[geeks] I really don't get it ...

[dave at cca.org]

nimitz at speakeasy.net writes:

>The self-balancing thing is what makes me skeptical about the global 
>warming thing. From the standpoint of the planet the Earth is a 
>closed-system with feedback control.  If we start heating it up too much 
>I'm betting we'll see it cool down too much to compensate.

Sure. But that balancing sometimes involves the sea level rising
or falling by a few hundred feet. (Slight changes in temp have an
enourmous impact on the amount of water stored in glaciers.)

That might have some impact on human civilization.

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