http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/climate/?p=38 The science behind a global issue Fri, 17 May 2013 18:20:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/climate/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-321 peter Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:09:25 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/?p=38#comment-321 Don, please do NOT misinterpret me. I refuse to accept worst-case scenarios because I believe that they are defeatist, not because I doubt the science behind them. Those scenarios are definitely in the realm of possibility. You doubt that global warming is a problem? How so? Why is warmer better? Is this a scientific opinion? Doubtful. The idea that avoiding mitigation is better for your pocketbook is, I’m afraid, a very short-sighted one. It flies in the face of the very investment-based economic theory that underlies free markets and capitalism. So that is not a very good position to argue from.

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/climate/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-294 Don Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:07:02 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/blogs/?p=38#comment-294 I am pleased that you refuse to accept any worst-case scenarios; me too. All those scenarios are based on weak science. The Peace Prize is a political not a science award. Because of all the press I suspect it is true that the majority believes that human activities drive global warming. You say global warming is a problem. How so? It is interesting that the conference was in Bali. Having a conference in the Tropics is much more desirable than holding it in the Arctic. Warmer, after all, is much better than colder. Of course there is a lack of commitment. Of course we are unwilling to take measures that might affect our pocketbook. It makes no sense to make sacrifices to the global warming Gods for no clear benefit.

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