Clouds are troublesome because they have both cooling & warming effects, depending on their type, reflectivity ( which varies even though we see them mostly as "white") and altitude.
But the overall effect of clouds is hypothesized to make the Earth slightly warmer - but the margin of error is pretty wide.
Most of the world doesn't have "a century or so" and that includes America. Texas & California will be great spots for solar power but not so much for agriculture without large-scale desalinization.
Depending on what you mean by "gradual worsening", you might be fooling yourself. If you're looking at it by just the average temp rise, you're missing the point that the kind of weather whiplash we've seen over the past few years can be hell for food production.
And that will become quite evident in 10-20 years.
Whether or not "tipping point" arguments instill fear or trigger a backlash is irrelevant to whether or not they are correct.
And the "reasonable action" ship likely sailed 15 years ago. The 2C target which is likely to be exceeded was supposed to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of warming. That doesn't make it benign and some of the impacts seen from the much smaller amount of warming we've experienced are pretty bad already.
Thanks to the inaction to date, all we're left with are difficult choices. Not only do we have to decarbonize everything we do, we may well have to find ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere more quickly than natural processes permit.
Reasonable action is only valid if it's effective; if it's too slow to make a difference and you're not willing to make the hard choices, you're wasting your time.
I don't foresee them sticking to that policy when there are hundreds of thousands or millions of battery-swap capable EVs on the road, especially since a battery that's too degraded to be the primary in an EV still has perhaps a decade of usefulness as stationary storage.
If there are enough cars & enough demand for battery swap, they'll offer a subscription plan similar to what Shai Agassi envisioned for Better Place.
Please inform Porsche so they can jack up the price of the Panamera - NorthAm sales are down over 30% since the Model S started shipping. It's also put a damper on the sales of some of the BWM 7-series and the Lexus GS
This is easily achievable with battery swap stations at a much lower density than current petrol / diesel pumps. Or build cars so a variety of range extenders can be added when needed. The one demo'ed by Phinergy gives 1600km range and weighs 25kg. Or a fuel cell or small ICE unit, preferably one that's better than the REx in the BMW i3.
Lots of people hate things until they become familiar or comfortable with them. And many also come to despise things they were eager to learn at one time.
I'd be more inclined to believe what you say if you could explain why per-capita healthcare is so much more expensive in America than any Eurotrash country or the Frozen North above the 49th parallel but the outcomes are about the same.
Tell that to the GOP - look at the labels they've slapped on Obama, who according to them is the most extreme, left-wing socialist President in American history and has appointed nothing but leftist hardliners to the bench, his cabinet and all of the "Czar" posts.
Being notified and choosing not to act is not the same as conducting multiple investigations. There's a difference between free speech & slander / libel - a distinction that even those who should know better cannot grasp.
Praise Science indeed!! It's done a hell of a lot more for us than the Vatican or any religion.
You might be able to post your Slashdot comments through prayer or indulgences but the rest of us are relying on science & engineering.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out; I recall now just how gleeful the climate contrarians were over the prospect of getting Mann into court and how the crowd over at WattsUpWithThat were and how supportive they were of Ken Cuccinelli going after the records of Mann's work at the University of Virginia.
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Clouds are troublesome because they have both cooling & warming effects, depending on their type, reflectivity ( which varies even though we see them mostly as "white") and altitude.
But the overall effect of clouds is hypothesized to make the Earth slightly warmer - but the margin of error is pretty wide.
Most of the world doesn't have "a century or so" and that includes America. Texas & California will be great spots for solar power but not so much for agriculture without large-scale desalinization.
Depending on what you mean by "gradual worsening", you might be fooling yourself. If you're looking at it by just the average temp rise, you're missing the point that the kind of weather whiplash we've seen over the past few years can be hell for food production.
And that will become quite evident in 10-20 years.
Whether or not "tipping point" arguments instill fear or trigger a backlash is irrelevant to whether or not they are correct.
