Posted on 01/17/2018 7:45:32 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In an interview with Reuters last week, Trumps EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said, "The climate is changing. Thats not the debate. The debate is how do we know what the ideal surface temperature is in 2100?"
Pruitts goal is to sow doubt on behalf of his oil industry allies in order to weaken and delay climate policies. Shifting the debate toward the ideal surface temperature achieves that goal by creating the perception that we dont know what temperature we should aim for. Its in line with recent ignorant tweet suggesting that Perhaps we could use a little bit of that good old Global Warming.
I spoke with a number of climate scientists who agreed that to minimize the risks associated with rapid human-caused climate change, from a practical standpoint the ideal temperature is as close to the current one as possible.
Stefan Rahmstorf at the Potsdam Institute pointed out that were not concerned about specific temperatures; its rapid temperature changes that cause problems.
Texas Techs Katharine Hayhoe agreed, noting that human civilization has developed in the relatively stable climate of the past 10,000 years.
Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State also pointed out that were approaching some critical temperature thresholds. For example, his research has shown that at warmer temperatures, reproduction of malaria-transmitting parasites increases rapidly.
Naomi Oreskes, Professor at Harvard similarly noted that according to the peer-reviewed literature on climate change impacts, were already headed into dangerous territory.
Unfortunately, the Trump Administration is doing everything it can to delay and weaken efforts to cut carbon pollution. Pruitt isnt interested in these scientific answers to his question; hes interested in helping his fossil fuel industry benefactors. Hes one of Oreskes Merchants of Doubt, but his time in power will be as finite as Donald Trumps.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
But, DDT doesn’t kill, it is used as a deterrent (think DEET). The vector mosquito doesn’t land on any surface coated by DDT. Domiciles, bedding and netting were sprayed and the mosquitoes wouldn’t stick around.
If mosquitoes couldn’t bite malaria infected humans, it couldn’t be passed on. DDT controlled the vector to control malaria.
OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the suns planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?
Thanks!
Thanks for the information. I thought the DDT killed them. I learn something new every day.
It seems to me, you can either believe in Darwinian evolution, or you can oppose “climate change”, but not both.
If you believe in evolution, then “climate change” is just another change in the environment that we should adapt to, and if we can’t adapt, we are an inferior species and should be supplanted. If you oppose “climate change”, then you must be ascribing some special mystical quality to the human species that you would want to tailor the planet specifically to their needs in order to preserve them from that natural weeding out process.
I use the example of man's creation of satellites....made of parts...that have to be constantly "monitored".
Then I look at God's "satellites"...the stars....living sources of energy and awe.
Man is so vain!
Scott Pruitt's right... 'climate scientists' are wrong. It's really that easy.
The climate charts I've seen look anything BUT stable!
As expected, the scientists cannot answer the queastion.
Use ° or ° where the degree symbol should be when posting to FR.
In other words, 100°C is typed as 100°C
FRegards!
Texas Techs Katharine Hayhoe agreed, noting that human civilization has developed in the relatively stable climate “of the past 10,000 years”
10K years ago in the South there were Balsam Firs growing in SC. Today they’re constrained to only the climate of the higher elevations in the Blue Ridge and Smokies.
Stable? What about:
Boreal (age)
Neolithic Subpluvial
Older Peron
Middle Bronze Age Cold Epoch
The Roman Warm Period.
The Little Ice Age.
The agenda driven ignorance of climate change propagandists is stupendous.
Thanks.
“Science uses the scientific method. Climate science does not use the scientific method. Any questions?”
Pfft...The children are gonna die. We don’t have time for the scientific method....
The ° symbol is copied from word
In Word, go to Insert, symbols, ° , Copy then paste to Free Republic
Meanwhile, the average could change, but if local fluctuations were minimal, it would not cause suffering. e.g. what if the poles got a lot warmer and the equator got a lot cooler Imagine the entire surface averaging, in any one location, between 60 and 80 degrees during the summer. We might have less land mass, but it would be a veritable paradise. And condos in Antarctica would be the rage, and vineyards in Siberia.
There is a second part of this line of thinking...
Once you pin down an exact temperature, the next question is, “What exactly do we need to do to get to that temperature.”
Once you have that answer you can determine if it is worth it or not.
You’re welcome. I didn’t know if you were looking for HTML code for the degree symbol, or to copy it over from your computer somehow.
There are several ways to accomplish the same purpose.
Thanks. I do remember Mann being a donkey’s sheath. I don’t remember what finally happened about that suit.
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