Comments on: Using computer models and data collected in the past decade, some climate scientists now believe that a major Antarctica ice sheet is in the process of collapsing. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/using-computer-models-and-data-collected-in-the-past-decade-some-climate-scientists-now-believe-that-a-major-antarctica-ice-sheet-is-in-the-process-of-collapsing/ Wed, 14 May 2014 14:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Cotour https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/using-computer-models-and-data-collected-in-the-past-decade-some-climate-scientists-now-believe-that-a-major-antarctica-ice-sheet-is-in-the-process-of-collapsing/#comment-167942 Wed, 14 May 2014 14:39:54 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28458#comment-167942 In reply to Cotour.

And now I have to ad this new term, “Climate Chaos” and notify you that apparently the people of earth only officially have 500 days left as per the French and John Kerry.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/french-foreign-minister-500-days-avoid-climate-chaos_792736.html

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/using-computer-models-and-data-collected-in-the-past-decade-some-climate-scientists-now-believe-that-a-major-antarctica-ice-sheet-is-in-the-process-of-collapsing/#comment-167883 Wed, 14 May 2014 00:36:13 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28458#comment-167883 Why does it look like just another scare tactic, with the advantage of being able to say, “see, we already passed the tipping point that all those people warned us about”?

On the other hand, now that it *is* too late to take action, we should stop plan A (cap and trade, Kyoto, etc.) and move on to plan B, adapt to the damage as it arises.

Christopher Monckton of Brenchley has used the costs and effectiveness of current CO2 emission mitigation attempts (stopping global warming/climate change/whatever) to show that the cost of adapting to the worst-case damage that might occur is far less than preventing that damage in the first place.

According to Monckton, stopping the effects of global warming (which apparently is now too late) is 36 times more expensive than fixing that damage as it happens, so plan B is less expensive than plan A was.
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/is_c02_mitigation_cost_effective.html

The following is a 19-minute video of one of his presentations on this topic. “Focused adaptation is the way to go”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRdjtDQlWZQ

For those who are gluttons for punishment, this is a 1 hour presentation (followed by 1/2 hour of Tom Tanton, a renewable energy expert) to the California Legislature in March of 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heamMWFQ_qY

]]> By: Don https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/using-computer-models-and-data-collected-in-the-past-decade-some-climate-scientists-now-believe-that-a-major-antarctica-ice-sheet-is-in-the-process-of-collapsing/#comment-167873 Tue, 13 May 2014 20:59:29 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28458#comment-167873 Volcanic activity the likely culprit.

http://www.livescience.com/41262-west-antarctica-new-volcano-discovered.html

]]> By: Cotour https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/using-computer-models-and-data-collected-in-the-past-decade-some-climate-scientists-now-believe-that-a-major-antarctica-ice-sheet-is-in-the-process-of-collapsing/#comment-167861 Tue, 13 May 2014 18:03:17 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=28458#comment-167861 Do these people believe that the earth was formed with ice caps in place and that that is the natural and “normal” way that the earth should be and that the existence of humans and their activities threatens this “normal” model? Because that is what it seems that they are saying.

From human caused global warming to global warming to climate change and now the fourth Permutation? Climate disruption.

They will get it right eventually.

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