Cable Forum - View Single Post - Climate Change

**Hugh** · 17-04-2016, 21:22

Because climate is not weather, or building blocks of lego.

If climate is changing, it doesn't mean it's the same everywhere, it means there are major measurable effects, of different types, in different areas, over a period of time - we are talking about climate, not weather, and unfortunately people confuse/conflate the two things; weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time.

Just for the sake of argument, what if the 97% consensus of Climate Scientists are wrong, what's the worst that happened - we stopped polluting our planet as much as we do now, and some money was spent on providing alternate sources of power (which can only be good, as fossil fuels are needed to all the tech stuff we like, being hydrocarbon based, rather than being wasted creating electricity). If, on the other hand, they are right, we (or our children) are fairly screwed if we don't do anything about it.

I like to think of it as insurance - hope we don't need it, but if we do, we'll be glad we had it...

17-04-2016, 21:22	#38
Hugh laeva recumbens anguis Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Age: 67 Services: Premiere Collection Posts: 42,099	Re: Climate Change - record World temp. rises in Feb. Because climate is not weather, or building blocks of lego. If climate is changing, it doesn't mean it's the same everywhere, it means there are major measurable effects, of different types, in different areas, over a period of time - we are talking about climate, not weather, and unfortunately people confuse/conflate the two things; weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere "behaves" over relatively long periods of time. Just for the sake of argument, what if the 97% consensus of Climate Scientists are wrong, what's the worst that happened - we stopped polluting our planet as much as we do now, and some money was spent on providing alternate sources of power (which can only be good, as fossil fuels are needed to all the tech stuff we like, being hydrocarbon based, rather than being wasted creating electricity). If, on the other hand, they are right, we (or our children) are fairly screwed if we don't do anything about it. I like to think of it as insurance - hope we don't need it, but if we do, we'll be glad we had it... __________________ There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it. If my post is in bold and this colour, it's a Moderator Request.