tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post3597448123832278187..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: AGWNeal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-72538373820596428222006-06-15T18:48:00.000+01:002006-06-15T18:48:00.000+01:00I feel you should know i am handing this link out ...I feel you should know i am handing this link out to people.<br><br>stick this in your pipe and smoke it Mr. The-Sky-Is-falling Gore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-42073112983958065082006-06-15T21:21:00.000+01:002006-06-15T21:21:00.000+01:00I can't wait for global warming, about time Wales ...I can't wait for global warming, about time Wales had some bloody sunshine!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-78981239048148167732006-06-15T22:20:00.000+01:002006-06-15T22:20:00.000+01:00Well said Neal, although I think we are responsibl...Well said Neal, although I think we are responsible for a measurable amount of global warming, eg. 17th century importing cattle to argentina = huge increase in methane, but counter that with the loss of the dinosour, what is the mean level of temprature on this planet? its a balance, if the balance moves to a level that precludes human life well tough titty we should be more adaptable! mother nature will ensure life continues in one form or another.<br>Thats my fatalistic view, probably no major changes different to that have already occured during Man's relatively brief sojourn on this planet.<br><br>see you BroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-86038149774321196972006-06-16T02:35:00.000+01:002006-06-16T02:35:00.000+01:00That's pretty much my view, too. Plus when you add...That's pretty much my view, too. Plus when you add in the urban heat island effect, and consider the urbanization of the past hundred years, well....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-55092190155612242482006-06-16T20:06:00.000+01:002006-06-16T20:06:00.000+01:00OK. But what if at the top of the solar cycle, whe...OK. But what if at the top of the solar cycle, where the planet can cope naturally there's our 3.5% that represents the tipping point. And instead of 0.4mm per year it starts to run away (say it's just enough to release the trapped methane underneath the antartic sheet begins to escape (as it is)) and the rate climbs.<br><br>Or not. Even if you don't buy into the gloom and doom scenario there's still the polution to deal with and so it does seem to do the opposite of harm to lower emissions and who knows it might make an even bigger difference. One less mouth to feed is... one less mouth to feed. 2 for 1 is always a good deal.<br><br>Living on an island you think you'd be more concerned. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-27628976195288610762006-06-17T16:25:00.000+01:002006-06-17T16:25:00.000+01:00Hi Neal,if you'd like some more information on why...Hi Neal,<br><br>if you'd like some more information on why the Antarctic isn't exhibiting the behaviour that we might expect, have a look at <a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=18" rel="nofollow"> this</a>.<br>In fact, the quantity and density of information from working scientists makes the whole realclimate blog a gold mine.<br><br>PS - Thanks for pointing me to the Atom feed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-88362101827783357292006-06-17T17:37:00.000+01:002006-06-17T17:37:00.000+01:00Yes, Duncan, and it's all pro AGW as are all the l...Yes, Duncan, and it's all pro AGW as are all the links from that site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-33709144616021902572006-06-18T07:58:00.000+01:002006-06-18T07:58:00.000+01:00I tend to agree with some of the comments made by ...I tend to agree with some of the comments made by botanist (and global-warming heretic) David Bellamy - in effect saying that world temperatures have been going up and down like a yoyo from before history began. All part of life on planet Earth.<br><br>Every time we have a 1976-type heatwave in the UK, it's global warming. Hurricane Katrina? Global warming. Rising gun crime? Global warming.<br><br>OK, I made the last one up. But I'm sure that whatever bad happens in the world, global warming must be behind it, somehow. ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-16732756908107740822006-06-19T16:36:00.000+01:002006-06-19T16:36:00.000+01:00One thing to rralize, AGW's been going on for a lo...One thing to rralize, AGW's been going on for a long (by human standards) time:<br>http://www.americanscientist.org/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/49607<br>(or http://tinyurl.com/mf4c , if munged)<br>Quite a nice book, Fits in well with the ongoing paradigm shift re early man's reshaping of the global environment.<br><br>And keep up that hot & nasty skiffy coming, Neal!<br><br>Cheers -- Pete Tillman<br>Consulting Geologist, Arizona and New Mexico (USA)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-57101205071887209522006-06-20T09:10:00.000+01:002006-06-20T09:10:00.000+01:00Thanks, Peter. Interesting links, and more evidenc...Thanks, Peter. Interesting links, and more evidence of how the certainty of the AGW pundits is not certain at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-67735867668911407552006-06-27T13:07:00.000+01:002006-06-27T13:07:00.000+01:00So, even presuming that the info is correct, there...So, even presuming that the info is correct, there's no chance of acceleration?<br><br><a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NasaNews/2006/2006061422488.html" rel="nofollow">Willing to bet that the rate is just linear</a><br><br>"...glaciers in Greenland are accelerating in response to climate warming. The loss of ice doubled between 1996 and 2005."<br><br>You may be worried or annoyed about those who claim we should be too worried, but I'm equally concerned about the "Head-in-the-sanders" who say we shouldn't worry at all, or the "No-single-raindrop-thinks-it's-responsible-for-the-flooders" who say the Humans aren't responsible for the results.<br><br>If you are standing in the road with a chance of getting run over, doesn't it make more sense to get out of the road a bit rather than arguing about how you got there?<br><br>A few metres and Londoners need snorkels.<br><br>A few centimetres and Londoners will have much more than perpetual drizzle and fog to be concerned with.<br><br>The biggest problem with the skeptics is that they think it's sooooo far off (decades, centuries) that they are unwilling to consider doing anything about it. Re-read your modern history and see how long it takes people to get together on an issue and make any real progress (decades, centuries). And we're talking about a global coordinated effort to make any progress.<br><br>Maybe what we should really be looking at is whether or not we <i>can</i> make any change. If we can't, maybe we should look at leaving 'Spaceship Earth' altogether.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com