... by 0.05 degrees Fahrenheit. I wonder what the error bars are on that number.
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
The average American has a 20-ton / year carbon footprint. Offsetting 20 tons per year has a cost that ranges depending on what service you use. I've seen estimates of $6-10/ton - $20/month is $12/ton. Edit: for the average american footprint, you can easily find the stat that the US emitted 5.268 GtCO2 in 2018. There are 327.16 million people in the US. From that I get more like 16 tons/year per person, so 20 is out…
If we were thinking big picture, would this mean that the US gov't could basically spend $72 billion a year to zero out the carbon contribution of America? Cheaper than the Iraq war....
Not really, because there's an implied capacity for offsetting carbon. That's what it costs now, but as more people participate, the cost will undoubtedly go up.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
If we were thinking big picture, would this mean that the US gov't could basically spend $72 billion a year to zero out the carbon contribution of America? Cheaper than the Iraq war....
Not really, because there's an implied capacity for offsetting carbon. That's what it costs now, but as more people participate, the cost will undoubtedly go up.
I don't think it's that straightforward. Stuff like planting trees should have the cost/ton go down over time due to scale (there's a land question but there's a _lot_ of federally owned land). A lot of other stuff could work similarly.
Mass production is a thing that brings costs down, so some of the carbon offset programs could take advantage of similar effects.
You're definitely right that some of these projects aren't infinitely scalable though. There are only so many gas stoves used in northern Uganda to be replaced..
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
If we were thinking big picture, would this mean that the US gov't could basically spend $72 billion a year to zero out the carbon contribution of America? Cheaper than the Iraq war....
Not really, because there's an implied capacity for offsetting carbon. That's what it costs now, but as more people participate, the cost will undoubtedly go up.
The costs may go up as tree planting is more limited, but the more money in the ecosystem will allow new innovations to be discovered!
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#25Does anyone have any references to philosophical discussions about whether or not global warming should be stopped?
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#26Does anyone have any references to philosophical discussions about whether or not global warming should be stopped?
Check out the references part of this article:
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#27Odd. But NOAA's own data also confirms this July was the 65th coldest on record? [1]
Hard to make sense of what's coming out of NOAA these days...
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#28Does anyone have any references to philosophical discussions about whether or not global warming should be stopped?
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#29... by 0.05 degrees Fahrenheit. I wonder what the error bars are on that number.
Likely the same or better than the other predictions?
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#30What percentage of the earth's temperature history have we recorded?