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AGW Poll

Can CO2 from human activities affect climate?

  • CO2 from human activities CAN affect climate

    Votes: 103 95.4%

  • CO2 from human activities CANNOT affect climate

    Votes: 3 2.8%

  • On Planet X human CO2 only affects the atmosphere if our digestion of them is disrupted

    Votes: 2 1.9%
  • Total voters
    108
Just to be clear, I know options A and B are not symmetrical and there is no 'middle' option. If you think that human CO2 affects climate but the net effect is small then you answer A. What I was wanting to do is test the level here of 'hard' sceptic opinion that would be represented by option B.
 
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I anticipated that view so posted my clarification, but I think the software was glitching as I tried to post it and it took several attempts so you posted without reading it
 
Badly Shaved Monkey said:
I anticipated that view so posted my clarification, but I think the software was glitching as I tried to post it and it took several attempts so you posted without reading it
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Understood, In that case I vote option A

I'm not of a 'hard' sceptic opinion just unsure that C02 is the main driver, I suspect the Sun is.
 
I think I've made my opinions of uneducated opinions about science quite clear.

A, by the way, unless all of modern physics since the early days is wrong. (it's not, for the ignorant and/or sarcasm deficient)

A
 
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Haig said:
Understood, In that case I vote option A

I'm not of a 'hard' sceptic opinion just unsure that C02 is the main driver, I suspect the Sun is.
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Obviously, if someone has grudgingly voted for Option A then, as you have done, noting their reservations as a post would be interesting.

Even more interesting would be for Option B voters to make a comment.
 
Just one Option B voter so far.

I see a lot of no-shows, so far, from our vociferous denialist community. But let's give it time before drawing any conclusions.
 
I don't think this poll is going to show anything though, since even the most hard core AGW skeptics will agree that CO2 can affect the climate, they'll just claim that the effect is small, is lost in the noise, is overwhelmed by other effects....... etc, etc.
 
Guybrush Threepwood said:
I don't think this poll is going to show anything though, since even the most hard core AGW skeptics will agree that CO2 can affect the climate, they'll just claim that the effect is small, is lost in the noise, is overwhelmed by other effects....... etc, etc.
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I take your point, but if it is held honestly a "hard core" view can be challenged through evidence and argument. What I'm wanting to do here is define a boundary in denialist opinion then compare and contrast the views held either side of that boundary.

I notice at the moment that we have still not seen votes from some prominent members of the JREF denialist camp, but I must allow for timezone differences before wondering openly about what silence on this question might signify.
 
Badly Shaved Monkey said:
I take your point, but if it is held honestly a "hard core" view can be challenged through evidence and argument. What I'm wanting to do here is define a boundary in denialist opinion then compare and contrast the views held either side of that boundary.

I notice at the moment that we have still not seen votes from some prominent members of the JREF denialist camp, but I must allow for timezone differences before wondering openly about what silence on this question might signify.
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Grizzly Bear said:
Poll question is a false dilemma
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Oh, dear, and there was me thinking we were getting somewhere. 56 people have managed to answer it, though saying that does technically risk being argumentum ad populum. Rather than argue on that basis, better to say "can" vs "cannot" just is not a false dilemma and you risk shifting down a notch on the graded scale of denialist stance that I just introduced in the "simple question" thread.
 
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