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Osmund...the ocean waters have been rising since the end of the last ice age. The key question is whether they have been rising at an accellerated rate. The answer is NO and has been documented earlier on this thread.

The acidity of the ocean you refer to from added carbon is once again PROJECTED...the actual measurement of ocean PH claimed since 1850 is .1 on the PH scale... and the oceans and coral have thrived in far less alkaliane conditions. There is also considerable variation in the PH of sections of the ocean worldwide and the ".1" measurement is questioned vigorously because of this and relatively unclear historical measurements to compare against.

Your last statement is most telling. The costs of mitigation are Not at all modest...they are debillitating.
The Waxman bill passed yesterday by the Congress will do the following:
All in all, the bill is expected to reduce our gross domestic production (GDP) by $9.6 trillion. And for what?
Even if - if - the legislation works exactly as it is intended (a rare feat in Washington), in about 100 years the Earth's temperature will be one tenth of one degree Celsius lower than the United Nations predicts it will otherwise be.
-Gingrich



That is no SMALL adjustment. It is the largest tax increase in our history for NOTHING.


Go ahead Craig...find me some science that says the Waxman bill will reduce the global warming you believe in by more than .1 degrees in 100 years. Nah..you'd rather just believe cause it feels so good to be a child of nature and one with the earth godess.