nostalgebraist

@mormo_music @JonasKyratzes so where is the uncertainty about the direction of our influence?

@nostalgebraist uncertainty comes from uncertainty about whether current natural trend (medium to longterm timescale) is warming or cooling.

@nostalgebraist If natural trend = cooling, then human action that increases temp by lesser amount is _slowing_ climate change.

@mormo_music Our CO2 emissions (and other emissions) are changing the climate. That's climate change.

@nostalgebraist You're defining climate change in a way that makes it compatible w/ weather/temp/sealevel all staying exactly thesame. odd.

@mormo_music Natural trends are slow. If there's a wind pushing my car backwards at 0.01 mph, and I start the car and drive at 30 mph . . .

@mormo_music ... am I "slowing the natural trend"? No, I'm adding a much stronger trend in the opposite direction.

@nostalgebraist Like I said:If natural trend=cooling, then humanaction that increases temp by lesser amount = slowing climate change. Agree?