Alex Caliostro wrote:
Some experts believe that the weather cycle alone is not sufficient to
explain the increased energy released from hurricanes, so entities must
be multiplied.
there is no consensus so it is premature to multiply entities
As far as I know, most experts believe in global warming, so a consensus
has emerged. But this is not relevant to the discussion. The experts who
believe the weather cycle alone cannot explain the facts are the ones who
would multiply entities. Obviously, the minority of experts who disagree
would *not* multiply entities. If a full consensus emerges it will settle
the issue one way or the other to everyone's satisfaction: entities / no
entities, but that does not change the fact that at present some believe we
have an unanswered problem that requires more parameters (entities).
there have been years with more hurricanes, there have been stronger
hurricanes, and there have been years with more stronger hurricanes
Yes, of course. Anyone can see that the data is noisy. It is the overall
upward trend that bothers some experts, not specific data from one year or
one hurricane.
we must move cautiously as economies are already fragile -- kyoto was not
baby steps
I reject the "fragile economy" argument. I think that shifting over to the
production of hundreds of millions of plug-in hybrid cars would be
beneficial, because it would save money and eliminate the need to import
oil into the U.S. Large-scale production of wind turbines and Concentrated
Solar Power (CSP) would also save money in the long term, by reducing the
consumption and cost of fuel, and the burden of pollution. Wind turbines
costs about the same as coal per kilowatt hour, but they requires more
skilled, high-paid labor, which is usually good for the economy. I advocate
substituting skilled labor and clever engineering for the brute force
approach (coal mining).
- Jed