And the "reasonable action" ship likely sailed 15 years ago. The 2C target which is likely to be exceeded was supposed to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of warming. That doesn't make it benign and some of the impacts seen from the much smaller amount of warming we've experienced are pretty bad already.
Thanks to the inaction to date, all we're left with are difficult choices. Not only do we have to decarbonize everything we do, we may well have to find ways to remove carbon from the atmosphere more quickly than natural processes permit.
Reasonable action is only valid if it's effective; if it's too slow to make a difference and you're not willing to make the hard choices, you're wasting your time.
I don't foresee them sticking to that policy when there are hundreds of thousands or millions of battery-swap capable EVs on the road, especially since a battery that's too degraded to be the primary in an EV still has perhaps a decade of usefulness as stationary storage.
If there are enough cars & enough demand for battery swap, they'll offer a subscription plan similar to what Shai Agassi envisioned for Better Place.
Arguing with idiots is like wrestling with a pig. If you don't understand what that means, look it.
And there isn't much to be gained by arguing with an AC.
But I'll give you one for free - http://www.independent.co.uk/e...
Read that all the way through and find out what Viner actually said and on what timeframe.
If this was posted by amiga3D, you, sir/madam, are an idiot.
One of the negative aspects of the leasing arrangement is that Renault is able to disable recharging the battery is the consumer stops paying.
That policy and especially that level of access is worrying - leaving EVs open to hackers, law enforcement or other 3rd parties.
Correction - there is no direct gas equivalent of the Zoe but it's about the same price after rebate as a similarly equipped Clio
For the Renault Zoe, you buy the car but lease / rent the battery. The car cost is about the same as the gas version
Please inform Porsche so they can jack up the price of the Panamera - NorthAm sales are down over 30% since the Model S started shipping.
It's also put a damper on the sales of some of the BWM 7-series and the Lexus GS
This is easily achievable with battery swap stations at a much lower density than current petrol / diesel pumps. Or build cars so a variety of range extenders can be added when needed. The one demo'ed by Phinergy gives 1600km range and weighs 25kg. Or a fuel cell or small ICE unit, preferably one that's better than the REx in the BMW i3.
Easy enough to have flatulence detectors in the airplane seats. A different kind of whoopee cushion.
Lots of people hate things until they become familiar or comfortable with them.
And many also come to despise things they were eager to learn at one time.
Women were building aircraft, radios & bombs as part of the war effort. And were doing many other jobs they'd never or rarely done before.
An impressive bit of re-wiring of their brains in such a short time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
Isn't that what parents & authority figures do?
I'd be more inclined to believe what you say if you could explain why per-capita healthcare is so much more expensive in America than any Eurotrash country or the Frozen North above the 49th parallel but the outcomes are about the same.
I have no objection to that.
You know that the Soviet Union collapsed 20 years ago, right?
A lot of those European social democracies are pretty nice places to live and have been for decades.
At least they get health coverage for the next 18 months.
Your search skills need some sharpening and it seems you've been asleep the past few years.
Join us in reality, Rip Van Winkle.
Tell that to the GOP - look at the labels they've slapped on Obama, who according to them is the most extreme, left-wing socialist President in American history and has appointed nothing but leftist hardliners to the bench, his cabinet and all of the "Czar" posts.
Then he has nothing to worry about but still makes me wonder why he was requesting a dismissal when he's so eager to defend "free speech".
Being notified and choosing not to act is not the same as conducting multiple investigations.
There's a difference between free speech & slander / libel - a distinction that even those who should know better cannot grasp.
Praise Science indeed!! It's done a hell of a lot more for us than the Vatican or any religion.
You might be able to post your Slashdot comments through prayer or indulgences but the rest of us are relying on science & engineering.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out; I recall now just how gleeful the climate contrarians were over the prospect of getting Mann into court and how the crowd over at WattsUpWithThat were and how supportive they were of Ken Cuccinelli going after the records of Mann's work at the University of Virginia.