Re: [Phys-l] Climate skeptic convinced by data. Was: Re: Mike Mann _The hockey

[John Mallinckrodt <ajm@csupomona.edu>]

On Feb 18, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Anthony Lapinski wrote:

> The main driver of climate on Earth -- over and above any human-made carbon emissions -- is the Sun. The evidence is clear. By analyzing ice core samples and tree rings, scientists know that the Earth has gone through warming and cooling trends in the past. It's been in a warming trend for the past 150 years or so.

All VERY clearly true.

> There's really nothing that can be done about this.

Huh? What? Assuming that by "this" you mean the warming trend you mentioned above and that coincides with the industrial age, what is the evidence in support of for this stupendously general statement?

> Of course, many politicians (and people, too) are scientifically illiterate and can only deal with problems which are "human-made."

... and what is THAT supposed to mean in the context of the above? 

I really don't get it.

John Mallinckrodt
Cal Poly Pomona