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Old 07-03-2008
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Re: Extreme weather to increase with climate change

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Originally Posted by Steve View Post
You don't find anything significant in the fact that all of the record high temps in the US were recorded well before our overall consumption of resources started?
One datapoint, the highest temperature ever recorded in a state, is a pretty small dataset, highly dependent on local conditions being just right to trap heat at one particular location.

So I don't think that 35 datapoints is enough to cast doubt on the amount of data that seems to indicate AGW is actually taking place.
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