Thursday, December 16, 2010

Interview: Expert says with Cancun, UN climate negotiations "off life support" but "not fully healthy yet" - People's Daily Online
Governments have, as a result, paid more attention to the climate change problem, learning that fighting climate change can create jobs and spur innovation and industry, particularly when bolstered by national policies.

"They aren't doing it because it's a moral imperative or for environmental reasons although that's a part of it, they're doing it because they see it in their national self-interest to do so," Kenber said of governments.
Tokyo, Osaka Brace for Cold Snap That May Boost Demand for Power, Heating - Bloomberg
Japan is forecast to have colder temperatures starting today as the weather patterns that caused freezing conditions in the U.S. and Europe envelop the country, boosting demand for gas and power from companies including Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Accuracy of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Results Challenged by Recent H. Douglas Lightfoot Paper
Firstly, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration units have been confused. Measurement units of “parts per million by volume” (ppmv), meticulously specified by Charles Keeling for measurements of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere, were replaced by “parts per million” (ppm), a measurement by weight without sufficient notification. For carbon dioxide, 1 ppmv is equal to 1.52 ppm, a significant difference.
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Secondly, the most frequently quoted estimate of the warming effect of carbon dioxide appears to be overestimated by 2 to 10 times.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Terrorists are being brought to justice in civil courts these days...
Al Gore and the global warming alarmists such as left wing politicians, pseudo scientists, journalists, the Hollywood idiots, have been inflicting psychological terrorism upon a whole generation of children all over the world for the last 15 years.
These charlatans should be brought to justice as the perpetrators of the biggest scam in the history of this planet.
The social,financial and psychological damages that they caused are beyond comprehension.
No criminal organization in history has come even close to having such a desastruous impact on so many people, for such a long time, and make so much money in the process.
They should not be permitted to get away with it.
Hundred of billions have been wasted on a fraud, social and economical policies have been altered based on a fraud….the moral authors of this fraud should be in jail for the rest of their lives and their fortune seized.