Another week of GW News, December 20, 2009

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"Today for the first time in history, over a billion people on earth will go to bed hungry and one of the key factors is an increasingly severe and erratic climate." -Josette Sheeran, WFP Executive Director

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Can I add a simple but (I hope) effective meme to this debateâ¦

How Much is Global Warming Denial Worth?

$1120 Million Per Day

Why?

Well in a recent article in the Economist magazine (about peak oil) there was this:

âThe IEA reckons that co-ordinated action to restrict the increase in global temperatures to 2ÂºC will restrict global demand for oil to 89m b/d in 2030, compared with 105m b/d if no action is taken.â

So there is a difference of 16million b/d (that is Barrels Per Day) so given the cost of a barrel is currently around $70, so you can see that it represents $1120 million dollars per day in difference. So event mitigating the supply a bit â by obfuscating the science and promoting uncertainty is worth $millions per day.

Thatâs why denial has been so well funded.
http://anarchist606.blogspot.com/ 2009/ 12/ how-much-is-global-warming-denial-worth.html

In other news...

A Merry Christmas to all, from an appreciative regular reader and very occasional contributor.

barry

Another week of GW News, December 20, 2009

Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years

Information overload is pattern recognition

December 20, 2009

Merry Friggin' Christmas! Here's Your Lump Of Coal! Ho Ho Ho!

Sigh...I suppose now I need a category for unintentional humour:

And have yourself a merry little solstice:

The big news this week was Copenhagen:

The Daily Reports:

The Final Draft? aka the Copenhagen Discord:

Snappy rhetoric alert: X deal is worse/better than Y deal:

Demonstrations:

The state of the forests and REDD are a major issue:

The leaked report -- 550 ppm and +3C average global temperature rise:

Another of those unsettling studies -- +2Â°C of global warming will have greater impact than realized:

The AGU held its annual meeting in San Francisco this week:

And on the Bottom Line:

Carbon Tariffs have people on edge:

Another chance to plug my hobby horse -- Open Access!

Sunspots debunked again:

The CRU email theft is still getting some attention:

The Arctic melt continues to garner a lot of attention:

As for the geopolitics of Arctic resources:

While in Antarctica:

The food crisis is ongoing:

And how are we going to feed 9 billion?

Tropical Cyclone Laurence hugged the coast of North West Australia:

While elsewhere in the hurricane wars:

As for GHGs:

And the 'base level year' game:

Regarding the temperature record:

Aerosols are making their presence felt:

A potential volcanic factor?

While in the paleoclimate:

Meanwhile in near earth orbit:

More GW impacts are being seen:

And then there are the world's forests:

Climate refugees are becoming an issue:

Yes we have no wacky weather, except:

A note on tornadoes:

As for heatwaves and wild fires:

The oceans are becoming more acidic:

Glaciers are melting:

Sea levels are rising:

As for disruptions of the hydrological cycle [floods & droughts]:

On the mitigation front, consider transportation & GHG production:

While in the endless quest for zero energy, sustainable buildings and practical codes:

And on the carbon sequestration front:

Large scale geo-engineering keeps popping up:

While on the adaptation front:

Meanwhile in the journals:

And other significant documents:

Before we get into politics, there was some science done:

Hansen:

Svensmark:

Meanwhile on the Kyoto front:

While at the UN:

The Future meetings: South Africa will host the 17th UN climate conference, Mexico will host COP16 and...:

And on the carbon trading front:

The idea of a carbon tax is still bouncing around:

The debate over the optimal strategy [carbon trading, carbon offsets, auction vs. allocation, and/or a carbon tax] to use in dealing with GHGs continues:

Meanwhile on the international political front:

As for GW & security:

The issue of the law and activism is playing out around the world as nations scramble to deal with climate change:

Among the world's religions:

Polls! We have polls!

And on the American political front:

The EPA CO2 endangerment ruling is a hot button issue:

The Obama chatter is nonstop:

The actions of the Obama administration are being watched closely:

As for what is going on in Congress:

Kerry-Boxer aka CEJAPA defines a battleline:

What are the lobbyists pushing?

The Gore-apalooza is still bopping along:

While in the UK:

And in Europe:

Meanwhile in Australia:

And in China:

In the Middle East:

And Russia: