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> It's hard to judge predictions from so long ago because they were used to influence policy. That policy then influenced what actually happened No. The author
by arohner 16y ago
> It's hard to judge predictions from so long ago because they were used to influence policy. That policy then influenced what actually happened
No. The author's point is that the model used to predict climate change was terribly broken. Scientists told Nixon "if CO2 goes up by X in the next 30 years, average temperatures will go up by Y". That hypothesis is now testable, because we can look at CO2 and temperatures over the predicted time span.
Anything else the EPA may or may not have done has no bearing.
- jonhendry 16y ago"Scientists told Nixon "if CO2 goes up by X in the next 30 years, average temperatures will go up by Y"." CO2 didn't go up as much as was predicted. It's only increased by about half as much. If the relationship is non-linear, much of the temperature increases could be loaded into the second half of CO2 rise. Anyway, it was 1960s science. They had far less data, primitive tools, etc.