IPCC climate report

[jseal]

The IPCC has set the fox among the chickens again!

IPCC climate report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24282150)

[Oldfart]

Interesting.

[Winston77]

There's more money in lying!

[Oldfart]

Hey Winston77, haven't seen you for a while.

There are so many vested interests (our scientists Vs their scientists) that much is lost to we poor layfolk. :(

[jseal]

It is encouraging to note that the IPCC's fifth assessment report (AR5), now with more, and more accurate data, has revised the climate sensitivity down, rather than up.

[Oldfart]

We need to immediately start dropping ice asteroids on Mars. Immense environmental vandalism which may give us a viable bolt-hole if Earth locks into an overheat spiral. The timeframe for our planet becoming a second Venus is frightening, possibly under 10,000 years.

[jseal]

We need to immediately start dropping ice asteroids on Mars. Immense environmental vandalism which may give us a viable bolt-hole if Earth locks into an overheat spiral ...
That sounds like a plot line for a good short story. We would be ‘protecting’ future generations.
... The timeframe for our planet becoming a second Venus is frightening, possibly under 10,000 years.
… but possibly a little longer.

[Oldfart]

That sounds like a plot line for a good short story. We would be ‘protecting’ future generations.

Niven, Robinson and many others have written on this theme.

… but possibly a little longer.

Maybe :)

[jseal]

We need to immediately start dropping ice asteroids on Mars. Immense environmental vandalism which may give us a viable bolt-hole if Earth locks into an overheat spiral …
That sounds like a plot line for a good short story. We would be ‘protecting’ future generations.
Niven, Robinson and many others have written on this theme.
I’ll wager that Larry Niven took a characteristically ‘hardnosed’ approach in his treatment of the subject.

… The timeframe for our planet becoming a second Venus is frightening, possibly under 10,000 years.
… but possibly a little longer.
Maybe :)
Well, you know what they say about the future … it ain’t what it used to be! :)

[Winston77]

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/09/30/climate-change-warnings-science-or-scientific-sounding/

[jseal]

There are, without a doubt, varying opinions about AGW.


Additionlly, there are other costs of RE sources (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=renewable-energys-hidden-costs) that are seldom discussed.