From Tom Nelson: Huffington Post: Carbon dioxide could ruin wifi connections for your kids
Climate Change Effects: Things Global Warming Just Might Ruin For Your Kids
[Scroll down at the link above: The alleged CO2-induced wifi problem is #26 of 53]
Here’s the claim:
A 2011 report from the U.K.’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs found that climate change could affect certain infrastructure, like wireless internet. The Guardian reports, “higher temperatures can reduce the range of wireless communications, rainstorms can impact the reliability of the signal, and drier summers and wetter winters may cause greater subsidence, damaging masts and underground cables,” according to secretary of state for the environment.
And, the Earth could be visited by a race of super intelligent Wookie like creatures riding in flying saucers…demanding they be taken to the leader, and some HuffPo denizen offers up Al Gore.
I think the chances are greater of lightning hitting a car traveling down the road than a direct causation of widespread WiFi failure due to global warming aka climate change.
i’m reminded of a tip for CAGW-sceptic parents who have CAGW-alarmist children that i’ve given previously:
tell the children that they have convinced you, so you are cancelling the internet connection and banning video games, etc because they add to carbon emissions.
Not bad, 1 could, 2 cans and 1 may in a single short paragraph, Super Duper Fast Wi-Fi Connection.
They are going for a two-fer with this one. Shovel out some climate change propaganda and push for a giant new public works program to strengthen our infrastructure against the rigors of water and warmth.
rgbatduke says:
September 27, 2012 at 12:38 pm
That depends… if NASA is launching more anti-penguin ballistic Earth Observation satellites… probably so.
Both Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite and the Glory Earth-observing satellite had penguin country as the drop area when the shroud failed to open. (in both cases)
DocBud says:
September 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm
Thomas Spaziani, you are shooting the messenger, you frickin moron, an apology is required.
I see I do. Sorry. The original link appeared as if it was some Liberal blogger just regurgitating the same old stuff.
Just build an eco-crucifix and up the power of the routers antenna, it’s not climate science.
Wijnand says:
September 27, 2012 at 12:45 pm
According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years WIFI will become “a very rare and exciting event”.
“Children just aren’t going to know what WIFI is,” he said.
Oh the humanity!! Our kids will not only NEVER see snow, their WiFi phones won’t work!!
Yet more garbage from CRU.
“drier summers and wetter winters”
LOL
DEFRA, The Grauniad, sorry Guardian, are driven by the BBC.
DEFRA might change as there is a new Minister in charge who hates wind power.
Do Wifi users have more problems in Singapore than London? I doubt it despite the large temperature difference.
I thought wifi caused global warming (CO2 increase). /s
Aside from possible higher user and AP (access point) density yielding a lowered Eb/No (Enegy_per_bit/Noise ratio) relationship on the signal link? Probably not …
I liked this one at HuffPo:
What Climate Change Just Might Ruin
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Paige Seilhamer
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I don’t know what a Paige Sailhamer is but isn’t this just too bad.
This must be what happened to my mom’s phone. On a particularly warm day last week she updated the OS on her phone. Then just a little later on that same day she couldn’t attach to the wifi in her house. It couldn’t have been anything else. Apple doesn’t ship defective products.
‘increased CO2 may ruin future WiFi connections’
‘like wireless internet’ yes I agree with that. Because when it rains my dongle loses contact and we all know that CC theory means there will be more rain!
andrewmharding says: Do they really think that people are stupid (or bigoted) enough to believe this drivel?
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But Andrew, people ARE stupid enough to believe this. The world is full of left wing idiots who belong to this doomsday cult of junk science, including for example the buffoons at The Guardian.
Fortunately Miami is a much cooler place than the UK, so it can still have some WiFi.
Another one for the Warmlist!
http://www.numberwatch.co.uk/warmlist.htm
UCS finds fault with FoxNews? My respect for Fox is thereby enhanced.