Has O'Leary got a point here?

[R1Geezer]

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[birdie1971]

Jake – Sorry to bang on but in your previous post (you know - the one where you accused people who reach a different conclusion than yourself of being unconcerned with the well-being of the rest of humanity) you stated, “... CO2 levels are the highest in 400,000 years...”

To that, I have to say, so what? We're talking about climate here. When discussing climate we are by necessity discussing geological time-scales. Your 400,000 years is the merest blink of an eye in geological-climatic terms. If we're going to have an honest debate about this issue we must look at the entirety of known history (not just a specific segment) and apply those CO2 / temperature data sets to the hypothesis to see if they work. The hypothesis being: atmospheric CO2 concentrations force the global temperature to rise. This hypothesis must work in all time periods otherwise it must be concluded that it has been proven false. It only has to fail once for this to happen.

And it does fail. I've already given you one example where the hypothesis is disproved. There are a great many others which are easy to find if you care to look.

[birdie1971]

Continued...

Regardless of the above, I wonder where you stand personally on this issue Jake? I've already commented on your rather odious opinions about those who disbelieve the theories of man-made climate change.

You clearly believe passionately that mankind is causing climate change, so what are you personally doing about it? I think it's a reasonable question to ask seeing as you accused me and others like me of being effectively anti-humanist.

Do you (or members of your immediate family) own a car?
Do you and your family take foreign holidays?
Do you have solar panels on your roof?
Do you sit wrapped up in winter like a human pass-the-parcel present or do you turn on the central heating?

In fact, have you drastically altered your way of life as a result of coming to believe that mankind is responsible for climate change or do you just shout loudly and often about it whilst simultaneously living your life as if isn't happening?

[birdie1971]

And one day later we have... silence.

Will you answer my above question Jake, or are you attempting to limit your carbon footprint by not using your computer?