Global Warming Delusions

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Post by Rod » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:05 PM UTC

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by madair » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:18 PM UTC

Fair-warning, this IS a WSJ article, and thus should be well-salted when it comes to their editorial stance on the facts in question.

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by Rod » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:23 PM UTC

madair wrote: post #2

Fair-warning, this IS a WSJ article, and thus should be well-salted when it comes to their editorial stance on the facts in question.

And it's written by someone who has over 40 years of experience in climate modeling...

Have you even read the article??

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by ccc3 » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:31 PM UTC

madair wrote: post #2

Fair-warning, this IS a WSJ article, and thus should be well-salted when it comes to their editorial stance on the facts in question.

Which facts did you find to be editorialized, specifically?

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by ryanwaggoner » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:33 PM UTC

This article is from Oct. 2007. Not saying it's irrelevant, just that I didn't realize it at first.

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by dublinclontarf » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:37 PM UTC

This is the most reasonable, non hysterical (either pro/anti GW) article I have come across in such a long time.

No fear mongering about a lack of action.

No fear mongering about untold damages action against GW will do to our economies (usually in reference to carbon emissions limitations & taxes).

Just so... reasonable.

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by radu_floricica » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:50 PM UTC

He's not alone, but the media and public somehow only listen to the other guy.

I read Collapse, by Jared Diamond - the same kind of level-headedness (or more). Despite the title and the subject of the book there is no panic, only clear analysis. And guess which threat he considers by far the worst? Yup, deforestation. Pretty much everything by Jared Diamond is a good read, btw.

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by vinutheraj » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:50 PM UTC

I don't know if it's an evidence of global warming or not but the normal temperature at our institute has risen 7 degree celsius from what is was at this same time last year, which is kinda freaky and we are literally really trying hard to survive here !!

source - http://iitkgp.ac.in/topfiles/wgraph.php

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by sachinag » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:52 PM UTC

dublinclontarf wrote: post #6

This is the most reasonable, non hysterical (either pro/anti GW) article I have come across in such a long time. No fear mongering about a lack of action. No fear mongering about untold damages action against GW will do to our economies (usually in reference to carbon emissions limitations & taxes). Just so... reasonable.

Agreed, which is why I'm sure that someone responded to it in kind. But, alas, search technology doesn't seem to be there yet. Or maybe my Google-fu sucks this morning.

Re: Global Warming Delusions

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Post by conflux0 » Sat, Apr 25, 2009, 4:55 PM UTC

dublinclontarf wrote: post #6

This is the most reasonable, non hysterical (either pro/anti GW) article I have come across in such a long time. No fear mongering about a lack of action. No fear mongering about untold damages action against GW will do to our economies (usually in reference to carbon emissions limitations & taxes). Just so... reasonable.

I thought it was reasonable for the most part too, but the section where he argued because Eric the Red found global warming to his advantage we could also find it in our interests made me a little skeptical.