tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31256834.post7778541376807441066..comments2024-01-31T05:16:57.325-05:00Comments on Freaque Waves: An inconvenient truth: The Earth is coolingFreaqueWaveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02722841552107409555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31256834.post-46330239587856654682009-01-04T10:41:00.000-05:002009-01-04T10:41:00.000-05:00Thank you so much for your kind comment on this bl...Thank you so much for your kind comment on this blog. I regret that we can not all see things the same way. Everyone entitles to understand the global warming phenomenon differently, since there is no scientific substantiation one way or the other. You deemed "Man made greenhouse emmissions seem to be the only cause" while I liked the article's contention that there is "the absence of credible scientific evidence of global warming as a man-made problem." It would not be a problem if it's just a matter of difference in opinion. But there should be no ambiguity in science. What appears alarming to me, however, is to quote Thomas Jefferson's mob rule that "fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine" since November 5, 2008.FreaqueWaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722841552107409555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31256834.post-29455696920674063302009-01-04T09:05:00.000-05:002009-01-04T09:05:00.000-05:00Thank you for your excellent blog. It's made this ...Thank you for your excellent blog. It's made this puzzling and fascinating phenomena of freaque waves more accessible to the public.<BR/><BR/>I am puzzled by your article on global warming/cooling though. I always understood that global "warming" referred to an small increase in <B>globally averaged</B> temperatures. And, that as a consequence, this increase causes local weather swings away from what we usually expect. Some parts of the world may be much colder at times, or much warmer at times.<BR/><BR/>So, the article's observation of a decrease in extreme low temperatures over some parts of NA seems to agree with this viewpoint. This viewpoint also explains the sudden and alarming breakaway of large ice shelfs in Antartica and the increasingly clear northwest passage and Arctic sea (temperatures there are on the rise), facts that the "cooling/stasis" point of view seems to be silent about.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the real point of contention is whether the warming is man made or naturally cyclic? But I feel that while it is easy to believe in naturally cyclic <B>local</B> temperature changes, a globally averaged increase seems to point to a global change, like someone turning on the thermostat. Man made greenhouse emmissions seem to be the only cause that fits the bill.<BR/><BR/>Have I misunderstood global warming or have I missed your point?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com