" "that is only a hundred and something years out of 4 billion.Aarrrrggggghhh!!!!"
Highlighting geologic timeframes to support an argument in which most of that time Earth was inhabitable by humans is inane"
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Is it inane or useful context? What do you suggest next time you are told that a X is the hottest (or coldest or stormiest or whatever) year on record? I would suggest comparing the length of record keeping to a larger timeframe to see if the record itself has any meaning, let alone any errors in the records themselves.Context is important.
As you may be aware, we are told that the current CO2 level is presented as a problem. We are told that the *real* issue is the possibility of runaway warming because of positive feedbacks. By comparing this claim to a geologic timeframe ie. billions of years including times of much much higher CO2 levels without any runaway warming we may conclude it is simply BS. Added to that we see reports of much lower climate sensitivity and the catastrophic element in the CAGW story sort of evaporates, doesn't it? Put it on the pile....
As I said above, time for a new scare, this one is getting stale.No one cares anymore except those financially leeching off the rest of us and latecomers to the current party. Get in on the ground floor of the new panic rather than being the last one left at this party...
