[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[Mike Hebel]

dave at cca.org wrote:
> nimitz at speakeasy.net writes:
> 
> 
>>The self-balancing thing is what makes me skeptical about the global 
>>warming thing. From the standpoint of the planet the Earth is a 
>>closed-system with feedback control.  If we start heating it up too much 
>>I'm betting we'll see it cool down too much to compensate.
> 
> 
> Sure. But that balancing sometimes involves the sea level rising
> or falling by a few hundred feet. (Slight changes in temp have an
> enourmous impact on the amount of water stored in glaciers.)
> 
> That might have some impact on human civilization.

I didn't say that the compensation wouldn't be without impact.  I just 
said that I was skeptical of the theory.  From what I can see most 
proponents of the theory do not recognize a control mechanism for 
compensation of the heat increase.  (Minus fresh links that I haven't 
read yet.)  As for the flooding - I think that is more than a little 
likely and more than a little problematic.

Mike Hebel