tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post8471158193279262629..comments2023-10-12T00:07:25.722+13:00Comments on roarprawn: Gnome King of Epsom & The Hundred Years WinterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-43387761398954622542010-05-21T11:18:53.591+12:002010-05-21T11:18:53.591+12:00I agree completely with WiseUp.
LindaI agree completely with WiseUp.<br /><br />LindaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-14150576582006197902010-05-21T10:48:56.769+12:002010-05-21T10:48:56.769+12:00"Does it not, seem rather unlikely that the m..."Does it not, seem rather unlikely that the majority of our politicians and all their advisors have been misled by some global conspiracy?"<br />It may seem unlikely, as does the likelihood that the ball will land on the number you chose at the roulette wheel. However the ball still lands on that number sometimes.<br />So put that aside, the question is not whether to believe in AGW because our politicians have largely bought into it. In fact there are several questions inherent in the post, but I'll address two:<br />1) Is the world going to get catastrophically hot because humans are emitting too much C02?<br />While much argument is made about the science etc, the empirical evidence suggests not, and if you read widely and balance the opinions you may come up with a best guesstimate of about 1.5 deg C by 2100. Of that about one third may be attributable to AGW. <br />You may also note the Urban Heat Island effect has not been well accounted for, and the temperature stations that have recorded the most warming in the latter decades are usually in areas where someone recently built an airport. AGW is just as likely to be UHI.<br />2) If catastrophic AGW was real then is an ETS or even a carbon tax an effective way to deal with it?<br />No - among the best ways to deal with it is to massively increase vegetation coverage (which ironically is what happens when CO2 is increased in the atmosphere).<br />Redistributing trillions of dollars and ruining the economies of the western world to shift CO2 emissions to China and India is pointless.Wise Upnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-41196307316142231382010-05-21T10:15:08.613+12:002010-05-21T10:15:08.613+12:00Dear American Gardener
I dont know what drug you ...Dear American Gardener<br /><br />I dont know what drug you are on, but what ever it is, is causing brain degradation. You make no sense at all.barrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2686354713190138224.post-75701474793409149382010-05-21T09:24:39.729+12:002010-05-21T09:24:39.729+12:00Is it just possible that nearly all politicians se...Is it just possible that nearly all politicians see "AGW" theory as another opportunity to gain money and therefore power from a "science" that is easy to promote but difficult to disprove.<br />I accept that 20th/21st century developed economies are burning amounts of carbon that are historically high but just as alarmists from the late 19th century who predicted doom for the world when the coal ran out I believe it is the same for oil now.<br />Nuclear energy is almost untapped and when the worlds emissions are placed alongside Krakatoa, Mt St Helens,Pinatabo and the current volcano that I dont even pretend to be able to pronounce, I find those who are blaming industrialised mankind for climate change ludicrous. Resource depletion yes but what we do alongside the truly enormous effects of volcanic activity and sunspot/solar storm activity, give me a break.<br />I hope Mr Hide who you try to demean with inane name calling will prevail and at least get Dr Smith who is definitely a tortured soul and his patron Mr Key to at least accept the economic insanity of risking our economy in the face of all our economic partners delaying and or canceling ETS costs on the recovering financial world.gravedodgernoreply@blogger.com