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Post by douglavers on Apr 12, 2018 22:14:29 GMT
[[New Zealand has banned fresh offshore oil exploration in one of the boldest political moves yet to tackle global climate change.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shocked New Zealand’s small oil industry by ruling out any new exploration permits for drilling while the country strives towards a ‘carbon-neutral’ economy.
Prime Minister Ardern, who clinched last year’s election with a strong focus on the environment, said the ban was "an important step to address climate change and create a clean, green and sustainable future for New Zealand".
She said her government “has a plan to transition towards a carbon-neutral future, one that looks 30 years in advance”.]]
The Telegraph Friday 13th April.
I assume that she is planning for tractors to run on vegetable oil, and all cars to be electric.
It will be a little unfortunate if she discovers over the next three years that the NZ climate is rapidly cooling.
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Post by nautonnier on Apr 12, 2018 22:26:35 GMT
[[New Zealand has banned fresh offshore oil exploration in one of the boldest political moves yet to tackle global climate change. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shocked New Zealand’s small oil industry by ruling out any new exploration permits for drilling while the country strives towards a ‘carbon-neutral’ economy. Prime Minister Ardern, who clinched last year’s election with a strong focus on the environment, said the ban was "an important step to address climate change and create a clean, green and sustainable future for New Zealand". She said her government “has a plan to transition towards a carbon-neutral future, one that looks 30 years in advance”.]] The Telegraph Friday 13th April. I assume that she is planning for tractors to run on vegetable oil, and all cars to be electric. It will be a little unfortunate if she discovers over the next three years that the NZ climate is rapidly cooling. I would think her first reaction would be to declare success - look I banned offshore exploration and the climate is already cooling. Do not expect logic from politicians.
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Post by Ratty on Apr 12, 2018 23:18:06 GMT
Next step: Amend the nuclear ban legislation to stop visits by fossil-fuelled ships. Makes perfect sense to me!
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Post by missouriboy on Apr 12, 2018 23:27:51 GMT
[[New Zealand has banned fresh offshore oil exploration in one of the boldest political moves yet to tackle global climate change. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shocked New Zealand’s small oil industry by ruling out any new exploration permits for drilling while the country strives towards a ‘carbon-neutral’ economy. Prime Minister Ardern, who clinched last year’s election with a strong focus on the environment, said the ban was "an important step to address climate change and create a clean, green and sustainable future for New Zealand". She said her government “has a plan to transition towards a carbon-neutral future, one that looks 30 years in advance”.]] The Telegraph Friday 13th April. I assume that she is planning for tractors to run on vegetable oil, and all cars to be electric. It will be a little unfortunate if she discovers over the next three years that the NZ climate is rapidly cooling. She may have to import coats from South Australia ... which will have to import them from China ... because of lack of electricity. tuesdaystitches.com/last-wool-mill-new-zealand/
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Post by sigurdur on Apr 13, 2018 0:56:13 GMT
[[New Zealand has banned fresh offshore oil exploration in one of the boldest political moves yet to tackle global climate change. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern shocked New Zealand’s small oil industry by ruling out any new exploration permits for drilling while the country strives towards a ‘carbon-neutral’ economy. Prime Minister Ardern, who clinched last year’s election with a strong focus on the environment, said the ban was "an important step to address climate change and create a clean, green and sustainable future for New Zealand". She said her government “has a plan to transition towards a carbon-neutral future, one that looks 30 years in advance”.]] The Telegraph Friday 13th April. I assume that she is planning for tractors to run on vegetable oil, and all cars to be electric. It will be a little unfortunate if she discovers over the next three years that the NZ climate is rapidly cooling. www.wsj.com/articles/what-happened-to-the-oil-glut-1523546157?mod=e2tw
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Post by duwayne on May 7, 2018 6:40:02 GMT
I’ve seen some hyping of the fact that atmospheric CO2 reached a new record of more than 410 ppm in April. However, the April growth at 1.26 ppm or 0.31% annualized rate was unusually low compared to recent years. At that rate my calculations show that it would take 227 years for CO2 to double.
The low growth rate may represent some slowing in CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, but a bigger factor probably is cooling oceans.
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Post by missouriboy on May 9, 2018 7:21:14 GMT
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Post by nautonnier on May 13, 2018 8:28:47 GMT
From Tall Blokes Talkshop Alan Carlin: Both sides ignore the major finding of recent climate research Posted: May 12, 2018 by oldbrew in climate, Natural Variation, opinion, Temperature Tags: Carbon Dioxide, climate
The author poses what he calls the ‘major question’: why does CO2 have no significant effect on temperatures in the real world?
The major development in climate science in the last year or two is something almost no one talks about, says Alan Carlin – strong evidence that changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have no significant effect on global temperatures in the real world over recent decades. tallbloke.wordpress.com/2018/05/12/alan-carlin-both-sides-ignore-the-major-finding-of-recent-climate-research/#more-37150
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Post by nautonnier on May 14, 2018 10:54:57 GMT
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Post by duwayne on May 15, 2018 19:25:21 GMT
Will the CO2 levels grow a little faster in May?
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Post by nautonnier on May 16, 2018 0:13:48 GMT
Will the CO2 levels grow a little faster in May? <SNIP> That depends if the testing site is still on dry land or has been ejected into the Pacific via the tropopause.
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Post by douglavers on Jun 6, 2018 21:40:59 GMT
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Post by blustnmtn on Jun 17, 2019 12:41:46 GMT
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Post by acidohm on Jul 7, 2019 7:13:16 GMT
So, co2 is thought to warm our surface increasing the return of some IR bands back to it that would otherwise, at the speed of light, have exited our atmosphere to space.
The effect of co2 on IR is 'scattering', the molecule in effect bounces the photons, in any random direction, some of which is down, some up...or wherever.
My point is, the same bandwidths of IR are a component of TSI and, were it not for the presence of co2 in our atmosphere, have an un-impeeded route to our surface. Yet these photons too are subject to the same scattering effect of the co2 molecule and stand an equal chance of being bounced back to space as an earth originating photon does in being bounced back to earth.
Which i suppose leaves any potential (probably negligible) warming influence to be a balance of the amount of earth generated relevent Ir bands in contrast to the quantities present in TSI.
I have no idea what the figures are 🤷♂️
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Post by sigurdur on Jul 7, 2019 13:25:44 GMT
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