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delboy wrote:
... The more interesting question is: what is the effect of changing the atmospheric CO2 concentration? Most of the IR absorption spectrum of CO2 is so strong that at these wavelengths, the little CO2 in the atmosphere is optically dense /snip/ -Evan Ludeman / T8 Relevant info? http://tiny.cc/o22Sr Derek Copeland It's not fair to call James Delingpole just a columnist: he has written fiction too: of which the best known is "How to be Right: The Essential Guide to Making Lefty Liberals History" Brian W |
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Gary Evans wrote:
And if you are a scientist who relies on government grants all the more pressure to fill in your own dots. http://tinyurl.com/yex55dm I tried to open this but couldn't. I grasped the title though: it included the words Climate-Gate and Scandal. This indicates it's a solid scientific examination, I would think? Brian W |
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Scott wrote:
Mark Jardini wrote: The USGS says a complete melt of the Greenland ice sheet would raise sea level 6.5 meters or 21 feet -http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs2-00/ Yikes!! I think I am going to build an arc.... mj Ya, and Al Gore SAYS he invented the Internet Nah, he didn't say that; a reporter said that. I have heard the guys that DID invent the Internet and the World Wide Web (aka www) say Al Gore was instrumental in the development of the Internet, and they clearly had a lot of respect for him. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly |
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Brad wrote:
The USGS says a complete melt of the Greenland ice sheet would raise sea level 6.5 meters or 21 feet -http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs2-00/ If that melted, there would be enough ice melt elsewhere to double that. Of course, the temperature rise that would do that would cause the ocean waters to expand enough to raise it another 200 feet or so putting 80% of the homes in the world underwater. That much ice melt would expose darker oceans and ground surface so more of the sun's heat would be absorbed instead of reflected back to space. Like most of the climate variables, there's always pesky multiplier effects which makes exact predictions extremely difficult. my house sits at 650 ft msl.............I got it made............... Brad Be prepared for a LOT of guests when Seattle is under water! And that is the end of flying out of Arlington, too. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly |
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delboy wrote:
On 9 Jan, 00:57, Mark Jardini wrote: Add: John Coleman owns the weather channel. While this gives him a forum from which to sound off, it is hardly "bona fides" for an informed opinion on climate change. As long as he is not being sponsored by the Oil or Coal Industries, I would tend to believe him. The data he presents is accurate as far as I can tell. The UK Government is now running an advertising campaign to persuade us to drive 5 miles less per week to 'save the planet'. Fat lot of difference that will make in our tiny country, compared with all the CO2 and other pollutants being pumped out by US and Far Eastern power stations, manufacturing plants and vehicles. Have we actually proved that CO2 is a greenhouse gas anyway, OMG! Delboy, it's time to take your confusion about science back to the forums that are made for it (and you know where they are). That CO2 is a greenhouse gas isn't even controversial amongst the skeptics. and should we give up all modern technology because of an unproven mathematical model? Should we listen to someone who has no idea of the physical characteristics of CO2? Derek, please visit this well known skeptic site and look up the blog entries by Mr. Watts and his guest bloggers to see what they have to say on the subject (also check out the entries of Venus, the premier display of CO2 in action): http://wattsupwiththat.com/ Those that want to learn more about climate science, but don't know where to start, try this site for a good grounding, and explanations covering the usual questions and claims. http://skepticalscience.com/ If you are yearning for science at a higher level (but still accessible), try this site, which is run by real, practicing, publishing, climate scientists at the highest level: http://www.realclimate.org/ RAS is NOT a good place to rehash decades old climate questions, as Derek is trying to do, because these sites are well organized, easy to search, and have comments by people that have been paying attention for years. And if you are interested in the political and economic aspects of global climate change, you'll find plenty of those, too. And while Derek's off catching up on the science, we can go back to soaring. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA |
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Doug Hoffman wrote:
Al Gore currently owns several rather large houses. Presumably they are equipped with air conditioning, heating, lights, large screen TVs, pool heaters, and so forth. But he says that's OK because he is (or would) pay an offsetting "carbon credit tax" which I gather would go towards reforestation or something equivalent. Is that like buying your way into heaven? Gore would be much more credible, at least to me, if he were to *both* downsize/mostly eliminate his energy-hogging abodes and also contribute funds for reforestation etc. He certainly has the money to do the latter. Meanwhile I watch what he does, not what he says, and find his credibility on GCC to be questionable. Doug, Gore's home is also his office, and his wife's office, so it's not just a large home. It's been heavily weatherized, solar panels are in place or on the way, and so on. Check he http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp More to the point, he has earned tens of millions with his books, movie, and clean energy investments, and all this money is put into the nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection to fight climate change. -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly |
