Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-30 Thread hkhenson
At 11:00 AM 3/30/2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Food security is a fairly significant worry, all things considered. It's nearly impossible to build up safety margin in the food distribution systems of most countries on earth because within one or two generations of any increase in the ability to

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-29 Thread Chris Frandsen
Agreed! Reduced fresh water supplies are a great! The Andes glaciers disappearing in the next 10 yrs will create havoc in India, etc. I think Dyson is focusing on the models and not the most recent actual data from the ice. learner On Mar 28, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:45 PM Sunday 3/29/2009, Chris Frandsen wrote: Agreed! Reduced fresh water supplies are a great! The Andes glaciers disappearing in the next 10 yrs will create havoc in India, etc. Huh? . . . ronn! :) ___

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-29 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Mar 28, 2009, at 2:05 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: One of Dyson's main points is that global warming tends to get exaggerated. People of our generation or even the next one are extremely unlikely to die from the effects of global warming. Even a few generations down the road it is still

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-29 Thread Chris Frandsen
Sorry I meant that fresh water supplies are going to become a great problem very soon. and of course it is the Himalayas not the Andes must not have taken my meds:-) learner On Mar 29, 2009, at 3:40 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:45 PM Sunday 3/29/2009, Chris Frandsen wrote: Agreed!

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-28 Thread Charlie Bell
On 28/03/2009, at 9:26 AM, xponentrob wrote: One of Dyson's main points is that global warming tends to get exaggerated. People of our generation or even the next one are extremely unlikely to die from the effects of global warming. Even a few generations down the road it is still unlikely

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Rob wrote: Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming skeptic with an interesting take on the subject. A GW skeptic or an AGW skeptic? It would be hard to deny GW from the past 400 years with data. Alberto Monteiro ___

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-27 Thread Michael Harney
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Rob wrote: Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming skeptic with an interesting take on the subject. A GW skeptic or an AGW skeptic? It would be hard to deny GW from the past 400 years with data. Alberto Monteiro Based on what I read in the article, I

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-27 Thread Keith Henson
It makes no difference in what we need to do no matter what you think about global warming. The global models indicate that energy shortage will kill far more people much sooner than global warming can be a significant factor. However, if you solve the energy problem on a global scale, fixing

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-27 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: Michael Harney dolp...@mikes3dgallery.com To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:40 AM Subject: Re: Freeman Dyson on climate Alberto Monteiro wrote: Rob wrote: Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-27 Thread Wayne Eddy
OK, I'm finished playing Dyson. Someone else take a turn.G xponent Ignored Synergies Maru rob No need to play Dyson, he has summed up my take on global warming very nicely thank you. It is nice to know that someone who ideas have turned up in some of my favourite books is on the same wave

Freeman Dyson on climate

2009-03-26 Thread Rceeberger
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?pagewanted=1_r=2hp Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming skeptic with an interesting take on the subject. Remember brinl brinl if you don't have an account for NYT. xponent This Is Not Crichton Maru rob