Climate Change II

 

Here Comes The Rain Again

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion

There is a difference between rain and climate.

“Everybody talks about the weather, but no one ever does anything about it.” – Mark Twain.

That is because weather, including rain, is a random event, but climate is a long-term trend. To put it in statistical terms: weather follows a random probability distribution, but climate is the variance that describes the range within which those random weather events can occur. And maybe that can help inform the whole climate change debate. Just because we can’t always control random weather events, maybe we can influence the variance within which those events can occur. Being able to influence climate does not mean that anyone is claiming the ability to influence individual weather events. It is like setting up the house rules at a casino. If it is an honest casino, then each game is a random event that occurs within those house rules.

Saying that there is a concern about climate changes, is saying that there is a  concern about the house rules, NOT that anyone is under the illusion that they can control each random game.