Comments on: “The Great Climate Debate” at Rice University: The Science is NOT Settled (Richard Lindzen and Gerald North to Revisit the IPCC ‘Consensus’)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00:02 +0000

Well, I had to find it myself but if anyone is interested, here is the video:

http://wmdp.rice.edu/Centers/CSES/ClimateChg-27Jan10/ClimateChg-27Jan10.mp4

I found it a little jerky but I think that’s my computer.

By: Robert Bradley Jr.

Robert Bradley Jr. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:14:54 +0000

Here is some local media coverage.

From Rice University: http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=13619

From Eric Berger of the Houston Chronicle: http://blogs.chron.com/sciguy/archives/2010/01/post_134.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+houstonchronicle/sciguy+(SciGuy)

By: Jon Boone

Jon Boone — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:35:29 +0000

Thanks for this information, Rob. The Baker Institute Report is indeed an important historical document, one I hadn’t before read. Two quoted passages from it are, to me, even more salient today, since they distill much of the issue’s essence:

“Modeling the economic cost of taking CO2 abatement measures is just as difficult as modeling the climate. Uncertainty pervades the exercise, due to a number of problems. The lack of clearly defined guidelines for reducing CO2 emissions, an inadequate understanding of the potential of new technologies, and more conventional problems of projecting economic growth, the composition of fossil fuel use, and projecting energy prices each contributes to this uncertainty.”

“Finally, Lane recognized that policy will move forward, as it operates on a different time frame than does science. So, the best possible science needs to be communicated to policymakers as it becomes available.”

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:11:13 +0000

Any chance they will make videos of the talks, or powerpoints, available?