[NonZeroSum]

when the best technology of the day cannot predict the weather seven days hence, one wonders what kind of fool beleives that we can predict the weather 50-60 YEARS into the future.

Saying that we can't make climate predictions because we don't know what the weather will be next week makes no more sense than saying we can't make long-term market predictions because we don't know where the Dow will close next week.

Climate is not weather. There are good arguments against the global warming hysteria, but this isn't one of them. I wish that people would stop using it--it's counterproductive.

[camle]

has ANY Long range climate prediction ever been accurate?

[LeGrande]

Saying that we can't make climate predictions because we don't know what the weather will be next week makes no more sense than saying we can't make long-term market predictions because we don't know where the Dow will close next week.

Hmmm, has anyone ever made any accurate longterm market predictions? Maybe Warren Buffet, but as he readily admits he is more often wrong than he is correct. Your premise that anyone can make accurate longterm market projections is incorrect.

Climate is not weather. There are good arguments against the global warming hysteria, but this isn't one of them. I wish that people would stop using it--it's counterproductive.

The average daily temperature is both climate and weather. The climate is a derivative of the weather. Theoretically if you know all the variables and how they interact, you should be able to predict both the weather and the climate (climates are just as variable as the weather over a longer period).

[Paradox]

. I wish that people would stop using it--it's counterproductive.

Very true, it makes our side look, well, ignorant. What we CAN say abou the global warming hysterics is that this proves them to be, well, hysterical. I believe in global warming, I just don't believe in the hysteria.