tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post3092818907433903496..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Thursday LinksStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-19500925586924487302012-09-22T17:42:24.542-07:002012-09-22T17:42:24.542-07:00With respect to Artic sea ice, I think alarm shoud...With respect to Artic sea ice, I think alarm shoudl be tempered by the fact that Antartic ice and sea ice is at its recorded maximum. The southern hemishpere by virtue of being mostly Ocean is climatically less volatile and a better palce to measure global temerpature and trends.<br /><br />I also beleive the risks due to rising temperatures should compared against the risks (including enironmental costs) that stem from not having large amounts of cheap energy available worldwide and the risks assocaited with a war between or by large militaries over access to energy resources.buck smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10165817144159425547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-72992990446410628372012-09-20T17:51:28.959-07:002012-09-20T17:51:28.959-07:00The Sober Look piece was interesting. As well as i...The Sober Look piece was interesting. As well as its political situation, China's economy is starting to look a bit shaky.<br /><br />The fallout is starting to spread: <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/bhp-to-shelve-its-red-hill-coalmine/story-e6frg8zx-1226477616731" rel="nofollow">BHP to shelve its Red Hill coalmine</a>.<br /><br />"[As well as this announcement] ... BHP has already in the past six months announced 1700 jobs would be lost as two mines closed and that it would not go ahead with the already approved (but not started) Peak Downs expansion.<br /><br />... BHP does not believe medium and long-term global demand is as strong as it once did and thinks US exports in response to any high prices will cap future price rises."Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939046017258198038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-39497118703369018732012-09-20T10:33:06.643-07:002012-09-20T10:33:06.643-07:00the prevalence of the dry areas over the wet areas...the prevalence of the dry areas over the wet areas despite the rising atmospheric water vapor content is because of the on-going imbalance of the energy budget of the earth, that ism the water vapor stays in the atmosphere a bit longer in 'energy overdose', Iäll presume? Or is it calculated from the continents part only? Then it would need a bit different and more detailed explanation, Oalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14032383453035968859noreply@blogger.com