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Old 12-20-2006, 22:46 PM   #61 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gunnut View Post
But the problem is we don't know if this is normal for the earth. We only have rudimentary data telling us the earth's temperature in blocks of thousands of years in the past, in trends. We never had clear and specific data of earth's past temperature in accuracy of single years or decades. It's like looking at the earth from an orbitting satellite. We can see the general terrain, but can't make out the roads and buildings.
Which is why I haven't decided which side to believe. I have no problem going against the flow of scientific opinion, if the evidence doesn't convince me, but it has to be pretty good evidence to go against the majority of climate scientists.
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