[LINK] Climate Change, The other point of View

[Adrian Chadd]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011, Frank O'Connor wrote:

I was cool with your response until..

> 4. I don't know about you, but the rule for CLOSED systems like the 
> Earth is to be a little bit careful about screwing things up ... 
> because unless you can get outside the CLOSED system, screwing them 
> up by sending them into new steady states, equilibria or whatever you 
> want to call it is a one way frigging trip. You can't just conduct 
> the experiment, say "Oopsie!" and expect everything to return to 
> normal like you can in the lab ... the consequences tend to be a bit 
> more drastic.

Earth isn't a closed system, energy wise.

Sure, it's a dyanmic system, but it ain't closed.


Adrian
(Note - I Am Not A Scientist.)