Comments on: The G-8 Countries Climate Agreement: A Lot for A Little http://www.masterresource.org/2009/07/the-g-8-countries-climate-agreement-a-lot-for-a-little/ A free-market energy blog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:52:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Demesure http://www.masterresource.org/2009/07/the-g-8-countries-climate-agreement-a-lot-for-a-little/comment-page-1/#comment-2008 Demesure Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:19:58 +0000 http://masterresource.org/?p=3751#comment-2008 "If that happens according to the G8’s plan, then the projected temperature rise from 1900 to 2100 tops out at 1.64ºC. Add in the 0.5ºC to 0.6ºC of global temperature rise from the pre-industrial era to 1990 and the G8 climate goal seems within reach." ---------------------- Errr no, it would still be 10% above the no-more-than-2°C goal and the sky would still fall. Whatever the promises, Romm (Dr) will still be burning. “If that happens according to the G8’s plan, then the projected temperature rise from 1900 to 2100 tops out at 1.64ºC. Add in the 0.5ºC to 0.6ºC of global temperature rise from the pre-industrial era to 1990 and the G8 climate goal seems within reach.”
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Errr no, it would still be 10% above the no-more-than-2°C goal and the sky would still fall. Whatever the promises, Romm (Dr) will still be burning.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.masterresource.org/2009/07/the-g-8-countries-climate-agreement-a-lot-for-a-little/comment-page-1/#comment-2007 Andrew Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:56:22 +0000 http://masterresource.org/?p=3751#comment-2007 The G8 may be more clever than you think. Perhaps they are pulling a Canute, and we are supposed to learn from this that leaders can't control the tides? :) Another great post. Thanks. The G8 may be more clever than you think. Perhaps they are pulling a Canute, and we are supposed to learn from this that leaders can’t control the tides? :)

Another great post. Thanks.

]]> By: Ed Reid http://www.masterresource.org/2009/07/the-g-8-countries-climate-agreement-a-lot-for-a-little/comment-page-1/#comment-2006 Ed Reid Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:09:34 +0000 http://masterresource.org/?p=3751#comment-2006 When you find that you are digging yourself into a hole, the first imperative is to STOP DIGGING. Then and only then does it make sense to begin filling in the hole. If, as Dr. Romm screams from any rooftop he can scale, the "green technologies" are so much better and cheaper than the dirty old fossil-fueled facilities and equipment, wouldn't it be wiser for the developing countries to begin implementing them now, rather than investing hundreds of billions of dollars in those dirty old fossil-fueled facilities and equipment with 40-60 year economic lives. One would think the developing economies are the least well prepared to invest vast sums in facilities and equipment which would have to be removed from service before the ends of their useful lives, resulting in a substantial economic dead loss. :-) When you find that you are digging yourself into a hole, the first imperative is to STOP DIGGING. Then and only then does it make sense to begin filling in the hole.

If, as Dr. Romm screams from any rooftop he can scale, the “green technologies” are so much better and cheaper than the dirty old fossil-fueled facilities and equipment, wouldn’t it be wiser for the developing countries to begin implementing them now, rather than investing hundreds of billions of dollars in those dirty old fossil-fueled facilities and equipment with 40-60 year economic lives. One would think the developing economies are the least well prepared to invest vast sums in facilities and equipment which would have to be removed from service before the ends of their useful lives, resulting in a substantial economic dead loss. :-)

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