Re:95% of climate models agree: the observations must be wrong
by nazgulnarsil on Friday February 14, 2014 @08:59PM
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If we're only the cause of 50% of the warming that implies curbing our behavior only has half the impact that it would if we caused 100% of the warming. Granted, geoengineering projects that impact total warming are different.
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Re:95% of climate models agree: the observations must be wrong
by Jtsummers on Friday February 14, 2014 @09:08PM
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Throwing out a percentage like that is meaningless. I contributed to 50% of the trash in my household last month. If that's 300 lbs, then curbing it is significant. If it's 3 lbs, then it isn't. If he can't provide more concrete figures for his argument then the argument has no meaning.
Re:95% of climate models agree: the observations must be wrong
by auctiontheory on Friday February 14, 2014 @11:49PM
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If we're only the cause of 50% of the warming that implies curbing our behavior only has half the impact that it would if we caused 100% of the warming.
No, it does not imply that, not unless we know of a linear relationship between "warming" and "impact." From what I understand, the relationship is far from linear, i.e. our changes can have disproportionate impact.