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Originally Posted by Coign
The problem is the computer models cannot prove or disprove climate change is man-made. And it is not even that they need to prove if it is happening or not, it it proving that carbon dioxide, the stuff that makes plants grow, is the cause of it.
Until we know it is happening, and more importantly know what it is causing it, anything we do to slow/halt/reverse it is just an unnecessary tax/control against an economy that does not have the money to spend.
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What do you consider "proof"? I believe it is imperative to agree on an answer to this question before any kind of understanding can be shared on the actual facts. Until then, you cite your legitimate sources, I cite mine, and we continue to talk past each other.
The second sentence there, fingering CO2 is an example of getting ahead of ourselves. I think we can agree that with a system as complex as the earth one source, CO2, is unlikely to be the cause of such a widespread effect. There are many factors that influence climate change.
As for your second paragraph, now now, if we "don't know what is happening or causing it" how can you "know" a given effort is unnecessary? It might be necessary, it might be helpful, you yourself just proposed that you don't know.