Climategate

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by DBUCHANON101

Didnt ski resorts in Co have their earliest openings ever -or in a long time- this year? Sorry if you posted this in a link but i didnt go through them so if you did just overlook this post.

Making any kind of assumptions based on one, two, or even ten years is ridiculous, especially in a specific region.

I always find it absurd when it's a particularly cold winter and people are like, "oh ... so much for global warming." The real things to study are average global temperature and concentration of certain gasses within the entire global climate.

Problem is these things are extremely difficult to reach conclusive evidence on, and doing so is theoretical at best. It's kind of a shame that much of the science community has become so politicized because it's killed much of the credibility of the overall scientific community.

Here's an interesting read:

The SuperFreakonomics Global-Warming Fact Quiz - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com

(by the way, superfreakonomics is a pretty good read...check it out)