RE: [Paddlewise] Global Warming Solved

Brad wrote:
>"There is a book titled 'Climate Change Reconsidered' that is
>co-edited by S. Fred Singer - one of the world's foremost environmental
>scientists - and Craig Idso - of the Center for the Study of Carbon
>Dioxide and Global Change."

>"The book lists the names of more than 31,400 American scientists
>who have signed a petition that states, "There is no convincing
>scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane,
>or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future,
>cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption
>of the Earth's climate."


G'Day Brad and Paddlewise



Climate Change Reconsidered is a well organised summary written in a
dismissive style betraying its bias. From a first quick review the data seems
to be out of date in many areas. One is hard pressed to find references in the
report that are much later than 2007 and they are mostly around 1996 to 2002.



Take for example the repeated reliance on Richard Lindzen's data and theories
without looking at his most recent studies or taking into account their
inaccuracies. Reanalysis and correction of his data whether by sceptics,
advocates and just plain searchers after the truth, wound up supporting the
IPCC model. Likewise the reliance on data for Arctic and Antarctic ice melting
doesn't look at the most recent findings. Nor is there any balanced reporting
of the urban heat island effect where the report's assumption is that
something that obvious hasn't been accounted for through almost a decade of
work. The issues of bio-fuel and agriculture are interesting at first sight I
would agree with the problem they suggest around bio-fuels but not necessarily
with their solutions However, the inferences around agriculture appear focus
on crop productivity through CO2 enhancement, a lop sided approach that
doesn't address the basic problem and appears to be nothing more than a plug
for CO2 emissions.



Not much comfort in this report I'm afraid. I'll continue to seek ways of
reducing my kayaking carbon footprint and continue to read only those sceptics
or advocates who appear to be dispassionate and up to date.



The major things that work for me: -

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	avoiding car shuffles wherever possible
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	looking for local paddles where possible
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	sharing cars
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	focusing on high carbohydrate diet (definitely not for everyone)
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	looking after clothing, gear and boats (CO2 intensity roughly 0.5kg CO2-e per
dollar in Oz for these things)
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	Avoiding hospitalisatioin - universal appeal I would have thought:~)

All the best, PeterO
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