News Post by Ryan Maue
A government issued report from the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) sounds the alarm about the incredible impacts of climate change upon UK: Wi-Fi signal range and strength will be greatly affected because of warmer temperatures. Of course, there are other concerns like railroad tracks buckling, better wind turbines to deal with higher winds, and flood protection.
I think the UK Telegraph and Guardian are sort of mocking the story, especially with the deadpan language and imagery in their stories. To me, it seems there are better ways to promote infrastructure stimulus funding rather than highlighting the effects of climate change on Wi-Fi signals.
Climate change ‘threatens UK wi-fi connections’, says government report — UK Guardian
Climate change ‘could disrupt wi-fi and hit power supply’ — UK Telegraph
[note: commenter wiglaf says: They are missing a word in the title. It should read: Climate change regulation ‘could disrupt wi-fi and hit power supply’.]
Following back to the original story here we find this gem:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world
Now the IPCC has brought the same stellar expertise to economics as they brought to the field of climafantasy. And what do you know, it fits their message perfectly.
That’s it. Debate is over. Higher energy prices are really lower. The sun always shines, the wind always blows (not too fast, not too cold), and windmills and solar panels are organically grown. What a wonderful world.
We have only borrowed the WiFi from our children.
I would ask our friends in Florida what they think about this, but obviously it is too warm for their internet connection to work.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear. So that’s what university-educated idiots do for a living these days…
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/a6ced3ccbf/the-idiot-in-rural-society-from-monty-pythons-flying-circus-from-greatest-comedy-sketches
This is so depressing. From the report (p 40):
But what is actually happening to the roads in the UK? From a newspaper report in Jan 2010:
And, from the BBC in Feb 2011
What WiFi signal? There will be only cheap power once in a while…
Hey , if you’re an alarmist , anything goes . Since people have become more skeptical the warmists have really ramped up the hype and it has evolved into near hysteria . Besides recycling the old rubbish they are making up new , even scarier scenarios . Expect it to worsen – they rely on fabrication and gullibility .
It’s all falling apart! Monbiot smacks head first into more reality.
Com’on this article is “Hot Off The Press!!”
WiFi works perfectly fine in our tropical country. It’s in all the major hotels. The UK will have to get considerably warmer than the tropics for this to happen.
Nice to know that we all had it easy in the past and nothing ever went wrong. But now that we have left the little ice age behind with a modest increase in temperatures the whole fabric of society is about to collapse. Add it to the list. http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm
I live in an area that during the summer the tempertature exceeds 90F (32C) most days. I don’t notice a difference between summer and winter. Is it a problem then?
They need something scarier. How about “Global Warming will disrupt Apple’s AppStore”?
Surely they forgot the climatic effect of heat on the Wombles. Also there’s that well known phenoma of widespread fire in warmer weather causing massive destruction of organic remains until nothing is left but charred bone aka BBQs.
Oh and hot roads have heat haze, haze is likely to impair the drivers view causing many people to think they have eye problems causing a run on the health service which in turn will lead to a run on plastic and as oil is running out this could trigger a run on oil and so a run on the pound which could in turn cause a run on the world economy and total economic collapse, which in turn would reduce the amount of litter causing massive problems to Wombles
_Jim says: May 9, 2011 at 12:35 pm
Eric (skeptic) says on May 9, 2011 at 12:19 pm
2.4 GHz will get cut off in fog. I used a WISP for a while that was about 6 miles away. The only time I lost access was in fog (pretty dense fog).
More’n likely it was anomalous ducting;
It could also be wet surfaces: before we moved the TV aerial onto the roof, we used to get significant reduction in signal whenever the roof got wet. I presume a similar effect could cause any wet surface to affect the signal.
Ok. Lets have climate absurdity.
WiFi causes global warming which feeds back into itself to damage WiFi, proven by the fact that WiFi is affected.
That of course is a preposterous statement. No more ridiculous, however, than c02 increase causes global warming which feeds back to cause even greater global warming, yet if you had enough propaganda and government backing to the appropriate scientific organisations, it would be a readily accepted paradigm
So now climate change will alter the spatial permittivity of the universe??
Hilariously stupid people with mouths = the modern media.
“OSLO (Reuters) – Rich countries have missed a U.N. deadline for outlining aid to help developing nations combat climate change.
Among industrialised nations, only Russia and Ukraine sent letters to the United Nations by the May 1 deadline — only to say they did not feel obliged to contribute under a deal to provide almost $30 billion in initial “fast-start” climate funds from 2010-12.”
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/5/7/worldupdates/2011-05-06T194829Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-568290-1&sec=Worldupdates
I can only assume that you have never read her articles. Louise Gray, who writes for the Telegraph, is a hardcore, rabid Warmist. She is almost insane with her alarmism. I despair.!!!
What is the carbon footprint of the royal wedding?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/search/?queryText=Louise+Gray+climate+change&Search=
It’s Met Office “barbecue summer” time again : “ … the transport sector is preparing for temperatures above 104F (40C) this summer… “ – all at 51 to 58 degrees north, in a maritime climate surrounded by ocean!
Has anyone FOI’d the Met Office’s cabinet office forecast again (as last winter)?
“ More heat-resistant rail tracks to prevent buckling…”
Those rail tracks in Arizona must be quite something then, with the heat in summer in the high forties C and a zillion tons of the world’s biggest trains rolling over them it’s a wonder the rails don’t melt let alone buckle.
My son and family in Phoenix reported no wi fi problems last Arizona summer, and my offspring in England reported no problems last winter while they were shoveling snow.
Here in Natal we had a storm on Saturday evening that was high enough and in the right direction to block out my satellite TV signal for a while but no interference whatever with my wi fi.
Perhaps we are expecting U.K. temperatures of 60 C. That should melt the tarmac.
/facepalm
Tell you what, an air burst nuclear weapon would produce an electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) that would be far more disruptive to the UK’s (and others) wi-fi access than climate change.
Oh no. Please tell me this was just a practical joke in that department! “let’s see if the Guardian publishes this nonsense” or something similar?
@jim – I never said anything about resonance effects. It is, as you (indirectly) point out, dielectric heating effects – which really doesn’t matter, the fact is, that those losses happen to be greatest around those frequencies.