Houston Chronicle Editorial on Global Warming

On global warming, the science is solid

This was submitted by various professors from various universities here in Texas.

And, oh yeah, they fail.

I think the reason is because of a basic failure of following the scientific method. Instead of having scientists following the scientific method, they're making opinions, and just doing things wrong. You may have an informed opinion, and that's fine, we can deal with that and discuss your opinion, but don't even try to imply that something is proven based on your OPINION.

• • Heat-trapping gases are very likely responsible for most of the warming observed over the past half century. (emphasis added)

So sorry, but "likely" is not "solid science."

But despite years of intensive observations of the Earth system, no one has been able to propose a credible alternative mechanism that can explain the present-day warming without heat-trapping gases produced by human activities.

Really? So I can be the first? Ok, here it goes, it's called...

Destruction of the rain forests.

Wow, can't believe I'm the first, I thought everyone knew. And it's totally credible too because... well, it's been well studied and everyone knows... well, I guess except the professors who submitted the article anyway.

Solid? Definitely. Just try to refute that if one destroys something that "filters" CO2, then you can expect more CO2. Go ahead, I'll wait.

Overall human capacity to destroy a forest is much faster than industrialized countries capacity to emit. Not only do the forests get devastated each year by getting cut down, there's also the burning that follows, enough from Mexico alone to cause health alerts here in Texas. But maybe the professors who wrote the article haven't been paying attention.

So anyway, we've been hearing for years about the devastating effects that cutting down the rain forests would have. Now that they're finally being realized, the blame is being switched to burning fossil fuels and other emissions.

I suppose that the fight to save the rain forest is gone, and so the fight is on to simply not produce as much CO2. Good luck with that, you know, not breathing and all.