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intentional?
er... we are altering the entire planet's atmosphere relatively cheaply - in fact they tell us we can't afford not to
..so if AGW is a weapon in the hands of the powers that be, who is it being aimed at?
- us perhaps?On Battlefield earth posted 1 year, 10 months ago 3 Responseshow long does CO2 stay in the atmosphere?
"heat-trapping carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for about 100 years."
Co2 stays in the atmosphere as long as it takes a process to take it out - it doesn't leave the atmosphere of its own accord.
Since the main natural mechanisms for CO2 removal are all under threat from global warming (in no particular order: solution in seawater, plankton, forests, etc.), 100 years may be a bit optimistic. After these mechanisms have failed it is down to rocks to absorb the CO2 on time-scales way longer than those that measure human civilisation.Another point: You say that in 2 years the temperature will rise steadily. At what point will it level off?
All in all a good article - one that needed to be written - thanks.On It's too late to stop climate change, argues Ross Gelbspan -- so what do we do now? posted 1 year, 11 months ago 45 Responses
you thought you had it bad at Guardian CIF...
...check out the comments on Monbiot's recent recession piece:-
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2186693, ...On Me, elsewhere posted 2 years, 1 month ago 3 Responsesnice work if you can get it
quit posting stuff like this
- you'll give science a bad name!On Breaking news posted 2 years, 2 months ago 2 Responsesdon't throw the baby out with the bath water
Dismissing this book with only a cursory look is a bit of a mistake.
I have read it. Its secret message is that cutting carbon by 90% and maintaining our current lifestyle is impossible.
From the Faustian metaphor that begins each chapter to the super-comprehensive appendix, this book is worth reading.On Skip it posted 2 years, 5 months ago 18 Responses
double d'oh
wasn't this early daylight saving time thing already tried before with exactly the same results?
are memories short or do they want us to consume more gas?On Energy use might have actually increased with daylight savings push up posted 2 years, 7 months ago 2 Responses
future tech
...so we can add cellulosic ethanol to hydrogen fuel-cells and carbon-sequestration as yet another 'don't-worry-technology-will-save-the-planet' distraction while the simple unpatented and well proven technique of just-switching-the-thing-off goes ignored and forgotten...On Where is it written that there's an easy out to replace oil? posted 2 years, 7 months ago 9 Responses
convenience
"common-sense ideas that nonetheless may be inconvenient"
If cutting carbon was easy and convenient, we would have done it already. The path of least resistance is not going to take us where we need to go.
Pursuing comfort and convenience has already contributed to higher emissions.5 years to make a 15% reduction?
I read somewhere that it was more like 5 years to make a 60%-90% reduction.On In nearby Bothell posted 2 years, 7 months ago 4 Responsesgood thing bees don't fly
..on airplanes that is
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees?
Scientists claim radiation from handsets are to blame for mysterious 'colony collapse' of bees On Something that destructive outside SHOULD be unpleasant inside posted 2 years, 7 months ago 22 Responsesgreat article
So far the issue seems to be centered on reducing emissions. In Branson's favour: he has raised the issue of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Surely at the rate emissions are accelerating this is something worth at least considering?On She's not into it posted 2 years, 9 months ago 10 Responses
poppycock!
2003? two years before Katrina?
come on...
the whole thing isn't worth the paper it's written on - just look at the sheer increase in news volume on climate change since Katrina - it's obvious Americans' attitudes have changed.
On And global warming posted 2 years, 9 months ago 4 ResponsesThe Red Tide spreads
AMEN!On A review of Joe Romm's new book posted 2 years, 10 months ago 34 Responses
overselling? when the effects outrun the models?
It appears that the more scientists find out, the more trouble we appear to be in.
Take the recent revision of forecasts for arctic summer ice
If you continue the trend you'll see that at this rate in two years time scientists will forcast the end of summer ice in the arctic for 2010.
[see graph]Scientists may feel thay have oversold climate change, but at the rate they revise their predictions, I doubt it.On What do the climate scientists think? posted 2 years, 11 months ago 24 Responses
The energy balance of ethanol
There is a good interview at The Watt on the energy balance of ethanol - supports what sunflower wrote
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://media.libsyn.com/media/thewattpodcast/tWW59P2-2006-05 -28_56kbps.mp3On Umbra on ethanol posted 3 years, 6 months ago 28 Responsesstay at home
why doesn't everyone just stay at home...
...with those workers who do absolutely essential stuff gradually returning to their duties and the rest of us remaining close to chez nous and enjoying a time-rich / hydrocarbon-poor lifestyle.On TomPaine op-ed: 'The Alt Fuels Distraction' posted 3 years, 6 months ago 17 Responsesthe other side of the coin
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1776282,00.html
It all depends on how transparent and how real all the greeness really is - an example: BASF has a part of their website devoted to trumpeting their sustainable business philosophy yet according to FOE BASF is trying to scupper the REACH agreement...
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/toxic-lobbyOn Corporations going green: The fifth horseman or the winning horse? posted 3 years, 6 months ago 12 Responsesmagnificently put
I hadn't realised how long I'd been waiting to read this article.On Rabbi Michael Lerner calls on environmentalists to develop a spiritual vision posted 3 years, 8 months ago 6 Responses
magnificently put
I hadn't realised how long I'd been waiting to read this article.On On spiritual environmentalism posted 3 years, 8 months ago 6 Responses
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