I had one of those conversations with a co-worker today.
about Climate Change.
The "Earth Cycles" rhetoric is gearing up for 2 years of give-aways, it seems.
My co-worker, despite having several science degrees, including one in physics and one in meteorology, is still under the belief that Climate Change is just a matter of Natural Cycles. Mankind has nothing to do with it.
Well I struck upon an idea, that I thought might appeal to his "inner scientist" --
The Idea of Inertia.
The "Inertia" of the Ice Thickness, specifically. The "heat reservoirs" in the ocean warm top layers; the "cold reservoirs" in the various Ice Caps, around the world, too.
And the Fact that the Arctic Ice Cap has been rapidly thinning for a while now -- got his attention. He was unaware of this Fact.
And the associated permafrost melting, with its expected Methane release got his attention too. He was unaware of that Methane was a potent Greenhouse Gas, nor about the frozen Methane Hydrates on the Ocean floors, either.
The "inner scientist" seemed to be listening ...
continued at Daily Kos....
