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PaulusP on March 1, 2006 - 10:32am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Don I agree. A few remarks:
  • South pole ice is breaking up. This may be a natural process which continuously occurs. However indications are the Antarctic ice sheet is not rebuilding by new precipation at the same speed.
  • It is a fact that we are very bad at predicting the weather  even on a daily timeframe. Let alone climate change in the short, medium, or medium-long term. There are just to many factors, like your clouds, involved. If somewhere in the world a large volcano explodes we may see temperatures drop by 0.5 C.-1.0 C. for a few years, just to name another factor.
  • Climate was, is , and always will be a dynamic system, never on equilibrium, but always bouncing around it from one end to the other.
  • Noting the above, PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME TO WHAT EXTEND SEALEVELS WILL RISE. I live in Holland you see......Ah, no one can tell me? D*mn!
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Don Sailorman on March 1, 2006 - 11:35am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
What kind of boat do you have? How have you provisioned it? How many of your family members will it accommodate? How are your fishing skills?
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Richard on March 2, 2006 - 3:57am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
It is a fact that we are very bad at predicting the weather  even on a daily timeframe. Let alone climate change in the short, medium, or medium-long term

I'm not sure if the quality of the day-to-day weather prediction has anything to do with Global Warming.

To quote a (Dutch) comedian from Almelo:

"Who cares that the sealevels rise a few cm in 100 years? It is changing 1 meter every 6 hours!"

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