spd: You point out the vicious circle and the obvious skew in all this climate business. I’m all in for nukes and well as hydro ( not to mention the water banking here in Cali, spelled that way for east coasters :)). This is at odds with current environmental politics that won’t allow expansion in these areas and its very too bad.
brian: Lifestyle changes are bigger than your personal light bill. Business or better yet manufacturing use enormous amounts of electricity. Because of higher restrictions on coal the cost of electricity is more thereby increasing cost of products you buy. ie. its harder to see its direct cost but your wallet sees in everyday purchases. Food cost is one example. Wonder why we don’t produce steel any more?
phaster: And one final wrench to throw into these climate talks – Antarctica. Why is the ice pack expanding there? Science can’t answer that either. If I were to bet, I’d look at the oceans. And the arctic wind patterns that don’t readily seem to draw the air down from the population centers where the most C02 is generated. And let’s not forget C02 is measured in trace amounts which again makes it tricky to specifically hang the reason of increasing ice thickness.
Well maybe. There is no plant life down there to convert it to oxygen so there you go, yup we definitely have to fix that pesky C02. Proceed with the Paris Talks. 😉
