Comments on: Australia’s Top Earth Scientist Dismisses Global Warming Theories http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696 High Flying Political Debate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:03:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: enigma3535 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696/comment-page-1#comment-454058 enigma3535 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:51:56 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=8696#comment-454058 Having a couple of kids, I have tried to understand both sides of the global warming/climate change debate [based on what I have read, I’ll probably be dead before being materially impacted if the proponents of the theories are proven correct]. The excerpts from this individual’s views in your article are interesting but [for the most part] do not seem relevant. The fact that CO2 has been higher in the past, as well as temperatures, and that polar ice has often been less or non-existent then it is today, does not seem relevant to the core element of the debate [which I believe is the current shore-line]. I am not convinced that [at current or future levels of CO2 production] major portions of Greenland and Antarctica will melt faster than they would have without human produced CO2. I do accept that it is possible that this could be happening and sea levels could rise significantly in the next century [faster than they may have otherwise; which would be a catastrophe for many countries – including the US]. I am risk averse by nature, so, for the sake of my kids [and theirs], I believe we need to do more to reduce CO2 emissions [just in case, err on the side of caution]. Having a couple of kids, I have tried to understand both sides of the global warming/climate change debate [based on what I have read, I’ll probably be dead before being materially impacted if the proponents of the theories are proven correct].

The excerpts from this individual’s views in your article are interesting but [for the most part] do not seem relevant.

The fact that CO2 has been higher in the past, as well as temperatures, and that polar ice has often been less or non-existent then it is today, does not seem relevant to the core element of the debate [which I believe is the current shore-line].

I am not convinced that [at current or future levels of CO2 production] major portions of Greenland and Antarctica will melt faster than they would have without human produced CO2. I do accept that it is possible that this could be happening and sea levels could rise significantly in the next century [faster than they may have otherwise; which would be a catastrophe for many countries – including the US].

I am risk averse by nature, so, for the sake of my kids [and theirs], I believe we need to do more to reduce CO2 emissions [just in case, err on the side of caution].

]]> By: WWS http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696/comment-page-1#comment-453899 WWS Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:48:58 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=8696#comment-453899 Hard to see how this could come out as a "warm" winter - Lake Superior froze over completely a month or so back, and that rarely happens. Hard to see how this could come out as a “warm” winter – Lake Superior froze over completely a month or so back, and that rarely happens.

]]> By: AJStrata http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696/comment-page-1#comment-453893 AJStrata Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:37:19 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=8696#comment-453893 Daniel, Next report comes out tomorrow and I will likely blog about it. We seem to be suffering from bad data though, which has this a very warm winter in the minds of many. Daniel,

Next report comes out tomorrow and I will likely blog about it. We seem to be suffering from bad data though, which has this a very warm winter in the minds of many.

]]> By: bobsunshine http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696/comment-page-1#comment-453892 bobsunshine Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:21:32 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=8696#comment-453892 AJ; I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but until this administration and the leaders (Obama, Pelosi and Reid) understand items like this, we WILL have cap-and-trade, limits on coal and oil electrical plants, etc. Every time I hear a politician say "electric cars", my engineering mind says don't these people know, electricity doesn't grow on trees. You need more power plants, nuclear, cogeneration, coal and oil. President Bush pushed each year, in his state of the union address, for more nuclear and other power plants. Obama wants to save the planet based on "junk science". I feel bad for our future generations, they will be the ones burdened with this nonsense. AJ;

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but until this administration and the leaders (Obama, Pelosi and Reid) understand items like this, we WILL have cap-and-trade, limits on coal and oil electrical plants, etc.

Every time I hear a politician say “electric cars”, my engineering mind says don’t these people know, electricity doesn’t grow on trees. You need more power plants, nuclear, cogeneration, coal and oil. President Bush pushed each year, in his state of the union address, for more nuclear and other power plants. Obama wants to save the planet based on “junk science”.

I feel bad for our future generations, they will be the ones burdened with this nonsense.

]]> By: daniel ortega http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/8696/comment-page-1#comment-453891 daniel ortega Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:15:05 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=8696#comment-453891 Are any data officially published for this most recent winter? I understand that you Americans had a very bad winter and even here in London it was colder than it has been for years. England is not a wintry country but we had a month of solid snow, below zero (C). We do not ever get below zero (F). I think this last winter is proof that the earth is cooling down. I think maybe soon, it will become what you call hate speech, to say no global warming. I understand. It is a means to an end. I believe they used to say that the end justifies the means. And that is why I can not any longer support the left. There was a time when I wanted to win, but not like this. Are any data officially published for this most recent winter?
I understand that you Americans had a very bad winter and even here in London it was colder than it has been for years.
England is not a wintry country but we had a month of solid snow, below zero (C). We do not ever get below zero (F).
I think this last winter is proof that the earth is cooling down.

I think maybe soon, it will become what you call hate speech, to
say no global warming. I understand. It is a means to an end.
I believe they used to say that the end justifies the means.

And that is why I can not any longer support the left.
There was a time when I wanted to win, but not like this.

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