Comments on: Julian Sheather: Apocalypse tomorrow

By: George

George — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:43:22 +0000

The Earth's climate has been remarkably stable for 10,000 years (holocene ) and our agriculture has evolved to suit those conditions. We have not inhabited a warmer planet ( see Eaarth by bill McKibben ) it is a foreign planet.

Your comments about increased food yields are not consistent with the evidence. there have been several recent papers in Nature and New Scientist that confirm the reverse. CO2 is just one determinant of plant growth, there are several other limiting factors, changing rainfall and temps being two.

We are dependant on intact and functioning eco-systems to provide clean air, water, food, fibre and shelter. All of these are compromised by a changing climate, and the more rapid the change the greater the problems. It is already quite clear we are seeing increasing biodiversity loss and are on the brink of the world's sixth great mass extinction event.

What side of this do you find encouraging ?

By: GC

GC — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:36:27 +0000

Mac, that is the probable outcome according to the best science available. Not wishing to be rude, but you may want to re-read the papragraph on “infantilism” and think about the psychological defense from anxiety.

By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:32:03 +0000

Quote, Fiona Godlee, editor, BMJ, "Even if all current pledges on carbon emissions are met, we will hit 4.3°C (circa 2100). The consequences of such global temperatures are 'unsurvivable'."

Is that science, or is that group obsession?

Has the BMJ editorial team joined a doomsday cult?

BMJ,Tim Jerram, review on cult behaviour, "If it is hard to recognise a cult it does not seem any easier to define one, but a useful concept is that the beliefs of the cult are irrelevant: although cults are most often religious, they can also have political, psychotherapeutic, or New Age beliefs, and it is their actions which define them, in that their aim is to advance the leadership's goals. It is not a surprise to learn that these are most often financial, but they can also be sexual or criminal."

By: Foxgoose

Foxgoose — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:26:06 +0000

Far more people die from cold than warm temperatures each year even in warm climates.

Both a slightly warmer climate and a higher CO2 concentration will increase crop yields.

Slight warming will increase arable areas and resulting increased rainfall will tend to irrigate arid areas.

There are already signs of this in the greening south Sahara.

Human society has always flourished in warmer conditions and flagged in cold ones - why do we never hear the other side of the argument from these doom-mongers?

By: Maurizio Morabito

Maurizio Morabito — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:42:38 +0000

I left for home feeling desolate

Seems like the ethical thing to do is to stay away from such meetings!!

By: Eduardo Ferreyra

Eduardo Ferreyra — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:09:51 +0000

According to latest data from many government agencies (NASA; NOAA, IJIX, etc) everything points to a severe global COOLING during the next 65 years that will be much worse than any warming. The suffering that will result from a new Little Ice Age sets panic into the warmist's minds and they go into, as Freud says, a frantic denial.

So roles have changed: now warmists are in denial. Sceptics are on the right path.