If Gavin Is Correct About CO2 Controlling The Climate, We Must Keep CO2 Well Above 350 ppm

8 Responses to If Gavin Is Correct About CO2 Controlling The Climate, We Must Keep CO2 Well Above 350 ppm

1. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   March 9, 2011 at 5:37 pm

   “HEAT IN AMERICA. DEATHS FROM SUNSTROKE. WORK SUSPENDED.”

   There must have been record cold and snow the following winter. Global warming always does that.

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2. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   March 9, 2011 at 5:39 pm

   “HEAT IN NEW YORK. 170 DEATHS ON MONDAY.”

   Where’s article about the deaths from record cold and snow the following winter?

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   • suyts says:

     March 9, 2011 at 6:28 pm

     I think that cold from low CO2 levels was a nice benevolent cold, surely it wouldn’t kill people like the high CO2 heat generated cold would.

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   • Ivan says:

     March 9, 2011 at 6:45 pm

     Take your pick:

     1890 – Jan
     “THE STORMS IN AMERICA. RAILWAY PASSENGERS KILLED BY COLD AND HUNGER”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/9227696?

     1890/1 – Dec
     “RIGOROUS WINTER IN AMERICA TRAINS SNOW-BOUND.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/8462787?

     1891/2 – March
     “SEVERE COLD. IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA. 50 PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/44071438?

     1892/3 – Jan
     “A SEVERE WINTER. INTENSE COLD IN AMERICA AND EUROPE.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3554265?

     1893/94 – Feb
     “THE BLIZZARD IN AMERICA. HUNDRED PERSONS PERISHED FROM INTENSE COLD.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/28258124?

     1894/5 – Feb
     “COLD WEATHER IN THE UNITED STATES TERRIBLE LOSSES IN TEXAS.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4539459?

     1896/7 – Dec
     “TERRIBLE BLIZZARD IN AMERICA. PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH. TRAINS ABANDONED.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/14077726?

     1897/8 – Feb
     “AN AMERICAN BLIZZARD. RAILWAY TRAFFIC STOPPED.”
     http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3194191?

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   • Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

     March 9, 2011 at 11:04 pm

     like the high CO2 heat generated cold would.

     lol

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3. chris y says:

   March 9, 2011 at 6:28 pm

   Steve, I think this meme you have begun to push has an excellent chance of being supported by a plethora of historical weather data, particularly extreme weather events.

   The CO2 tipping point has already been passed, as some have claimed. To humanity’s overwhelming benefit, we have moved into a more benign climate state. It is time to make diligent efforts to increase CO2 levels higher, as this will-

   1. Further decrease extreme weather events;
   2. Increase the length of growing seasons, leading to more food;
   3. Have no impact on precipitation;
   4. Dramatically increase biosphere growth rates and hardiness against weather extremes;
   5. Increase the range of species currently hampered by cold winters;
   6. Avoid the forced use of expensive, unreliable renewable energy technologies, as fossil fuel combustion is the cheapest approach to delivering useful energy while simultaneously increasing CO2 levels.

   Anyone arguing against further CO2 increases clearly has an innate hatred of humans and the biosphere.

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   • suyts says:

     March 9, 2011 at 6:30 pm

     As has clearly been demonstrated for years.

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4. Andy Weiss says:

   March 9, 2011 at 9:54 pm

   That was obviously yellow journalism. Before man made CO2, the world was a place of perfect peace, love and harmony. And temperatures and precipitation were always exactly normal.

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