If this works out we'll be able to grow tomatoes in the snow and save the expense of greenhouses. CO2 abatement like dieting is 'low regret' in the sense that there are other benefits. World crude oil production peaked several years ago, coal will peak perhaps in the next decade and natural gas a decade after that. Therefore it is prudent to get used to low carbon replacements now to avoid a massive shortfall later when fossil fuels run out. Some believe the trigger for the sub-prime mortgage crisis in 2008 was high fuel prices.

In Australia the cool summer is interpreted by some as a sign that warming isn't happening, ignoring the fact that it is warming elsewhere. We've also had the rainiest two year period since records began. To me that's slightly creepy and probable sign of sinister things to come. As an each way bet I'd be prepared to make some sacrifice to avoid things getting a lot worse.

No need to worry, Mike. The AGW theory itself is now being slowly, subtly but substantially re-written. After the next few years of revision, amendment and correction, it will be difficult to find a scientist willing to admit that he or she ever believed in a direct link between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature at all. There'll be endless references to a lack of comprehensive understanding of climate, renewed emphasis on the role of the sun, further analysis of ground level temperature recording stations. On and on, until the whole thing disappears in a cloud of spin.

Sadly, this backsliding won't recover the billions of dollars wasted on renewable energy schemes, carbon taxes, direct climate action programmes and all the other political and bureaucratic interventions enacted at great expense to ordinary people the world over. But at least we won't have to listen to more rubbish about the greatest moral challenge of our time.

Here we have the mysterious “they” again. I wish I could find out who “they” actually are.
But never mind, this is yet another of the spate of misleading facts that seems to be streaming out of the centers of misinformation at the moment. It must be a crisis for them to be so worked up about it. Maybe “they” realize that “they” are losing?

Nevermind, the sky will still be blue, and for socialist governments that's just as good a reason to tax and regulate.

Even though it might be true that CO2 is not a problem when it comes to global warming, it certainly is a problem when it concerns the increasing acidity of the oceans. You cannot keep expecting the ocean to dissolve more and more CO2 forever without it having some detrimental effect. So let us have a discussion on the consequences to the wider environment as we burn up all the available sources of non renewable energy.

David

The gw pseudo scientist will do exactly what they have done with the evolution myth. They will continue to interpret everything according to their story, ignore facts and demonise anyone telling the truth. A few will humble themselves and see the deceit of the myth but most will have their careers dependant upon the consensus. It is quite amusing watching history repeat itself.