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  • Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
    I'll see if I can hunt down the orbital cycle stuff that said what I said above re. ice ages.
    This is a good place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Ruddiman

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    • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
      Sure, if I do that, I get a lot of hits, but what I wanted was some kind of scientific documentation of it, and that you can't find.
      That is true. I am basing my statement purely on my own observations of the last 10 years, and the fact that the highest frequencies occur in 2005 and 2010, the hottest years. Actuaries seem to agree with me though - if you look at some of the links thrown up by the search I suggested.

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      • Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
        Assuming it's accurate (it's only one source) it is in line with the theory that we began the warming process with CO2 and CH4 released as a result of the invention of agriculture, beginning about 10,000 years ago and ramping up ever since.
        Pure BS - well, excuse my language. AGW is supposed to be caused by burning coal and oil starting somewhere around 1890. Claming that the invention of agriculture are to be the cause is plainly idiotic.

        About the saource ? Well, if NOAA can't be considered as a "pretty reliable" source, I don't know what you would consider reliable.
        With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

        Steven Weinberg

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        • Source: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/trends/co2/lawdome.html

          Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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          • Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
            That is true. I am basing my statement purely on my own observations of the last 10 years, and the fact that the highest frequencies occur in 2005 and 2010, the hottest years. Actuaries seem to agree with me though - if you look at some of the links thrown up by the search I suggested.
            No offense, but basing your argumentation on actuaries is idiotic. Yes damages measured in money has raised pretty much, but that is obvious. If you build housings in areas prone to hurricanes then the damages rise, but only because people build in dangerous places - that is why hurricanes in US has become "worse".
            With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

            Steven Weinberg

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            • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
              Pure BS - well, excuse my language. AGW is supposed to be caused by burning coal and oil starting somewhere around 1890. Claming that the invention of agriculture are to be the cause is plainly idiotic.
              You are putting words in to my mouth (common denialist tactic). Read the Ruddiman link. Also, read what I've written on the subject earlier in the thread more carefully.

              What's more, a substantial proportion (in Australia's case, the majority) or GG emissions are from clearing and agriculture. The invention of agriculture was the start. The industrial revolution was, and is, the exponential acceleration.

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              • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
                No offense, but basing your argumentation on actuaries is idiotic. Yes damages measured in money has raised pretty much, but that is obvious. If you build housings in areas prone to hurricanes then the damages rise, but only because people build in dangerous places - that is why hurricanes in US has become "worse".
                I'm not specifically referring to US hurricanes, and if you read any of the actuaries' reports you will see that they acknowledge the increased human habitation component, but also believe severe weather events to be on the rise.
                Last edited by ricketyclik; February 11, 2011, 20:13. Reason: Greater precision by adding the acronym "US"

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                • Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
                  I'm a bit confused - what are you trying to say ?
                  With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                  Steven Weinberg

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                  • The claim made earlier was that CO2 concentrations have been going up since the the invention of agriculture. We don't have data (at least I have not seen it) going back that far but we do have data based on ice cores going back to at least 1000AD and that data does not support the claim that CO2 has been steadily rising since the invention of agriculture. Instead we see it shooting up after about 1825 which was right about when industrialization started to take off.
                    Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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                    • Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
                      I'm not specifically referring to hurricanes, and if you read any of the actuaries' reports you will see that they acknowledge the increased human habitation component, but also believe severe weather events to be on the rise.
                      Considering atlantic hurricanes there are NO evidence that they are either more frequent, nor stronger. As far as I know the same goes for all other weather occurences around the world. If you think that you have any kind of documentation of the opposite, then please post references to
                      such - your suggestion to make a google isn't a such.
                      With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                      Steven Weinberg

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                      • Originally posted by Oerdin View Post
                        The claim made earlier was that CO2 concentrations have been going up since the the invention of Agriculture. We don't have data (at least I have not seen it) going back that far but we do have data based on ice cores going back to at least 1000AD and that data does not support the claim that CO2 has been steadily rising since the invention of agriculture. Instead we see it shooting up after about 1825 which was right about when industrialization started to take off.
                        Sorry if I may have sound rude - I'm both drunk, watching TV and writing here

                        Good point, but do you really not know the vostok core data ? They go pretty way back.
                        With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                        Steven Weinberg

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                        • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
                          Considering atlantic hurricanes there are NO evidence that they are either more frequent, nor stronger. As far as I know the same goes for all other weather occurences around the world. If you think that you have any kind of documentation of the opposite, then please post references to
                          such - your suggestion to make a google isn't a such.
                          Clicking on just one link from the suggested search gave this:

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                          • Originally posted by ricketyclik View Post
                            Clicking on just one link from the suggested search gave this:

                            Sorry, but I can't get anything sensible out of that pic no matter how I treat it.
                            With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.

                            Steven Weinberg

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                            • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
                              Pure BS - well, excuse my language. AGW is supposed to be caused by burning coal and oil starting somewhere around 1890. Claming that the invention of agriculture are to be the cause is plainly idiotic.
                              Pre-industrial agriculture was certainly a relatively small effect, but it's not all FF burning...



                              That one's not showing for me, so here's another copy:



                              The main sources of greenhouse gases due to human activity are:
                              • burning of fossil fuels and deforestation leading to higher carbon dioxide concentrations in the air. Land use change (mainly deforestation in the tropics) account for up to one third of total anthropogenic CO2 emissions.
                              • livestock enteric fermentation and manure management, paddy rice farming, land use and wetland changes, pipeline losses, and covered vented landfill emissions leading to higher methane atmospheric concentrations. Many of the newer style fully vented septic systems that enhance and target the fermentation process also are sources of atmospheric methane.
                              • use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in refrigeration systems, and use of CFCs and halons in fire suppression systems and manufacturing processes.
                              • agricultural activities, including the use of fertilizers, that lead to higher nitrous oxide (N2O) concentrations.
                              Note that that's land use change alone, look at all of the other agricultural sources.

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                              • Originally posted by BlackCat View Post
                                Sorry, but I can't get anything sensible out of that pic no matter how I treat it.
                                Read the page it comes from.

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