On Jul 5, 1:57 am, Gareth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jul 4, 7:54 pm, llewelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You describe weather extremes.
>
> Of course. Those are the things that will concentrate the minds of
> politicians
>
> It's a bit like erosion on my small farm. Every day, little bits of
> land get washed or blown away, but you only really notice when heavy
> rain comes along and a few metres of paddock disappear into the river.
> When do I plan erosion control? After a flood...
>
> Most aspects of climate change are (if we're lucky) relatively slow
> changes in terms of human perceptions (though fast in terms of
> biological impact), so it will be the impact of extreme events that
> catches the attention.
>
> > We're left hoping for a good decision driven by a misunderstanding of
> > the relationship between climate change and extreme weather.
>
> It's only a misunderstanding if the frequency of extreme events
> doesn't change by much. With respect to the 2003 European heatwave, it
> will be a normal summer in 20-30 years. Not an extreme event...
I spent last week vacationing in Florida. I was at a party with a
number of Republicans and the subject of global warming came up. To
my surprise, nobody expressed the typical half-baked denier opinion.
I think times are a changing. Crist, the Republican governor fo
Florida, has blocked one coal-fired plant and he blocked the expansion
of another that the greens were not even lobbying about.
Florida had a damaging hurricane season in 2004, vast insurance
cancellations/hikes, no hurricanes in 2005 leading to a current 12-
inch rainfall deficit. Florida needs lots of milder rainy hurricanes/
storms and milder temps and that is not what Gaia seems to be offering
these days. I think this is causing a sea-change in opinion.
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