The point is that we do not fully understand the impact of all the variables affecting the earth's climate. Other factors are ocean currents and certainly the El Nino conditions that periodically occur.
If our only plans are to deal with CO2, and possibly methane gas, and Nitrous Oxcide, it may prove to be a waste of time. Perhaps the problem is more rooted in the way we manage water (i.e. irragation of deserts) and changes in our oceans. Oceans serve as a CO2 sink.
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Oceans are natural CO2 sinks, and represent the largest active carbon sink on Earth. This role as a sink for CO2 is driven by two processes, the solubility pump and the biological pump
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink
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Originally Posted by willravel
It's kinda hard to blame California...
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I lived in California for about 12 years it is a great state in many ways, I only brought that up because the greatest amount of hypocrasy on this issue comes from California. Hollywood stars, LA, the bay area all want to tell eveyone how to live, but have poor public transportation, high traffic congestion, lifestyles based on the car, and poor air. On top of that many have exorbitant lifestyles and consume more energy in a day than some people would comsume in a year.