[extropy-chat] FWD [PvT] Re: Climate skepticism patterns

[Terry W. Colvin]

It's not at all smart to mess with Mother Nature (or Gaia, whomever you 
chose). You can not go around upsetting the balance with which the Earth 
and most particularly the atmosphere handles incoming Solar 
radiation-certainly the CFC problem with the O3 layer and the current 
problems with Climate Change should tell everyone that. First off, you 
start increasing snowfall in the Arctic and you might end up with too 
much snow that doesn't melt during the Summer which will increase 
Earth's Albedo and could lead to something far beyond the realm of 
anyone's thinking right now. UV radiation from the Sun is critical to 
plant growth and in the formation of natural vitamins in our food 
supply. Also, it's the annual variation in UV due to the changing 
insolation during the seasons that triggers both leaf fall and the 
leafing out of deciduous trees-no UV no fruit.
 
Steve

 

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