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Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s And your problem is? -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy "I wear the cheese. It does not wear me." |
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On 18 June, 13:24, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s Keith (Southend) "By 2080, between 2c and 6C hotter than present" ?????? Don't we start to fry (literally) at 2C increase? I saw one press report this morning of predictions of maxima of 41C in London. Is it scare tactics or are they just trying to take the heat out of the MP's expenses row by transferring it to the atmosphere? - Tom. |
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On 18 June, 14:19, Graham P Davis wrote:
Keith (Southend)G wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s And your problem is? -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. *E-mail: newsman not newsboy "I wear the cheese. It does not wear me." Fair comment, I should elaborate... Firstly, I see the predictions as grossly exagerated and un realistic. Many 'events' will be claimed to be due to climate change, when these things happen anyway from time to time. Secondly, it's going to be a continuing wonderful excuse to tax us more. I can never see how taxing us for producing carbondioxide is going to change anything, does it dissapear when you pay for it yet hang around in the atmosphere if you don't ? I'm less convinced than I was a couple of years ago. The main thing that needs to be done is to stop chopping down trees worldwide, or manage it properly. Unfortunately we have no control in what happens around the World. I could go on... Keith (Southend) |
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The main thing that needs to be done is to stop chopping down trees worldwide, or manage it properly. Keith (Southend) Spot on, the equitorial rainforests are vital in taking CO2 out of the atmosphere. We could make a real difference by reversing deforestation. http://www.greenpeace.org/internatio...paigns/forests Global CO2 emissions will continue to climb, as they have throughout this century (with the possible exception of the last few months - blimey the bankers are saving the world!) So the current rates of deforestation are total madness. Graham Penzance |
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![]() "Graham P Davis" wrote in message ... Keith (Southend)G wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s And your problem is? -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy "I wear the cheese. It does not wear me." The Met Office have been arm tweaked by this lefty corrupt government to seed the ground for higher taxes. Hilary Benn is about as good as Michael Meacher. UkMO can't get their seasonal forecast right this is futile PC tax grabbing boll&*ks Watching Newsnight this evening it was so bleedin' obvious this bleedin' heart government are well and truly behind it. The government UKMO report hasn't even been peer reviewed. The report was even heavily criticised by Myles Allen off DEFRA. Actually BBC NewsNight made Benn looked like the fool he is. I'll tell you what, this report and the issues around it prove further still that UKMO is now just a propaganda tool for this government. When Kirsty called Benn, on why if they thought AGW was such a threat and why they then allow the controversial extention to Heathrow Airport; the man could only bluster a load of tripe. Finally: the BBC were pretty good in it's disection of this labour party ukmo last ditched effort to win support from a dwindling electorate.and a dying labour party. See Susan Watts report here http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight...dels_to_p.html and here http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight...june_2009.html |
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Keith (Southend)G wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s Keith (Southend) More Carbon Taxes to come then to pay for MP's expenses? |
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On Jun 18, 1:24*pm, "Keith (Southend)G"
wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s Keith (Southend) The likelihood is that we will have a warmer future and that it will have particular impacts. If we know this now, don't plan for this likely change and it happens, how will future generations feel? Should we do nothing because a small minority feel it's not going to happen? Or should we trust the vast majority of scientists, including those at the Hadley Centre, who have produced the research to back these probable and possible scenarios (always possible/probable, the Hadley Centre/MetO, IPCC and other bodies always deal with likelihoods and probabilities when discussing climate change). That's the choice the politicians have to make on the advice that they are getting. I'd make the choice to prepare, ignore the sceptics and conspiracists, but keep up to date with current research, employing the best people possible to advise on this - as would most scientists and most politicians. If things do change over the next 20 years, cooler, or even warmer, we should react to the research that shows those changes happening. That's what the current state of climate research shows us and that's informing how we should proceed. |
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On Jun 19, 9:23*am, Dawlish wrote:
On Jun 18, 1:24*pm, "Keith (Southend)G" wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8107014.stm What a load of old ^%$*s Keith (Southend) The likelihood is that we will have a warmer future and that it will have particular impacts. If we know this now, don't plan for this likely change and it happens, how will future generations feel? Should we do nothing because a small minority feel it's not going to happen? Or should we trust the vast majority of scientists, including those at the Hadley Centre, who have produced the research to back these probable and possible scenarios (always possible/probable, the Hadley Centre/MetO, IPCC and other bodies always deal with likelihoods and probabilities when discussing climate change). That's the choice the politicians have to make on the advice that they are getting. I'd make the choice to prepare, ignore the sceptics and conspiracists, but keep up to date with current research, employing the best people possible to advise on this - as would most scientists and most politicians. If things do change over the next 20 years, cooler, or even warmer, we should react to the research that shows those changes happening. That's what the current state of climate research shows us and that's informing how we should proceed. Here is what a Yank thinks of our efforts: British Climate Change Act doomed to failure http://environmentalresearchweb.org/.../futures/39529 Cheers, Alastair. |
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