Posted on 10/31/2013 9:52:36 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Global emissions of carbon dioxide may be showing the first signs of a "permanent slowdown" in the rate of increase.
According to a new report, emissions in 2012 increased at less than half the average over the past decade.
Key factors included the shift to shale gas for energy in the US while China increased its use of hydropower by 23%.
However the use of cheap coal continues to be an issue, with UK consumption up by almost a quarter.
The report on trends in global emissions has been produced annually by the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
It finds that emissions of carbon dioxide reached a new record in 2012 of 34.5bn tonnes.
But the rate of increase in CO2 was 1.4%, despite the global economy growing by 3.5%.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
any correlation to its slight decline .. Scientists?
CO2 trends follow temperature trends. The fricken idiots can’t figure out we’re in cooling mode right now.
New paper suggests the sun’s magnetic fields defines climate over the long term
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/10/31/new-paper-suggests-the-suns-magnetic-fields-defines-climate-over-the-long-term/
No sh...er...no Obamastuff, BBC.
And things are cooling, eh?
Welcome to the world those of us with real science degrees have known for - around 15 years or so.
Oh well, it would be easy to laugh at liberals were they not so damned dangerous. A little knowledge is dangerous, and libs have just about as little as one can have and still be termed sentient.
As if they can prove that any of this matters.
Are we better or worse off with high or low CO2?
No one knows.
Another huge success for Caliph Baraq.....right?
It makes sense. Geological records confirm it.. it ebbs and flows as its own internal engine bubbles and cooks away.
The solar system is alive regardless how barren some planets are.. or how active or inactive the sun’s magnetic field is.
Falling CO2 rates lag behind global cooling rates. Maybe we are seeing CO2 following that pattern a little sooner than expected.
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