Climate change
Andrew Bolt a renowned columnist and blogger in Australia and an ultra conservative today puts forward a really skeptical view of climate change. He cites authorities who say global temperature rises are not as much as had been forecast. He even cites our own very respected Chief Scientist as saying that Australia's efforts to halt carbon emissions are only going to have a minor effect on the overall world results in this battle. I hasten to add that this is not meant to indicate that our Chief Scientist says we should not participate in reducing global carbon emissions. In a recent report on the whole issue of electricity supplies he sees a future for renewable energy but is realistic about the need for some continuing support for coal as a source of electricity as we gradually ramp up renewables.
Elon Musk of Tesla has made a deal with the South Australian government to provide them with what he sees as the largest battery storage facility in the Southern Hemisphere to complete South Australia's push for renewable energy sources. Andrew Bolt today effectively writes of this innovation as a drop in the ocean.
I am a believer in the scientific method and trust the large body of scientists who continue to warn about the long term effects of global warming. Already some Pacific island states are seeing a rise in the ocean levels which threaten their very existence. If we turn our backs on this climate science then are we to turn our backs on the scientific method?
I sense from what I read that the majority of Australians believe in the climate science despite the Andrew Bolts off this country. At the moment a lot of Australians are doing it tough during a long period of no pay rises and under these circumstances it would be easy for the threat of climate change to take a back seat.
Interesting that the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken about the negative effects of Donald Trump's decision for the US to go it alone on climate change. Professor Hawking sees it as sending earth on a journey to become like the climate of Venus with its searing surface temperatures (250C) and raining acid (sulphuric acid) rain . Professor Hawking sees us as close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. (Source: I read Professor Hawking's report in my local newspaper but thank Google for reminding of the detail of what the good Professor said.)
May the Force be with us all!
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Elon Musk of Tesla has made a deal with the South Australian government to provide them with what he sees as the largest battery storage facility in the Southern Hemisphere to complete South Australia's push for renewable energy sources. Andrew Bolt today effectively writes of this innovation as a drop in the ocean.
I am a believer in the scientific method and trust the large body of scientists who continue to warn about the long term effects of global warming. Already some Pacific island states are seeing a rise in the ocean levels which threaten their very existence. If we turn our backs on this climate science then are we to turn our backs on the scientific method?
I sense from what I read that the majority of Australians believe in the climate science despite the Andrew Bolts off this country. At the moment a lot of Australians are doing it tough during a long period of no pay rises and under these circumstances it would be easy for the threat of climate change to take a back seat.
Interesting that the famous physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken about the negative effects of Donald Trump's decision for the US to go it alone on climate change. Professor Hawking sees it as sending earth on a journey to become like the climate of Venus with its searing surface temperatures (250C) and raining acid (sulphuric acid) rain . Professor Hawking sees us as close to the tipping point where global warming becomes irreversible. (Source: I read Professor Hawking's report in my local newspaper but thank Google for reminding of the detail of what the good Professor said.)
May the Force be with us all!
GD
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