From Reuters: The sky will soon be full, view it while you can.
“At present emissions levels, in less than 20 years the sky would effectively be full”
Analysis: Extreme steps needed to meet climate target
At present emissions levels, in less than 20 years the sky would effectively be full, meaning every extra tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted would have to be removed to stay within safer climate limits, one lead author says.
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Other experts say it isn’t clear how far specific changes are the result of emissions or simply natural effects.
“There’s no final decision,” said the Potsdam Institute’s Vladimir Petoukhov.
For example, last week it emerged that Arctic sea ice this summer melted to a record low extent, or a close second. Natural weather effects partly explained the previous record in 2007, scientists say, and may help explain this year’s, said Petoukhov.
h/t to Tom Nelson
“At present emissions levels, in less than 20 years the sky would effectively be full”
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If the atmosphere becomes full, would then the sky begin to fall?
Weather for today: 100% chance of CO2 showers with possible thunder & Carbon Sharing storms.
Am I the only one who thinks this is chilling and not funny? The link takes us to an article that talks about the need to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
“This is a crucial change in perception, that there is a point and it is very close at which time if we put CO2 into the atmosphere future generations will have to take it out again.”
Is it all groundwork for a new approach? Instead of looking to reduce carbon emissions the warmists will look for public money to ‘clean up’ the carbon?
We all need to become vegetables.
This “Full” phenomenon has occurred before! On “Married With Children”, Al pumps Kelly full of sport memorabilia so she can win a contest for him. (He had been banned) Finally, after many hours, Kelly is “Full”, And any additional fact added to her mind will push out one of Al’s Trivia tidbits.
Oh Dear! My first, and second, reaction on reading the headline was “Full of what? That which has hit the fan?…eh?” Whatever next?
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I read the story and then started to read the comments. The story is a load of rubbish but the comments are hilarious. Thanks to all for the good laugh.
jpfife says:
September 22, 2011 at 2:27 am
Is it all groundwork for a new approach? Instead of looking to reduce carbon emissions the warmists will look for public money to ‘clean up’ the carbon?
Well, we must only remove the nasty human released atmospheric CO2. The natural CO2 is part of what mother nature intends.
Of course, they’ll need more money to do that.
So the AGW fear mongers are literally to the point of saying “The sky is falling”.
And they think this is going to gain their cause credibility.
Let’s assume for just a nanosecond, that I have supped from the cup of coolaid. Fast forward 20 years. Which “sky is full” would I rather have?
CO2 (can’t see it, can’t smell it, don’t have to avoid it, and it is a tiny bit warmer)
vs
behemoth whirly gigs (can see those, can hear them 24/7, the smell of ozone is in the air, and me and the birds have to go out of our way to avoid them) and acres of dirty, dusty, weed encroached solar panels
The voting public needs to be careful for what they ask for.
There seems to be a continual drop in TSI (Total Scientific Illumination).
Global dimming is already in effect.
Time to water the plants with Brawndo “The thirst mutilator” (It has electrolites).
Pamela, you forgot the part about people and animals skewered with ice and blade shards from those whirly gigs and the drought from the lack of water after cleaning those now dirty solar panels. Somewhere I read (reference needed!) that it takes over a million gallons of water per year to clean a million watt solar farm. A megawatt of electricity won’t do squat for our needs, we need lots of gigawatts. Meaning many giga-gallons of water. Which, because of the ethanol mandate, we won’t have.
I can live with more plants and a tad more warmth.
Geoengineering is the idle threat they always like to use, as in “Don’t make us have to use geoengineering!” Idle because all they have are harebrained, very possible dangerous, and certainly monstrously expensive ideas, and they know it, whether it involves C02 removal or various schemes for blocking sunlight.
In less than 20 years the CAGW worldwide delusional hysteria will be in the history books, though the fallout from it will be felt for decades.
“…sky would effectively be full””
I guess that rules out my ex-wife as a driver.
The public is full to the point of bloating. Climate scientists can stop cooking now.
The Australain PM will be pleased, she’ll “carbon tax” the lot.
will it fall on our heads? the sky, i mean..