tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post1349232388899136034..comments2024-03-26T15:37:57.556-07:00Comments on Idiot Tracker: Minor myths: Do some economists think global warming will be beneficial?TheTrackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10011829472333355911noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-23452569969484407922012-05-25T05:30:27.579-07:002012-05-25T05:30:27.579-07:00I love seeing websites that understand the value o...I love seeing websites that understand the value of providing a quality information. thanks<br /><a href="http://ductcleaningflorida.com/air-duct-cleaning-islandia-fl/" rel="nofollow"> ac duct cleaning Islandia fl </a>Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00931667808516627082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-35648528047484447602012-01-10T03:11:10.367-08:002012-01-10T03:11:10.367-08:00What disturbs me is that economists deal with boom...What disturbs me is that economists deal with boom-bust cycles all the time but always predict the future with nice gentle curves. The actual predictions of future pollution and growth are a boom bust cycle, as an economist might expect. There is no need to worry about global warming, we go bust first. See <a href="http://pol-check.blogspot.com/2012/01/limits-to-growth.html" rel="nofollow">The Limits to Growth</a>.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07442010719863995872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-40943334827049737722011-12-28T21:03:02.323-08:002011-12-28T21:03:02.323-08:00"Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically..."Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically summarize the effects of global climate change for UN Policy makers I find it unsurprising that the vast majority of studies find that climate change is occuring, that it has negative effects, and something needs to be done right now"<br /><br /> And from there you can extrapolate a conspiracy theory encompassing every major scientific organization in the world and at least 97% of climate scientists, and an agenda for world socialist domination. Am I getting close?Richard Mercerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12562319064021702411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-29764262548344330882011-12-28T15:58:32.713-08:002011-12-28T15:58:32.713-08:00Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically summa...<b>Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically summarize the effects of global climate change for UN Policy makers I find it unsurprising that the vast majority of studies find that climate change is occuring, that it has negative effects, and something needs to be done right now.</b><br /><br />[Sigh.] Of course you're right. It is unsurprising. The evidence is overwhelming. What serious person is going to ignore it? Facts are facts after all.<br /><br />"To falsify the notion of CO2 as the major driver of global temperature and climate change one only needs to review Hanson's orginal 1988 paper." <br /><br />Whoa! The comment took a violent lurch into stupid there. The myths around Hansen's (in reality highly accurate) 1988 paper are major, not minor, myths, if you please. As such Skeptical Science is your first resource: http://www.skepticalscience.com/Hansen-1988-prediction.htm.<br /><br />RealClimate also has a debunking: http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2007/05/hansens-1988-projections/.TheTrackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011829472333355911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6718772691289114123.post-16418578465599964992011-12-28T15:24:03.898-08:002011-12-28T15:24:03.898-08:00Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically summa...Since the IPCC was founded to scientifically summarize the effects of global climate change for UN Policy makers I find it unsurprising that the vast majority of studies find that climate change is occuring, that it has negative effects, and something needs to be done right now. Economists, working with this literature also unsurprisingly find that the economic effects are also negative. With virutally everyone involved reading off the same page your results are totally predictable.<br /><br />To falsify the notion of CO2 as the major driver of global temperature and climate change one only needs to review Hanson's orginal 1988 paper. Based on what is now viewed as a very simple model, he used it to predict future CO2 levels based on several scenarios. The scenario that best fits the actual course of global warming assumed that CO2 emissions would peak in the year 2000 and gradually decline- totally at odds with the current global temperature estimates. The scenario based on C02 levels rising dramatically, which closely follows the measured CO2 increase, predicted temperature 5-7 deg. higher than current measurements.Phil Chttp://home.earthlink.net/~noreply@blogger.com