Thursday, December 03, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE KEY POINT IN CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION - CLIMATE HAS ALWAYS CHANGED BUT DO PEOPLE CAUSE IT NOW? THE CASE NOT MADE


COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE INDEPENDENT


Indeed, as some have said here, climate has always changed.

Tacitus called North Africa the granary of Rome only 2,000 years ago.

The key question is always not whether change is happening but whether people's activities are the cause of t.

I do not believe the case has been made.

Remember, we are talking about a gigantic, vastly expensive, planetary experiment with efforts to control carbon dioxide.

It does seem to me that that is warranted only if we are absolutely sure.