Red, Green & Blue: Is It Time to Just Live With Climate Change?
An article in this week’s Time magazine raises an interesting point about climate change. While there’s a growing consensus that global warming is real, the author writes, there’s also an emerging body of opinion that says it’s either too late to stop it or it’s not worth trying to stop. We’d be better off, these pundits say, investing in ways to make it easier to deal with the effects of climate change: build stronger dams, dikes and levees; do more to prevent the spread of diseases like malaria; provide more aid to help the poor live with increasingly hotter, or damper, or drier, or stormier conditions; etc.
While my initial reaction to people like Bjorn Lomborg, who has written, Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming
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October 16th, 2007 at 9:26 am
Andrew,
Si, sono in accordo!
And so many diverse contributors!
October 16th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Hi Max,
YES, you express reality!
Let’s look at the real priorities concerning the much neglected human suffering in the real world out there!
If there is real global warming, beyond the VERY BRIEF regional variations that are now being reported, (and which seem typical of the past), there will be both winners and losers in humanity. Other species will adapt by migration etc, as they have done so in the past.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Hi jgroves,
So remind us; what was the relative strength of Katrina to many other previous hurricanes again, and (rather importantly) WHEREABOUTS they may have made landfall?
And…..why did Chris Landsea (A very noted hurricane expert), resign in disgust and anger from the IPCC?
And, what happened to all those terrible hurricanes that were forecast to follow in 2006>?
Concerning Bjorn Lomberg….some will agree with him, and some will disagree….are you trying to evidence some ultimate truth? If so, please be specific.
October 16th, 2007 at 11:41 am
Hi richardbell,
How about you give some actual examples of YOUR perspective on what YOU think are some convincing examples of Lomborg’s lies? If you do that, there may be something to debate in this thread!
Might it be that there are other people in this world that think that Lomberg is pointing generally in the right direction? (not necessarily with absolute perfection)
October 17th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
… and for some reason the evil humans caused it this time???????????? LOL, I love it when people inadvertently prove AGW makes no sense!
October 18th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Message to charlesuchu
You wrote: “the worst scenario that came out of the IPCC’s report…”
“+6.4°: Most of life is exterminated”
Pretty scary stuff, with methane hydrates breaking down at precisely 6.4 deg C warmer temperatures than today and Earth turning into a very unhospitable place for everyone.
Fortunately this is not science, but pure science fiction. But it would make a good Hollywood story…
Max
October 18th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Message to Balck Wallaby
Glad to see you are back. We need a few calm voices of reason to counterbalance the doomsday hysteria.
Regards,
Max
October 18th, 2007 at 10:56 am
To David Alexander:
Uh?
Black Wallaby
October 18th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Christina,
Quite!
Black Wallaby
October 18th, 2007 at 11:27 am
Hi Shirley,
I’m in accord with most of what you have elaborated, but could you please clarify what you said immediately above in part:
“First, the infamous hockey stick is not the only temperature reconstruction showing a warming climate – it’s just the one that’s gotten the most attention. Dozens of other historical reconstructions have shown the same thing…”
Are you suggesting that there are dozens of other studies that show that the current regional climate variations are UNPRECEDENTED?
If so, could you point to say one or two, the more the merrier.
This is a very important question.
Regards, Black Wallaby