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  Putting up a "straw man"?

  The volcano argument, believe it or not, is used in many Internet forum arguments by many heavily misinformed people. It stuns me that they would indeed fall for this particular argument, however.On 'Volcanoes emit more CO2 than humans'--Not even close ... posted 1 year, 7 months ago 31 Responses

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  Chaotic systems

  To get the picture of predicting chaotic systems on different scales, imagine a candle that emits smoke.  The behavior of individual smoke particles is indeed part of a chaotic system, BUT it can be easily understood that a slight wind will deviate the stream of smoke in one general direction.

  Likewise, while anthropogenic carbon emissions will undoubtedly cause the world to warm up, the very nature of Earth's climate makes predicting the weather on any given day several years from now impossible.On 'Chaotic systems are not predictable'--Sure, but who says climate is chaotic? posted 1 year, 7 months ago 13 Responses