Comments on: The Real Cost of Climate Policy http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/ Blogging the science and policy of global warming Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:23:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-1397 Sheryl Canter Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:31:21 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/#comment-1397 The quote sounds a little strange from a lay standpoint, I agree. It comes from the economists' practice of quantifying things we usually think about in a qualitative way. They put numbers to everything. No joke here. The quote sounds a little strange from a lay standpoint, I agree. It comes from the economists' practice of quantifying things we usually think about in a qualitative way. They put numbers to everything. No joke here.

]]> By: timgo http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 timgo Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:32:22 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/#comment-1392 The quote from the Financial Times is quite astonishing. Is it a joke? The quote from the Financial Times is quite astonishing. Is it a joke?

]]> By: Sheryl Canter http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-635 Sheryl Canter Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:08:22 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/#comment-635 Climate change is happening faster than predicted because of what's called "feedbacks" that accelerate warming. For example, when ice melts off the North Pole, the Earth is less reflective (dark Earth doesn't reflect like white ice) and warming accelerates. We are working on a post about climate feedbacks that will be posted before too long. For the rest of it, see my <a href="http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/12/time_to_act/#comment-1461" rel="nofollow">previous answer</a> to you. Climate change is happening faster than predicted because of what's called "feedbacks" that accelerate warming. For example, when ice melts off the North Pole, the Earth is less reflective (dark Earth doesn't reflect like white ice) and warming accelerates. We are working on a post about climate feedbacks that will be posted before too long.

For the rest of it, see my previous answer to you.

]]> By: rkcannon http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/comment-page-1/#comment-634 rkcannon Fri, 14 Dec 2007 23:09:00 +0000 http://blogs.edf.org/climate411/2007/12/11/climate_policy_analytics/#comment-634 Could it be that the climate "damage" happening sooner that scientists predicted is because man is not causing it? It should not be happening so fast if man IS the cause. Our increase in CO2 is gradual. Therfore the cause is something else, and NOT CO2, and this is also shown in ice core samples- the temp goes up then the CO2 rises. And in the melting ice they are seeing FROZEN TREES! Did you know the water level was once hundreds of feet higher??? The real concern is the water pollution, mercury in air from coal burning, fluoride in water poisoning the environment, pesticides and other chemicals building up in people, etc etc. This will kill us off long before global warming from natural causes. This is smokescreen to hide what is really important! Could it be that the climate "damage" happening sooner that scientists predicted is because man is not causing it? It should not be happening so fast if man IS the cause. Our increase in CO2 is gradual. Therfore the cause is something else, and NOT CO2, and this is also shown in ice core samples- the temp goes up then the CO2 rises. And in the melting ice they are seeing FROZEN TREES! Did you know the water level was once hundreds of feet higher???

The real concern is the water pollution, mercury in air from coal burning, fluoride in water poisoning the environment, pesticides and other chemicals building up in people, etc etc. This will kill us off long before global warming from natural causes. This is smokescreen to hide what is really important!

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