sci.energy

On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:07:41 -0700, The_Sage
wrote:

>>Reply to article by: Jonathan Kirwan
>>Date written: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:40:11 GMT
>>MsgID:
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>>>The CO2 levels were determined by O18 to O16 ratios in marine carbonate.
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>>My first reaction to this is that you haven't read ANY science papers,
>>at all. O18:O16 ratios are a proxy for temperature, not CO2 levels.
>>The CO2 levels found in the trapped air can be directly measured.
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>>Then I went to read this GSA Today article you cited. It doesn't make
>>the mistake you just did. Good thing. That article actually goes to
>>lengths to discuss 4 proxies for CO2, as well.
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>>Do you ever read this stuff? Just curious.
>
>My first reaction to this is that you have never taken a class in logic in your
>entire life. Afterall, how can you *logically* justify saying that I have never
>read a single science paper in my life just because I make a simple typo?

That doesn't look like a typo to me. It's very hard to say something
like that about CO2, accidentally. In fact, I can't recall ever
seeing a typo like that. Always a first time, I suppose.

Jon

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