Comment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Robert
Reducing greenhouse gas emission is a classic example of a problem solved best by the market, not via central planning. The questions posed above — Is CCS realistic? Is natural gas an appropriate...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Dallas
David, Cost is the bugger. Coal based synfuel with hydrogen enhancement is cheaper. 2.33 per gallon coal plus H2 versus $3.31 CO2 plus H2 estimated per this article,...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Robert
Maybe, if you want Joshua to cite specifics, you ought to set an example and cite some specific evidence for your various implausible assertions: “There is no question that a large portion of liberals,...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by ianl8888
Thanks Rutt No trouble accessing the paper with your link. My ETA for reading and commenting is a day or two As background, my current view is that the anthropogenic signal in climate change is not...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by David Wojick
Hilarious! A tax is not central planning. Who sets the rate, the market? CO2 has no known externalities. Coal’s are minor, while the benefits of affordable electricity are great.
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by harrywr2
There was a bit of a flurry for a couple of years but its almost dead now. Figure #3 and Figure #4 are particularly informative. http://www.netl.doe.gov/coal/refshelf/ncp.pdf Most of what is ‘proposed’...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Bart R
Natural gas is complicated stuff. It comes in varieties and grades, from full-on acid gas (some of the nastiest stuff ever belched out of the innards of the land) to pure sweet gas to the outcome of...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Bart R
David Wojick Yes. Let the market set the price. Set the price to the level of diminishing revenues, just like any shareholder would demand of the revenues of any venture. CO2 has many known, verifiable...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by harrywr2
Is CCS realistic? Draw a 1,000 mile circle around Gillette, Wyoming and cut out anything west of the Rocky’s(Smog issues kill coal west of the Rocky’s) CCS could be economic inside that geographical...
View ArticleComment on Inconvenient truths about energy policy by Dallas
That is an excellent point Harry. All the CCS options require cheap energy to even be an option.
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by JCH
If overall SLR by 2100 is ~1 meter, the the Netherlands, and a fair percentage of the rest of the world’s coastlines, will have a big problem on their hands. Greenland’s sea level will drop a great...
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by Bart R
Bart R resolutely ignores that you cannot internalise the cost of CO2 emissions, if you don’t know what it is in the first place. Which we don’t. What some central planner tells you is the price of...
View ArticleComment on Congressional Hearing on Climate Change: Part II by curryja
well why then is muller praising watts and mcintyre and suggesting a climate ARPA to fund this kind of work? The blogosphere is awash with all sorts of #$%^
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by Rob Starkey
JCH– Bart V explained his comment, and I now understand his comment. At a larger level, have you read this study? http://www.jcronline.org/doi/abs/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-10-00157.1 It shows that sea...
View ArticleComment on Water vapor mischief: Part II by Chief Hydrologist
Indeed – hurricanes rarely get closer to the equator than 10 degrees north or south. The Coriolis force initiates spin and there is not enough near the equator to maintain the momentum – as I read...
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by Punksta
And yet again, Bart R resolutely ignores that you cannot internalise the cost of CO2 emissions, if you don’t know what it is in the first place. Which we don’t. Bart R: And goes on about subsidies that...
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by andrew adams
Latimer, The claim about the Rio Negro comes from the National Institute of Space Research (INPE) in Brasil – see http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2005/2005-10-24-05.asp Feel free to take it up with...
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by Punksta
Despite my messed-up html removing bits if it, the posting above still conveys Bart’s waffling, non-responsive replies to the points put to him. The points thus still stand.
View ArticleComment on Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks by Punksta
I’ll try again. The relevant missing bits are:- Bart:
View ArticleComment on Congressional Hearing on Climate Change: Part II by Graeme
so you guys are fighting about the temperature of the land….is the ocean irrelevant? plus all those bits of the landmass that are not properly measured – eg all the deserts?
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