintended costs of proposed climate change policy.

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5027&cpage=1#comment-12725 Paul Biggs Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:11:45 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5027#comment-12725 Wot - no picture of hurricanes emerging from chimney stacks? Damn - I just killed another 1000 people! Wot – no picture of hurricanes emerging from chimney stacks? Damn – I just killed another 1000 people!

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