The study is of course complete bull. I did a little investigating of this
when it was touted on reason.com awhile back. The main flaw is that they amortize
the development cost over the number of units sold. Thus since the prius cost a
lot to develop being new technology and all, and since few have been sold since
again it's new, the development cost is high per vehicle. For the hummer they
claimed low development since it's a copy of old tech. It's just stupid, and
anybody who touts it as having any basis in fact has an agenda.
Sounds like a scam, but I've thought that you could make money doing something similar
with solar hot water systems. The payback on solar hot water is fairly respectable.
> it appears that much of the last 550 million years has experienced carbon > dioxide concentrations significantly higher than the present day
I'm sure the billion people living on land that was under water 550 million years ago are relieved to hear this.
Well duh, the carbon we're releasing from fossil fuels was active in biosphere back when the "fossils" were still living. Do we want to live in their environment, or ours. Nobody's claiming it's the end of the friggin world, just the world as we're used to it. I believe there's a fair chance humans will survive the climate change. They'll be a few billion less and the remaining will be displaced. So if you're good with that, keep on truckin in your stinkin SUV.
> For instance, the oceans dissolve tons of carbon dioxide...
> The hotter the climate, the more carbon dioxide can be dissolved > in the water.
Wrong. The hotter the water the less carbon dioxide it holds.
> Yet nobody is trying to find out how much the oceans help regulate > the atmosphere
Wrong. The role of the oceans in the carbon cycle is clearly documented. I'm sure any serious climatologist considers the ocean as a key player in climate change.
I still waiting to hear how you got you head lodged so far up your own ass.
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The study is of course complete bull. I did a little investigating of this when it was touted on reason.com awhile back. The main flaw is that they amortize the development cost over the number of units sold. Thus since the prius cost a lot to develop being new technology and all, and since few have been sold since again it's new, the development cost is high per vehicle. For the hummer they claimed low development since it's a copy of old tech. It's just stupid, and anybody who touts it as having any basis in fact has an agenda.
Sounds like a scam, but I've thought that you could make money doing something similar with solar hot water systems. The payback on solar hot water is fairly respectable.
> it appears that much of the last 550 million years has experienced carbon
> dioxide concentrations significantly higher than the present day
I'm sure the billion people living on land that was under water 550 million
years ago are relieved to hear this.
Well duh, the carbon we're releasing from fossil fuels was active in
biosphere back when the "fossils" were still living. Do we want to
live in their environment, or ours. Nobody's claiming it's the end of
the friggin world, just the world as we're used to it. I believe there's
a fair chance humans will survive the climate change. They'll be a few
billion less and the remaining will be displaced. So if you're good with
that, keep on truckin in your stinkin SUV.
> For instance, the oceans dissolve tons of carbon dioxide ...
> The hotter the climate, the more carbon dioxide can be dissolved
> in the water.
Wrong. The hotter the water the less carbon dioxide it holds.
> Yet nobody is trying to find out how much the oceans help regulate
> the atmosphere
Wrong. The role of the oceans in the carbon cycle is clearly documented.
I'm sure any serious climatologist considers the ocean as a key player
in climate change.
I still waiting to hear how you got you head lodged so far up your
own ass.