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Originally Posted by mopek1
Why are you so sure the models they use are faulty?
And why are you so sure that the paleoclimatologists are right?
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The models are faulty because they all failed to predict the current 17+ years of no warming despite increasing CO2 levels. All of the models were created with the assumption that the atmosphere was very sensitive to increased CO2, that man is responsible for all of that increased CO2 and that CO2 is the main driver of warming. There are many variables that the models fail to account for like solar influences, cloud cover, water vapour and negative feedbacks. In the end the atmosphere is just way too complex to model. It's a classic case of GIGO - garbage in, garbage out.
The paleoclimatologists are right because they get to make actual observations of things like the fossil record, sedimentary deposits, geologic formations and ice cores to infer what the past climate was like. Paleoclimatology is a far more established science than current climate forecasting is.