Actually, my calculations some years ago indicated that the ratio for one year was roughly 1--what gives the high ratio is the long persistence of the CO2 perturbation.
Mike On 11/19/09 6:08 PM, "Ron Larson" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dave (cc Ken and list): > > Thanks to Dave. > > 1. Since I doubt very much that the computation shown included > anything on CO2 effects, I hope Ken can weigh in on this, per the > discussion last week re: > http://climateprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Warming-burning-091018.p > df > > 2. The answer might be 100,000 times larger - but that might > exhaust the supply of glaciers. > > 3. Would Exxon today say that one day's worth of melting was > calculated properly. That we are only talking of an insignificant > addition of only about 75/365 (only about another 20%, assuming we > don't worry about whether today's energy consumption is impacting any > glacier tomorrow.) (Ken had a factor of 75 for 1 year). > > 4. I haven't had any luck logging on to to leave a comment at the > Grist site, so hope someone will. One chap has shown a multiplicative > factor of 65 - which looks like he has calculated for a year. > > > Ron > > Hawkins, Dave wrote: >> Ad in Life magazine 1962. >> http://www.grist.org/article/2009-11-18-oil-enough-energy-to-melt-glaciers/ >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "geoengineering" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.707 / Virus Database: 270.14.73/2513 - Release Date: 11/19/09 >> 00:51:00 >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "geoengineering" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=.
