Man made global warming has taken a big of a hit recently. While the idea has been around for quite a long time I've always been sceptical of the theory. In my simplistic evaluation it seemed that an increase in temperatures would result in an increase of evaporation from the plentiful water surface on the earth which would then result in more clouds, more diffusion of the sunlight and therefore a cooling. While clouds do tend to hold the temperatures a bit warmer at night I figured that effect would be more than offset by the daytime cooling. This evaluation may be as silly as the theory itself and may only serve to exhibit my ignorance, however, my scepticism is also fueled by the behaviour of those who push the theory forward. First we had ozone holes, then global warming, then global climate change. A little like a religion changing it's doctrine when the facts don't seem to fit their beliefs. I read a study when I was in high school about an experiment to increase snowfall in the mountains using a cloud seeding technique. While the article tried to put a positive spin on the results they were disappointing. The hope was to one day be able to force a tornado producing storm to rain itself out thereby stealing the energy the storm would otherwise use to produce the tornado. That was almost 40 years ago and while I haven't followed the subject specifically I would guess we would have heard if that goal had been accomplished. My point is that our attempts to effect meaningful change to the weather have been rather futile at best and now we are to believe that we are inadvertently destroying the planet. I just don't see it. While the switch over to the new Freon was a huge boost to certain segments of the economy and, to the chagrins of the ozone hole crowd, made a few large corporations lots of money, I'm not convinced that it fixed the holes in the sky. Of course we may never know since the ozone hole scare has been put on the back burner for now. Wouldn't someone be curious enough to see if we've improved that situation? In conclusion I'm sure the recent set backs will only dampen the global climate change movements enthusiasm for the moment. After all, "What if it's true?" I'll subscribe to their theory on the basis of "What if it's true?" When they all convert to Christianity. After all, the new heaven and earth will be more durable then this flimsy bit of created mass we live on now.
