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Tim Huck says: at 1:03 pm Re: Lomborg
I think the only thing new here is the Book. This is all about book sales.
The ideas expressed are nearly the same as before. Note that by adjusting the phrasing just a bit he expands the group of folks that might spend the money for his book. Hardcover = $90; but for you, only $56.70 at Amazon.com. The paperback will sell for $29.99 at Amazon. Such a deal.
From the suggest link by Tim Huck: (and note the word “annually”)
“Lomborg now proposes a global carbon tax to raise $250 billion annually, where $100 billion will be spent on clean energy research and development, $50 billion on climate change adaptation and $1 billion on low-cost geo-engineering solutions. He wants the rest to be spent on better healthcare in poor countries and cleaner water.”
I published a cleaner explanation of why the increase of CO2 determines a decrease of H2O vapors. It can be found here: http://global-warming-explained.blogspot.com/2010/09/minimums-and-equilibriums.html
Please note that the fact that H2O decreases when CO2 increases is also demonstrated by measurements since 1960 and atmospheric transparency have been also measured as constant. The idea and the work is not mine, it belongs to Dr. Misckolczi. However, the eventual errors are entirely mine 🙂
The error in the standard global warming models is that they take evaporation as constant which is not the case. Or, in other cases they just move the lapse rate to a higher altitude (see Hansen’s papers) which is not allowable unless the atmosphere is totally opaque to infrared radiation, but when atmosphere totally is opaque then there is no influence from CO2 anymore. I’ll publish soon an article about this.
I welcome comments criticizing the theory or ones helping me make the text more understandable.
Thank you!
Mircea
to paulw –
This website might explain the number you are seeking.
http://www.ecoworld.com/global-warming/global-warming-is-it-real-are-humans-the-cause-can-anything-be-done.html
The author states:“As a scientist myself (a chemist, not a CAM), I find it very difficult to believe that such a tiny amount of CO2 (370 ppm) in the atmosphere could be responsible for GW. That is only 0.036% of the earth’s atmosphere.”
Re the Russian tanker, the story included this paragraph:
“Not only is it free from pirates who plague the African coast where ships tend to refuel, but ships are escorted by a fleet of nuclear ice-breakers to clear the passage.”
WOW
reading these comments is like listening to the inmates of bedlam.
I regularly view the NOAA Doplar Radar composite image of the continental USA. Can anyone explain the semi circular features that seem to cbe entered on large population centers? Just wondereing if this is a “Urban weather effect” of some description. they all seem to grow and fade according to the time of day.
{Fishnski says:
September 3, 2010 at 2:50 pm
From one fish to another..Vigilantfish…the horseshoe crab has survived all kinds of Mother Nature type of Global warmings over the last millions of years or so…I think a tourist or 2 stepping on them will not seal their fate…..Thanks for Posting my last post WUWT..I really dig this site & would love to keep participating even though I’m still just a rocket surgeon…..}
Umm, don’t you mean a rocket sturgeon?
harvey,
From your comment I guess you’ve never clicked on climate progress, realclimate, tamino, skeptical science, etc. If you ever do, you will see that those echo chambers are true bedlam.
Here, you’re just part of the chorus.
Have to repeat this every so often: Those areas witht the most GHGs don’t ever have the highest temperatures. Why is that?
Stephen Hawking announced that there is now no mystery to the event we call the Big Bang. He can explain everything. It’s all to do with M-Theory and gravity. As his brain can go to within a billionth of a second of a big bang. Anyone have a clue what M-Theory is? Thanx.
Here is an interesting article about some well known companies twisting themselves in P.R. knots over “carbon emissions”.
http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/09/02/kevin-libin-when-an-oil-sands-boycott-is-not-a-boycott/
Note to consumers – you know the difference between right and wrong, do what you have to do.
Note to investors. There will be a backlash. Don’t go long on these guys (see BP).
Note to CEO’s and corporate communication depts. Best practice – don’t talk about it, (it being carbon emissions). There is no upside.
jae
Yep
South Island of NZ rocked by a major earthquake.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4094986/Massive-7-4-quake-hits-Christchurch
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/04/earthquake-christchurch-new-zealand
My sister-in-law’s mother, who lives in Wanaka [5 hours away from epicenter] was awakened by a low rumbling sound and then she felt the shock.
Chris
Norfolk, VA, USA
@dkkraft
What exactly is wrong with tar sands relative to other fuel sources?
jae says:
September 3, 2010 at 7:51 pm
The places with the highest and lowest temperatures on Earth are barely habitable.
The Arctic is just as much a desert as is the Sahara.
Ain’t a whole lot moving in either place.
Nobody would freak out if the Sahara suddenly got wet and blossomed, would they?
But they get all twisted up in a Gordian knot over the Arctic barely warming.
ARW,
Some ideas
“Clutter” is explained here:
http://www.carterlake.org/radarinfo.php
This one is an abstract of biological Echoes in Weather Radar Images
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/FSKD.2009.640
These might give you hints of what to search for to answer your particular question. I remember reading of a place in Texas where many thousands of bats came from a large cave each evening and showed up on the radar. If your concern is more common, and near cities, then it is likely and artifact of particulates, dust, or something. Note the term ‘artifacts’ is a useful search term.
paulw about CO2 @ur momisugly 5:34
Well paulw, I think you ought to search the literature and read about this issue for a time and report back. I’ll guess there is an “apples-oranges” issue in your remembrances. I’m not going to guess and try to find out what is bothering you.
I’d like to know what you find with respect to the ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere contributed by humans?
Also, I’d like to know by what means the ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere will be made to double? Related is how fast and how much can humans increase the ppm to, say, 2X, 3X, 4X from where it now is? Is it possible for humans to double the ppm CO2 in 20 years, 50 years, or what?
johnnythelowery says:
September 3, 2010 at 8:07 pm
“Anyone have a clue what M-Theory is?”
Mu knows.
DirkH says:
September 3, 2010 at 4:18 pm
KLA says:
September 3, 2010 at 4:01 pm
“[…]produce 3GW of power or 3 GWh per hour from that EU mandated project. Because even offshore wind only has a capacity factor (look up what that means) of about 33%,[…]”
German land-based wind reached 17 or 19% lately. Just as information.
And the figure for all the wind turbines in Scotland in the first 5 months of 2010 was only 17%. (just over half the claimed load/capacity factor). Wind turbines are fine for remote island communities or off-grid locations, but to try to use them to power a National Grid is engineering and financial madness.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/When-will-Lights-Independent-Minds/dp/1906768404/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1283588049&sr=1-1-spell
Any interest in a Swiss environmental study suggesting a VW Golf has less impact than a hybrid?
sorry forgot the link
Grrr…I’m braindead today
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es903729a
Keith Minto says: (September 3, 2010 at 3:10 pm) ”Plan for travellers body heat to warm homes” (Paris)
The French have form here, Keith:
Body heat is GO…
Moderator, this is worth reading,
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sustainable-were-a-lot-smarter-than-that/story-e6frg6zo-1225914025010