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T8 wrote:
On Jan 9, 6:56 am, Tom Gardner wrote: On Jan 9, 9:27 am, delboy wrote: Have we actually proved that CO2 is a greenhouse gas anyway, Yes, of course it has been proven. If you can't accept that then there is never going to be the basis of any form of useful discussion. Of course CO2 is a selective IR filter. That's basic physics. The more interesting question is: what is the effect of changing the atmospheric CO2 concentration? Most of the IR absorption spectrum of CO2 is so strong that at these wavelengths, the little CO2 in the atmosphere is optically dense, and increasing (or decreasing) its concentration has only tertiary and probably unmeasurable effects on climate. There are weaker absorption bands that may make a difference, but some/most(?) of these are in areas of the spectrum where water vapor dominates completely as long as water vapor is present. If this explanation made sense, we'd be as hot as Venus; in fact, heat does work it's way up to the top of the atmosphere, and radiate into space. It is up there, where the heat is actually escaping the planet, that the concentration of CO2 is important, and the concentration of water vapor is very low by comparison. Increasing the CO2 in the upper levels of the atmosphere does significantly effect how easily heat leaves the planet. This site has a pretty good explanation: http://skepticalscience.com/link_to_...?Argument0=133 -- Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA * Change "netto" to "net" to email me directly * "Transponders in Sailplanes" http://tinyurl.com/y739x4 * Sections on Mode S, TPAS, ADS-B, Flarm, more * "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" at www.motorglider.org |
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Please do read the reference I've given below. It is readable
and regarded as authoritative by *all* "sides" in this debate because it is a disinterested analysis of our options w.r.t. energy futures. On Jan 10, 12:32*am, Scott wrote: Tom Gardner wrote: Summary: Can't prove what'll happen in the future. So the best thing is to Carry On Regardless. Not an impressive intellectual position. Not meant to be. *Point is, can you (or anyone) prove that what we might be doing IS harmful? * Your argument is silly and unhelpful. Can you prove the sun is going to come up tomorrow morning? Can you prove that 1+1=2? No, you can't. In this life on this planet (as opposed to any other life on any other planet) we have to make best guesses to the future, and bet our health and lives on those guesses. All I know is someone seems to be making a lot of money off this issue. * Carbon credits, for example...who will get the money? * Carbon credits are, IMNSHO, a scam in multiple dimensions: - they are a fig leaf to allow us to continue unchanged - simple criminal fraud, as is beginning to become apparent Do you want electricity? *How will it get generated? Ah, now that one I can answer, by reference... A book that has won plaudits from *all* sides (i.e. big oil, big electricity, politicians, multiple environmental organisations) is http://www.withouthotair.com/ or its backup site http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/ "For anyone with influence on energy policy, whether in government, business or a campaign group, this book should be compulsory reading." Tony Juniper Former Executive Director, Friends of the Earth "At last a book that comprehensively reveals the true facts about sustainable energy in a form that is both highly readable and entertaining." Robert Sansom EDF Energy "The Freakonomics of conservation, climate and energy." Cory Doctorow, "...a tour de force..." The Economist "... a cold blast of reality ... a must-read analysis..." Science magazine "...this year's must-read book..." The Guardian |
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On Jan 10, 1:57*am, Eric Greenwell wrote:
Doug, Gore's home is also his office, and his wife's office, so it's not just a large home. It's been heavily weatherized, solar panels are in place or on the way, and so on. Check he Eric, Thanks for doing the googling for me. You're right, it's not just a large home, it's a huge home at 10,000 sq.ft. More to the point, he has earned tens of millions with his books, movie, and clean energy investments, and all this money is put into the nonprofit Alliance for Climate Protection to fight climate change. *All* the money? That is impressive. One might wonder how he pays his bills. Regards, -Doug |
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On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:25:00 -0800, Tom Gardner wrote:
Please do read the reference I've given below. It is readable and regarded as authoritative by *all* "sides" in this debate because it is a disinterested analysis of our options w.r.t. energy futures. ..../snippage/... A book that has won plaudits from *all* sides (i.e. big oil, big electricity, politicians, multiple environmental organisations) is http://www.withouthotair.com/ or its backup site http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/withouthotair/ A quick comment: this is a *great* reference site. However I've just found out that www.withoutair.com is hosted on a bandwidth-limited server that forbids access once the monthly limit is exceeded. If you get a 'bandwidth exceeded' error when trying to access it, use the backup site. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org | |
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