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Old 01-18-2009   #1191 (permalink)
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Re: My belief in Global Warming is getting shaky

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Originally Posted by freeztar View Post
Many models work, but no models work perfectly for every scenario. It's simply unrealistic to expect that we can model such a chaotic system with 100% accuracy.

That said, here's a good read on climate models and why they are efficient and useful.



Global Warming : Feature Articles
So why are the IPCC models and projections always off by so much, and nothing is done to correct them?

In addition, the information you cited concerned a climate model and the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Obviously, not every climate model are stupidly wrong - just the global warming ones.

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