Sure there is. We must have gone on for days over a simple question about Easter.
That's all right. I forgive you also, daughter.

Just so you know, I am a Bishop in the Discordian religion. We worship the Greek goddess Eris, I'm shooting for Pope this year.

An abundance of grain crops and vegetable gardens agree.

Sounds like part of a plot produced by the SyFi Channel.
Once all the pressure release valves are closed, Earth swells up as the first step toward an apocalyptic explosion.
Can Andy Alphamale teamed with Wonder Woman unplug the planet in time?
You see, the trick is to unplug volcanoes on opposite sides of the world at the same time.
Otherwise, Earth will fly off into space like a released blown up balloon while emitting a farting sound.

Fine! May nobody in the Gulch melt at the sight of this most holy of holy relics that go bang~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM9By...

Amen, sister!

(Tee-hee!)

Indeed. Lithology is quite static compared to climate dynamics but it still profits from dynamic models as compared to static ones. It's just the time scale that is different. the Earth has a dynamic and turbulent past which would imply a strong mixing function and yet the distribution of materials is far from homogeneous. Because the phenomena is complex so then must be the data that describes it. Unfortunately, we always must struggle with approximations because reality is much more complex than any model we can invent or apply.

I have built numerous geologic models for ore deposits over the years and by using some very expensive modeling software. It became rather routine to say OK, now let's open it up, mine it out and see how wrong the model was.

Truth is an ore deposit is frozen in time, there is no 4th dimension of change to even try and model. And even at that, the model is highly dependent on data density. Gathering that data is expensive, so the trick is to gain a density data sufficient to satisfactorily have statistical confidence levels that decisions of investment can be made upon. For publicly traded companies there are laws governing these requirements.

It would seem similar requirements should be applied to climate models before basing substantial economic decisions on these predictions. And with the 25% or so data density being used by these characters and institutions, the climate models should be laughed out of the boardroom.

Excuse me here, but no religious talk is allowed in The Gulch.

Dino Dude:
I don't know about you...but where I live the warmer that the climate is, the less "fossil fuels" I need to keep warm and/or travel since my minivan seems to be more efficient at burning gasoline during the summer.
So...
With just a bit of applied common sense (and a review of my winter electric bill) I fondly welcome "global warming", "climate change" or whatever the leftist alleged "mantra-of-the-moment" happens to be.
I could use some permanently warmer weather.

Excellent point.

Hail Eris, Greek Goddess of Chaos.
Holy Chao!

"So what's the 'Cap and Trade' on a volcano?"
I would not be surprised if someone invented some amazing way to stop volcanoes, possibly a more efficient approach to climate change than changing to another source of fuel in our lifetime.

Blasphemers!
Bring out the Holy Hangrenede of Antioc and count to six…….nonono three

You are forgiven, my son.

How dare you criticize your masters!
Big Brother will be watching you!

Back during the 60s I'll never forget the summer day the weatherman at the TV station on the east side of Dothan, Alabama, said there would be no rain that day.
Living on the west side of Dothan, a fairly large town and larger now, I immediately looked out a plate glass window at a rainstorm with thunder and lightning.
"Hey, Mom!" I cried, laughing. "You'll won't believe what the weatherman just said!"

And can tell you've been there.

Too Late for most! BB mortgaged all citizens' freedom already with Universal health care, welfare and all that ilk!

"Belief" suggests that one accepts a statement as "true" on the strength of authority rather than understanding.

+ 1000

Three television stations, two newspapers, and the Weather Chanel kept changing the forecast every day for five days before the weekend and still got prts of it wrong. How can anyone believe they can predict what will happen five, ten, twenty, fifty years and beyond when five days is a challenge?

Amen, brother!

(Sorry, I just could not resist writing that).

Bingo!

Your freedom.

Several folks I know and often communicate with are climate change believers. I have sent them article after article crushing their belief and still, they crawl out from under the massive amounts of information with their belief intact. It is indeed a religion.

Agreed! So what's the 'Cap and Trade' on a volcano?