tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post8443095105073916511..comments2024-02-23T01:30:06.101-08:00Comments on Early Warning: Hansen on ClimateStuart Stanifordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182839827506265860noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-14247314350631451312012-06-05T11:29:12.194-07:002012-06-05T11:29:12.194-07:00Hoerling and Revkin(as usual) leave a lot to be de...Hoerling and Revkin(as usual) leave a lot to be desired:<br /><br />http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/05/13/483247/james-hansen-is-correct-about-catastrophic-projections-for-us-drought-if-we-dont-act-now/Gingerbakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14211637630936981883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-49499101800276910242012-05-19T09:15:54.395-07:002012-05-19T09:15:54.395-07:00US coal consumption is falling fast: from about 51...US coal consumption is falling fast: from about 51% 5 years ago to about 39% lately.<br /><br />China is by far the biggest consumer of coal, and they're frantically developing natural gas, wind, hydro, etc., to replace coal ASAP.<br /><br />There is some hope on coal.Nick Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721405349726668110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-72207952061786841812012-05-13T07:10:16.325-07:002012-05-13T07:10:16.325-07:00Anthropomorphic global warming - yes. Bitumen as ...Anthropomorphic global warming - yes. Bitumen as the key threat - no. <br /><br />Coal has higher GHG intensity than bitumen (per unit fuel) and is expected to see substantially increased production.<br /><br />"In May 2007, the EIA forecast that global CO2 emissions will increase 59% between 2004 and 2030, with 43% of the 42.88 billion tonnes coming from coal." (http://www.mbendi.com/indy/ming/coal/p0005.htm#10)<br /><br />Bitumen might help continue the peak in oils, growing to perhaps 6% of the overall oil supply. <br /><br />This begs the question of why Hansen focuses on (foreign) bitumen and not (American) coal.ColdNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140379108815093606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-41731929041224248532012-05-11T01:10:57.716-07:002012-05-11T01:10:57.716-07:00Add to that that U.S. experiences warmest 12-month...Add to that that <a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html" rel="nofollow">U.S. experiences warmest 12-month period on record</a> and check out the graphs!<br /><br />AlexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5235419263414453422.post-39012745059532597112012-05-10T14:41:12.779-07:002012-05-10T14:41:12.779-07:00Yeah,
not as easy to ignore as James Lovelock (o...Yeah, <br /><br />not as easy to ignore as James Lovelock (on climate),<br /><br />ALexAlexander Achttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16845172528191878930noreply@blogger.com