Quark Soup by David Appell: Will CO2 Reach 400 ppm? (Probably Not.)

Lately, for whatever reason, the 1-yr change has been below average.
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But someday you will tell your grandchildren that you remember a distant time when CO2 was in the 300s, and they will look at you with wide open eyes, unable to even fathom the possibility of such an unspoiled world.  [Is a world with CO2 at 600ppm any more 'spoiled' than a world with 250 ppm CO2?  Why?   How much water vapor or oxygen is allowed in the atmosphere of an allegedly "unspoiled" world?]

Global Warming Alarm: Continued Cooling May Jeopardize Climate Science And Green Energy Funding! - Forbes

Whether cooling continues or not, is there any reason at all to panic? No, and by the same token if, for any reason, global warming resumes as it probably will, again and again following intermittent cool-downs, let’s be grateful for the many human health and welfare benefits it brings. Let’s celebrate times when CO2-dependent agriculture flourishes over extended growing seasons, and when cold-related death rates decline.

Let’s accept the fact that climate changes for many reasons without permission or help from us…it always has…always will…and not always for the worse. And let’s be skeptical about advice from alarmists who obviously depend upon scare tactics to sell us a hot bill of goods.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: Recent Buzz

Boulder has a winter storm warning up and a forecast of possibly the coldest temperatures ever recorded for May (!). And yet, despite record snowfall since April 1 approaching 5 feet (!), to the anger of BVSD students throughout the district, not a snow day yet in 2013;-)

Al Gore slams journos for not asking Obama about ‘climate crisis’ at press conference | JunkScience.com

This is left-handed swipe at Obama for being all talk and no action on climate.

Classic Partisan Thinking | Coyote Blog

By the way, it is absurd and disingenuous to equate opposition to what have been a series of boneheaded government investments in questionable ventures and technologies with some sort of a-scientific hatred of fossil fuel alternatives.