Climate Change? Nahhh ...

I'm going to enjoy all the stories about heating oil companies going out of business over this " winter."

But how much are you willing to spend...

 

Wish that's all there was. Tornado bearing down on Nashville now.

 

But how much are you willing to spend...

 

Good Lord, Devil ... Have you ever gotten anything right?

 

You guys are always on here... Don't you have lives?

How much is it worth to you to ensure that Miami, a city that didn't really exist 100 years ago, remains as it is for the foreseeable future?

I'm sorry I misquoted this gem, since Miami of course is the only coastal city in the world. I guess people are more willing to be poor spending $3.50 a gallon for fuel oil.

I'm also sure my insurance rates are not affected by the storms sweeping through the south right now or the local tax bases will remain strong because all this rebuilding will be done by private donations.

I'm also looking forward reading about all the ancient coastal cities that had to be rebuilt due to the natural rising of the oceans.

 

You're always wrong here. Don't you have a clue?

 

For me Miami metro (Dade, Broward and West Palm Beach counties) is worth $1,000. For me Boston is worth about another $1,000 because it is about the same size. New Orleans is smaller so maybe $250. But then there is Galveston and the West Texas farmers and lots of other places so it all adds up.

But in the United States we have a relatively cheap substitute for coal in natural gas. So why not convert to natural gas? I know nuclear is even cleaner but that would be a lot more expensive. But the U.S. is a rich country.

But let's talk about the poor of the third world who have a different set of challenges. What of the poor who will economically suffer because of global warming. For example, the glaciers of the Andes are melting. The subsistence farmers there who are losing there water supply are worried. They think if they lose there water supply no one will give a damn about them and no one will care. What of the millions who could get flooded out in Bangladesh?

And let's talk about the economic success stories, notably China. I just called up the American Embassy Air quality Index for China. According to their index a reading above 300 means that everyone may feel the affects of the pollution. Swathes of South China are at 500 at 2:30 in the afternoon China time. The Chinese have a dilemma. If they ignore the environment and grow the economy more then people will enjoy more material benefits but there will be a decline in the quality of life because you of the air you breath.

So even for a country as dreadfully poor as India but that already has dreadful pollution is some cities I think they have to go on an alternative to coal because the air will continue to get worse. Such measures will mean GNP grow more slow and that some people will rise out of abject poverty more slowly. Slowing economic growth is a very bad thing but the entire population has to to breath.

So I think we need to cut way back on coal and find other power sources, including nuclear.

 

If the only Washington had mandated a reduction in the use of fossil fuels at the time, we could have avoided a lot of trouble.

 

As always, weather =/= climate.

 

Fortunately, nuclear is 100% safe and nothing bad has ever happened to the environment related to nuclear power production.

 

I think that i a country has to choose between going heavily into coal and nuclear that country needs to go nuclear. The health hazards of coal are so great that a country has to accept the risks of nuclear.