Post #272,257
11/5/06 4:56:37 PM
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a brilliant Brit scientist on climate change
[link|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/05/nosplit/nwarm05.xml|http://www.telegraph...split/nwarm05.xml] 1. That the debate is over and all credible climate scientists are agreed. False
2. That temperature has risen above millennial variability and is exceptional. Very unlikely
3. That changes in solar irradiance are an insignificant forcing mechanism. False
4. That the last century\ufffds increases in temperature are correctly measured.Unlikely
5. That greenhouse-gas increase is the main forcing agent of temperature.Not proven
6. That temperature will rise far enough to do more harm than good. Very unlikely
7. That continuing greenhouse-gas emissions will be very harmful to life.Unlikely
8. That proposed carbon-emission limits would make a definite difference. Very unlikely
9. That the environmental benefits of remediation will be cost-effective. Very unlikely
10. That taking precautions, just in case, would be the responsible course. False from the pdf in the article thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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Post #272,269
11/5/06 5:17:08 PM
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But according to this brilliant Brit scientist...
on climate change. Well OK, he's actually [link|http://www.economist.com/research/backgrounders/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8108395|an economist]: "Sir Nicholas, however, comes up with quite different figures. By feeding into his model both some recent science on the increased risks of dramatic climate change, and the possibility of such catastrophes as a rise in sea level big enough to flood London and New York, he calculates that the range of possible outcomes lies somewhere between 5% and 20% of global output over the next century or two. At those sorts of levels of overall economic damage, the impact on the rich world as well as the poor world is huge." So how much of the Hooper Bay moving inland will convince you? Alex
When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
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Post #272,278
11/5/06 6:10:28 PM
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Let it come!
Making my home beachfront property would definitely increase its value.
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #272,293
11/5/06 7:13:57 PM
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Not for a long time
All the crap buried in NJ soil would get into the water - it would be worse than the East River in the 70s!
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #272,296
11/5/06 7:35:50 PM
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You sure know how to..
...piss on a man's parade!
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #272,299
11/5/06 7:43:40 PM
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*grin*
You'd just need to hold onto the property for a century or so!
Still - think how bad it would be in Edison - a chain of islands in a SEA of toxic sludge... Hell - when it rains NOW, Edison is a chain of islands in a sea of toxic sludge...
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #272,300
11/5/06 7:48:39 PM
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That would be the location for the 2nd coming
well...only if the requirement is being able to walk on the water. Then there'll be plenty of candidates :-)
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #272,285
11/5/06 6:30:51 PM
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you're reading the report not the disagreement on the report
Water is not rising in hooper, no more than it always had. As much change as they claim the village would have to move to cape romanzoff which would become an island. The "little people" wouldnt allow that.
thanx,
bill
Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
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