[ngcles]

Hi All,

To quote from the article:

"For all 10,000 years of recorded human history, the carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere remained relatively constant, at somewhere near 275 parts per million. Call it the Genesis number ... "

Are we all aware that 10,000 years is only 1/460,000 of the time the Earth has been here?

Are we all aware that 10,000 years is only about 1/53,000th of the time frame since the Cambrian explosion occurred when animal life became wide-spread, varied and rampant?

Genesis number? So the "Genesis Event" happened only 10,000 years ago?

Why are we looking at such a short time-frame here for assessing the impact that CO2 has on our biosphere?

It's bit like saying that, of today, the temprature has been relatively constant for the last few seconds.

It's like a doctor looking at a patient and saying something like: Well you've enjoyed 50 years of perfect health, but I can see you've got a cough and a wheeze today. If that's not fixed, you'll probably be dead in an hour or so."



Best,

Les D