old europe wrote:okie,
are you saying we shouldn't be trying to figure out what is causing global warming on Earth and all the effects it might have because, after all, Mars is warming, too?
I'm saying go ahead try to figure it out. I am saying do not jump to conclusions and institute needless and unwarranted political policy. I am all for sound science. I am not in favor of politically charged science. I am in favor of considering all sound scientific findings, not just the opinions or findings of certain scientists. I doubt if scientists are even close to figuring out the very complex set of variables, some of which we may not even know much about, let alone understand well enough to calculate or evaluate. I doubt it can be determined exactly why the temperatures may be warming if they are, and even if they are and you do figure out why, the why might not be "man caused," but even if it is, what if warming is not a negative effect, what if it might even be positive? If Mars is warming, does that not make you suspicious that if Earth is warming, perhaps the causes might be linked, such as the variations or cycles in the energy of the sun? I am not asserting that they are related, but I certainly think the possibility makes as much sense as anything I've heard so far concerning this subject.
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