Comments on: Global Warming http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/ Understanding politics, finance prediction, dating rules, marcom marketing, and the Israel conflict by a global writing team Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Sam Scott http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 Sam Scott Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:16:41 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1719 Good point, Jeff. Good point, Jeff.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Jeff Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:04:14 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1694 Including us... Including us…

]]> By: Mike http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 Mike Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:59:35 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1693 We won't end up like Venus. We are burning fossile fuels - dead plant and animal matter that has been locked up in the ground for millions of years, so all we would end up doing is unlocking the climate back to where things were before all those plants and animals existed. We won’t end up like Venus. We are burning fossile fuels — dead plant and animal matter that has been locked up in the ground for millions of years, so all we would end up doing is unlocking the climate back to where things were before all those plants and animals existed.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Jeff Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:26:32 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1692 Sam, your inability to breathe in India was due to particulates and carbon monoxide, not CO2. Mike, I think you're probably right about the pace of change, but I think the focus is where it's at because if we don't, we'll end up like Venus, and it won't really matter how much mitigation we've done. Sam, your inability to breathe in India was due to particulates and carbon monoxide, not CO2.

Mike, I think you’re probably right about the pace of change, but I think the focus is where it’s at because if we don’t, we’ll end up like Venus, and it won’t really matter how much mitigation we’ve done.

]]> By: Sam Scott http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Sam Scott Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:38:40 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1691 Mike, I always think of Bangalore, India, when I talk about air pollution. You could barely breathe because of all the exhaust from the cars and auto-rickshaws. Decreasing that would always be good. Mike, I always think of Bangalore, India, when I talk about air pollution. You could barely breathe because of all the exhaust from the cars and auto-rickshaws. Decreasing that would always be good.

]]> By: Sam Scott http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Sam Scott Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:26:07 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1690 Mike, the changes will (would?) indeed be interesting. For example, the vast, empty spaces of northern Canada would likely become arable farmland -- making that country the new "breadbasket of the world." Mike, the changes will (would?) indeed be interesting. For example, the vast, empty spaces of northern Canada would likely become arable farmland — making that country the new “breadbasket of the world.”

]]> By: Mike http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Mike Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:23:32 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1689 "Regardless, it is always a good idea to decrease the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere simply because pollution is unhealthy. " I wouldn't really call CO2 an unhealthy pollutant, at least not at the concentrations we are talking about here. We aren't going to change our habits quickly enough to stop global warming if the CO2 models are correct. China is ramping up their CO2 emissions. I wish the focus of the debate would be more on how we will need to adapt our society to the warmer world and not reducing CO2 emissions. “Regardless, it is always a good idea to decrease the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere simply because pollution is unhealthy. ”

I wouldn’t really call CO2 an unhealthy pollutant, at least not at the concentrations we are talking about here.

We aren’t going to change our habits quickly enough to stop global warming if the CO2 models are correct. China is ramping up their CO2 emissions.

I wish the focus of the debate would be more on how we will need to adapt our society to the warmer world and not reducing CO2 emissions.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.samueljscott.com/2009/12/17/global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Jeff Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:44:05 +0000 http://samueljscott.com/?p=3108#comment-1688 Sunspots? Really? Absurd. Correlation does not equal causation. Also, CO2 is not the only thing to worry about, or even the worst greenhouse gas. It is, however, used as a convenient equivalency measure. I for one, don't buy into the idea that conservation need be economically harmful. I think that's an idea dreamt up by Karl Rove and other neocons. Sunspots? Really? Absurd. Correlation does not equal causation.

Also, CO2 is not the only thing to worry about, or even the worst greenhouse gas. It is, however, used as a convenient equivalency measure.

I for one, don’t buy into the idea that conservation need be economically harmful. I think that’s an idea dreamt up by Karl Rove and other neocons.

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