Quote:I note the word consensus, which the best definition I could find, for that usage, on dictionary.com (yes, I am invoking that sight) was this:
As for global warming I believe it exists because that is the consensus among researchers
Quote:Because, consensus isn't about proof... its about group opinion, good for political movements and political parties... terribly stupid for actual science (though not necessary the scientists involved). Past consensus involved such great bits of 'truth' as 1) the Earth is flat (looks flat looking across my lawn), 2) the Earth is the one and only center of the universe.
the feeling of most people
For instance... anyone remember the last great self inflicted killer of all mankind. Think about it for a moment... got it in your head. The answer is the dreaded 'Holes in the Ozone Layer'. The ones right above the North and South poles... the ones found about 12 minutes after the developed the first orbital photos of said Ozone layer. The ones caused by CFCs? Remember those?
Yeah... last I checked those strangely went away or something... because no one mentions them anymore. Shortly after someone pointed out that those 'manmade' holes happened to be located exactly where the Earth's magnetic field deflects all those harmful particles that don't bounce off into space. Last time I heard a news story related to the Holes in the Ozone Layer, it was because of the dead astronauts... seems the CFC free foam they used on the shuttle broke up a bit (as usual on take off) and put a hole in the wing.
I can remember that they started running radio adds about two weeks ago stating that even though Temperatures in the US were about average this winter, globally the average is up. We've had two snow storms since that leave a foot or more. So I guess Manmade Global Warming (note that Manmade isn't used in buzz-lines) is causing snowstorms... that seem to always coincide with conferences on Global Warming oddly. Canceled ones specifically.
Also, CO2 (main causes animals and rotting plants... must eliminate those things for consistency) is NOT, NOT, NOT the biggest 'green house' gas... its I think number 2. Its Water Vapor (main cause the Oceans).
So Hydrogen powered cars (main output water vapor) will actually increase (assuming its existence) Manmade Global Warming. And so the environmentalist movement will have a new target, if they ever 'defeat' the evil CO2.