Climate Control Legislation

E-mail to Congress:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/globalwarming.html#q11) says,
"Due to the enormous complexity of the atmosphere, the most useful tools for gauging future changes are 'climate models'. These are computer-based mathematical models which simulate, in three dimensions, the climate's behavior, its components and their interactions. Climate models are constantly improving based on both our understanding and the increase in computer power, though by definition, a computer model is a simplification and simulation of reality, meaning that it is an approximation of the climate system. The first step in any modeled projection of climate change is to first simulate the present climate and compare it to observations. If the model is considered to do a good job at representing modern climate, certain parameters can be changed, such as the concentration of greenhouse gases, which helps us understand how the climate would change in response. Projections of future climate change therefore depend on how well the computer climate model simulates the climate and on our understanding of how forcing functions will change in the future."

Let us simplify this a little further. The atmosphere is very complex. Human beings cannot understand it, but computers can, through computer models. All computer models need data which is inserted by human beings, who don't really understand it but have some preconceived opinion as to what should be entered. "A computer model is a simplification and simulation of reality, meaning it is an approximation of the climate system". "Projections of future climate change therefore depend on how well the computer model simulates the climate and our understanding of how forcing functions will change it in the future".

Do you want to gamble billions of dollars on this hodgepodge of suppositions and invention of terms (greenhouse gases and forcing functions)?