Sunday, October 22, 2006
an inconvenient falsehood?
Does global warming really exist?
If so, is it going to affect the earth's climate adversely by 2025?
I find it highly unusual that global warming is such a popular "scientific" topic these days. How much has the earth's temperature increased in the last five years? The answer depends on a given region of the earth. Some areas are getting hotter; others are getting colder, and some have remained at about the same temperature. It doesn't take a scientist to figure that out.
Stephen Hawking has been quite concerned about global warming... so concerned that he mentioned it at a string theory conference. I think he should have another bet with Kip Thorne and John Preskill about it...
Of course, Lubos Motl has a counter on his site that shows how critical he is of the Kyoto Protocol. It's hard to imagine that it's cost the world $250 trillion, considering it's done nothing at all.
It's even harder to imagine that the IPCC is trying to predict the world's temperature gain for the next 90+ years!
I'm from the state that's first in chemical production (New Jersey). The carbon emissions from all the factories in Union and Essex Counties must be enormous. They used to be worse; now factories are more heavily regulated. Has the climate in North Jersey changed since those factories were built? No! And they've been there for a long time!
That's just one example. The global warming "crisis" has received far too much attention. Is there going to be a divide between climate scientists who are researching global warming and those who aren't, similar to the "divide" between LQG theorists and string theorists? I think a book called "The Trouble with Climatology" is in order. ¶ 5:33 PM
If so, is it going to affect the earth's climate adversely by 2025?
I find it highly unusual that global warming is such a popular "scientific" topic these days. How much has the earth's temperature increased in the last five years? The answer depends on a given region of the earth. Some areas are getting hotter; others are getting colder, and some have remained at about the same temperature. It doesn't take a scientist to figure that out.
Stephen Hawking has been quite concerned about global warming... so concerned that he mentioned it at a string theory conference. I think he should have another bet with Kip Thorne and John Preskill about it...
Of course, Lubos Motl has a counter on his site that shows how critical he is of the Kyoto Protocol. It's hard to imagine that it's cost the world $250 trillion, considering it's done nothing at all.
It's even harder to imagine that the IPCC is trying to predict the world's temperature gain for the next 90+ years!
I'm from the state that's first in chemical production (New Jersey). The carbon emissions from all the factories in Union and Essex Counties must be enormous. They used to be worse; now factories are more heavily regulated. Has the climate in North Jersey changed since those factories were built? No! And they've been there for a long time!
That's just one example. The global warming "crisis" has received far too much attention. Is there going to be a divide between climate scientists who are researching global warming and those who aren't, similar to the "divide" between LQG theorists and string theorists? I think a book called "The Trouble with Climatology" is in order. ¶ 5:33 PM
