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vilka är det som sätter dessa odds då?
vilka är det som sätter dessa odds då?
Kan du redogöra för varför gissningen "temperaturstegringen är en bluff" är en mer lyckad gissning, helst lika detaljerat som jag har redogjort för den andra gissningen?
vilka är det som sätter dessa odds då?
Jag måste erkänna att allt en påve som ser ut som The Emperor i Star Wars säger är suspekt i mina ögon.
Så joru Troberg, du har oljebaroner, påven och varenda oljeköpt forskare i världen på din sida, om du verkligen vill ha dem där.
Så joru Troberg, du har oljebaroner, påven och varenda oljeköpt forskare i världen på din sida, om du verkligen vill ha dem där.
å andra sidan tror jag definitivt att vårt nuvarande system är ohållbart och att vi borde förändra det post bloody haste.
Jag kan hålla med om det, men inte av klimatskäl, däremot så finns det många andra anledningar att röra om lite i hur världen sköts.
Något jag aldrig riktigt begripit är hur folk kan vara mot att vi drar ner på utsläpp och helveten. Du kanske kan förklara det?
Tja, om alternativet är att ha domedagsprofeter, Al Gore (jag menar, hans fru säger en hel del om hans omdöme...) och varenda mediaköpt forskare på min sida så kan det gå på ett ut.
1. Man sabbar mätdata. Om vi ska se på klimatförändringar så kan vi inte hålla på och mickla med förutsättningarna för experimentet.
2. De fattiga länderna har inte råd med rening. Ska de kunna komma ikapp och inte bara vara en lälla för billig arbetskraft för väst så måste de under en övergångsperiod få lov att ha en lite enklare, och därmed skitigare industri.
Så - förstöra jorden för att "experimentet" inte kommer att visa korrekta data annars? I mina ögon är det viktigare att slå vakt om våra narurresurser än att några "mätdata" blir korrekta.
Jag tror ju inte att U-länderna egentligen behöver gå igenom exakt samma utveckling som vi gjort - istället borde den teknik som vuxit fram delas fritt med dem.
Och som sagt var, de där koldioxidpositiva artiklarna lyser med sin frånvaro i vetenskapsjournalerna.
Du missar poängen. Utan vettiga data vet vi inte om en åtgärd är bra eller dålig, och riskerar att istället ställa till mer skada.
Det handlar inte om kunnande, det handlar om att det kostar så mycket mer att bygga en modern och ren fabrik än att bygga en enkel skunk-fabrik.
För de som kan förlora på en medveten satsning på att sänka våra koldioxid-utsläpp har inga pengar, eller?
I'm sorry I got in on this topic so late, because I think this is the single biggest issue of our time. After oil, global warming and impending fresh water shortages are, but in the immediate future I think this is the most important, by far.
I work for an oil company, and every day we are working on these issues - in meetings the nearing peak production is constantly mentioned, carbon emission is considered in every step of design, and making the best use of a limited supply in a time of rising demand is a clear goal.
I think other posters have covered the hydrogen issue already - it's not an energy source, but it might be an energy storage medium or a transportation fuel. Ultimately, hydrogen comes from natural gas or the electrolysis of water (the energy for which most likely comes from coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind or water powerplants). So hydrogen is not an answer.
I think the most telling sign that this is the important issue is found in the national petroleum council's hard truths' report (npc.org and http://www.npchardtruthsreport.org/ (sites are down right now due to a massive number of downloads (>1 million))). This report was a response to the question from secretary Bodman of the Department of Energy, who asked - "What does the future hold for oil and natural gas supply, can new supply be brought online without jeopardizing economic growth, and what strategies can we utilize for supply or demand to ensure greater economic stability and prosperity?"
The short answer was:
“The world is not running out of energy resources, but there are accumulating risks to continuing expansion of oil and natural gas production from the conventional sources relied upon historically. These risks create significant challenges to meeting projected energy demand." To really understand this, note that the chairman of the committee responsible for the report is Lee Raymond, former CEO of Exxon, and for him to state that there are 'significant challenges' ahead is a really really big deal.
The report gives 5 main answers to the question:
Decrease demand by increasing efficiency.
Increase supply (by creating alternatives, opening access to more oil (ANWR, pacific coast etc.))
Practice diplomacy to keep the world peaceful because energy independence is impossible but energy security is achievable through good international relations.
A majority of the U.S. energy sector workforce, including skilled scientists and engineers, is eligible to retire within the next decade. The workforce must be replenished and trained.
CO2 regulations are coming, they will increase costs, demand must be lowered, and alternatives must be found
And this is coming from the NPC, basically a group of oil companies. So even the biased view of oil companies is pretty glum about the future - they predict flat production for the next 15 years, followed by a decline, all during a time of major demand increase. Things are going to get scary. Not only that, but most of it is not in the control of the current largest users - the US and Europe. Almost all of the demand growth comes from China and India. It will be very difficult to convince them to abide by any regulations that would slow their booming growth down, because it would appear downright hypocritical - the west has been doing it for a hundred years, but all of a sudden it’s not ok for China or India to do anymore? China is bringing new coal plants online at the rate of one a week. One a week - coal! the largest emitter of CO2!
Basically, hard times are coming, and there is no easy solution in sight. Even the most optimistic proposals put alternatives supplying only 5% of the world's energy by 2020. Even if a huge break through arrived today, I think many people don’t understand the scale of the oil industry - 86 million barrels a day. That's half a gallon per person per day. To build up to this capacity would probably take ten years, so we are going to need current oil to carry us through to whatever is next.
People bash the oil companies, saying they suppress alternatives, don’t care etc... but as I see it, they have the most to lose, so its really in their best interest to prepare for what is coming. The group I work for has several hundred engineers working on greenhouse gas issues, and even more people working on alternatives (alternative uses of natural gas, biofuels, solar, hydrogen, goethermal etc.). If there is a coverup going on, they sure are doing a good job of pretending to look for solutions.
This is all happening at the same time as the aforementioned crunch of engineers - 50% of the workforce is retiring in the next 10 years. That is huge. That problem does seem to be sorting itself out - new petroleum engineers average 100k out of college, so the number of people in these fields is returning to historical highs after a long slump, but a bunch of new people is not worth much if the knowledge of the seasoned employees disappears with their retiring.
Finally, someone mentioned the use of nuclear weapons for oil, and I do not doubt that it would come to that - oil is a strategic resource, and there is no way a country would let itself run out. Through my work I fully believe Iraq was about oil, and since that war occurred now, with supplies still fairly available, future struggles will only be more violent.
Any way, it’s a big deal, and I’m excited to be a part of it, but at the same time, the consequences of failure could be cataclysmic.
Så det kan t.ex vara så att jorden, uh, behöver få en massa gifter från människan?
Jag skrev "teknik", inte "kunnande", eller hur?
Mitt huvudargument var att det är helt jävla sjukt när man låter ekonomiska hänsyn gå före miljöhänsyn.