Thread: Global warming pause explained

Like most scams it's a great money spinner for a great deal of people especially those that revel in the jolly junkets associated with them.
I believe climate may well be changing but don't believe we've got a lot to do with it.
I also think we should be polluting the planet as little as possible for all sorts of reasons but wouldn't call CO2 pollution.
Try living without it.
When the major polluters start doing something instead of it all being the fault of western taxpayers who have to fund the crap, just maybe I'll stop being so cynical.
As for the IPCC run by the Indian charlatan whatever his name is (I've forgotten now) that's just a vehicle for him and a good few others to make money and have a great lifestyle.
AlanH.

doesn't matter what scientist you use Bob , someone unqualified always knows better.

This I think is the imortant part of the article linked to:

What is causing this heating? Various greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide trap the incoming energy from the Sun. The greenhouse gases let the Sun's energy enter the atmosphere, but stop some of it from leaving. The amount of extra heat trapped in the atmosphere by these greenhouse gases is equal to the energy released by some 400,000 Hiroshima atom bombs each day.
The current carbon dioxide levels are about 40% higher than they were in the 19th century. They are also at their highest levels for the last 800,000 years. Indeed, over the last 800,000 years, carbon dioxide levels stayed within the range of 170 - 280 ppm until the Industrial Revolution.
That makes the sudden recent jump to 400 ppm over the last two centuries really quite astonishing. In fact, in the year 2013, the carbon dioxide levels grew at the fastest rate ever measured since reliable global records began.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

doesn't matter what scientist you use Bob , someone unqualified always knows better.

I'll agree with that.
People should be prepared to back their opinion up with supporting evidence or make it known it is unqualified opinion.

Thanks for that.
I learnt a new word - zetajoule: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 of energy.
Always good to learn a new word.

There was a comment in there that summed it up really well no matter what side of the argument your on.

"Anyone who believes that uncertainities in science are settled by a consensus, whether mythical or real, really knows nothing about science."

Lots of people in this argument saying because there is a consensus amongst most scientists that man made global warming is happening and it's going to wreck the planet in the next 100 years then it must be fact, even though there are still many questions unanswered.

If you have lived long enough and have a reasonable memory then chances are you have seen many alarmist arguments made by scientists and various experts about things that were according to them meant to be fact which turned out not to be correct.

I personally don't know if man is killing the planet through burning coal and driving cars or not, however I do know one thing, until the biggest industrial nations in the world all decide to do something about it then there is no point one small nation of 23 million throwing itself under the bus financially to make a point.
I'm more worried about my grand children not having jobs and a secure future because of stupid government policy aimed at being the global leader in CO2 reduction then I am about the potential of global warming effects if nothing is done and it does turn out to be correct.

small fine wedges can move huge weights and structures

the more small "wedges" you can drive into any obstacle , the easier it will be to topple.

the more small countries needle the big bastards , the more they're going to feel it and maybe shift their targets and their thinking

Yes just like the USA, China , UK , Russia immediately introduced a carbon tax.
And of course Europe also immediately increased their carbon tax from about $1 per tonne to the targetted Australian $40 per tonne.

By the way Dr Karl's CV . Sorry but cannot see any qualification for Climate Science there, only a Bachelor degree in Physics and Mathematics , no mention of Climate anywhere. About as qualified to talk on climate as Tim Flannery of the 5 metre sea rise by when? .

He holds 'a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics, a Master of Biomedical Engineering, and a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery, he
has studied Computer Science as well as reading
for a Master of Science (Qualifying) degree in Astrophysics. He has worked as a physicist, a tutor/research
assistant, a filmmaker, a car
mechanic, a road manager, a taxi
driver, a scientific officer in a hospital, a t-shirt manufacturer, a
doctor, an academic, an author, a public speaker, a television presenter
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Regard sPhilip A

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

small fine wedges can move huge weights and structures

the more small "wedges" you can drive into any obstacle , the easier it will be to topple.

the more small countries needle the big bastards , the more they're going to feel it and maybe shift their targets and their thinking

If you like Ramblingboy by all means throw some other small country under the bus by destroying its economy to needle the big economies, but not the one I live in please.

...and you did use the word 'maybe' so your not even confident that the grand plan to shame them into change at the great expense to this countries economy will even work. That doesn't really sound like a good gamble to make.