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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
When this blows up, this will be a World-Wide event for the aftermath: Arctic methane catastrophe scenario is based on new empirical observations Critics of ... costs of Arctic warming ignore latest science on permafrost methane at everyone's peril "The mechanism which is causing the observed mass of rising methane plumes in the East Siberian Sea is itself unprecedented ... What is actually happening is that the summer sea ice now retreats so far, and for so long each summer, that there is a substantial ice-free season over the Siberian shelf, sufficient for solar irradiance to warm the surface water by a significant amount – up to 7 deg C according to satellite data. That warming extends ... to the seabed because we are dealing with only a polar surface water layer here (over the shelves the Arctic Ocean structure is one-layer rather than three layers) ... So long as some ice persisted on the shelf, the water mass was held to about 0 deg C in summer because any further heat content in the water column was used for melting the ice underside. But once the ice disappears, as it has done, the temperature of the water can rise significantly, and the heat content reaching the seabed can melt the frozen sediments at a rate that was never before possible. ..." Unfortunately, this is all following long held predictions. The only surprise is in the great size of the observed multiple 150km wide plumes. There are multiple tipping points. How many can we trip? Stupid or Not Stupid? All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20289 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Rolling along the road to turning ourselves into fossils ever faster: How David Cameron's energy pricing reforms put my gas bill up 583% Donnachadh McCarthy used energy-saving measures and renewable power to reduce his gas bill... North Dakota recorded 300 oil spills in two years without notifying the public ... 750 'oil field incidents' after officials kept the massive September wheat field spill quiet until discovered... Keystone XL and Canadian tar sands are incompatible with solving climate change Canada will not be able to meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets if Keystone XL is built and tar sands are expanded The exploitation of the tar sands in Alberta, Canada - which may contain more oil than the entire world has consumed to date – has attracted considerable controversy... Stupid or Not? It's a worldwide event. All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
How David Cameron's energy pricing reforms put my gas bill up 583% I'm with him on this. Consumer group Which? also called for the scrapping of standing-charges so people can easily see what the cheapest deal is.The heating in my house hasn't been on since March. The shower is electric, and i have a dishwasher, so the boiler is usually off completely since i don't really need it for hot water. Yet i still have a 14p/day standing charge on the gas so i'm paying just under £5/month despite having used two units in 7 months. Similar story for the water, the standard charge frequently outweighs the cost of water actually used. Electricity is the only resource that i use more than the SC worth of consistently, so that one is less important, but i still think they ought to be scrapped, along with this 'green tax'. Cameron’s flat tariffs are an attack on the poor and eco-friendly, just like his attack this week on 'green taxes' on energy bills that pay for energy-efficiency measures for the poor.Not for me though, i'm only a lowly PDRA, still paying off my debts from University, so i end up reasonably poor. But because i'm prepared to work for a living rather than sitting on my backside watching Trisha, i don't qualify for any of these measures that the unwashed get handed to them on a plate. So yes, scrap these 'green' measures and give the benefits to those who deserve them, i.e. me! [/rant] Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19062 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Reality Check: Germany's Defective Green Energy Game Plan Without effective storage for green energy, coal is the back-up, other systems too costly. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/commentary-why-germany-is-waging-its-green-revolution-wrong-a-929693.html |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
Oi you, not having that!I'm already on a water meter, that's not helping. Cameron is just the figurehead of his Party, don't blame him personally, blame the policy makers of his party, and the energy companies the "Big Six".He's the representative, i know he's not personally responsible, but he is the one who was appointed essentially as the PR man, so he's the one to whom complaints are directed. Where does he come into this?i don't qualify for any of these measures that the unwashed get handed to them on a plate. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
The Simonator Send message Joined: 18 Nov 04 Posts: 5700 Credit: 3,855,702 RAC: 50 |
In terms of volume used, it possibly does, but i still have to pay more on standing charge than i do on actual water, which was my original point.I'm already on a water meter, that's not helping. It's a broad generalisation, but judging by the examples i usually meet on the bus, accurate.i don't qualify for any of these measures that the unwashed get handed to them on a plate. That should be his job, we tell him what we want (or don't want), he kicks the relevant departments into line (call me an idealist). Otherwise, what is he for?appointed essentially as the PR man, so he's the one to whom complaints are directed. Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge. |
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