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The Kardashians and climate change : Comments

By James Stafford, published 1/9/2014

Judith Curry is a climate scientist with a prolific publication record who is a climate change realist. She is interviewed by James Stafford.

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Proofreader, stat!
Posted by Jon J, Monday, 1 September 2014 7:28:15 AM
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I am an Australian; been in the US for several months. I notice a bigger tendency to ambiguity and apathy about global warming here. It seems to come through in some of Judith's answers and comments, although she is a scientist who can see the reality of global warming.

I think the reason is that the eastern US is so green and well watered. Many Eastern US citizens who have not traveled don't know what real dryness and heat are (although they are familiar with flooding!); this area of the world is atypical - it doesn't experience the effects of global warming much.

Also Americans don't seem to be aware of or care much about the main root causes of greenhouse gas emissions - coal fired power (they have to use other pollution as an excuse to regulate), cars( they reckon $1/ litre fuel is expensive!)and food (mainly red meats and packaging). They are even more wasteful/ prolific consumers of these things than Australians and that's saying something.

Judith's inference that coal fired electricity is needed to alleviate poverty is a myth. The real poor in isolated villagers can be more economically helped with off grid PV and wind power. Both of these and large scale wind and soon large scale PV are cheaper to install than new coal (particularly if the coal is imported) and powerlines. Judith if you have visited villages such as those in India and Timor as I have, you'd see what I mean - they are remote and they don't need much energy to transform their lives. Sanitation and water pumps come first then a few light bulbs, pumps, TV and computer will do that. They don't need or want to become excessive consumers like we are
Posted by Roses1, Monday, 1 September 2014 10:00:13 AM
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Judith Curry is one of the few climate scientists who has earned a well deserved reputation for misrepresenting the science. Examples of this can be seen at http://www.skepticalscience.com/skeptic_Judith_Curry.htm

Her views should therefore be treated with caution, particularly if they purport to contradict or qualify the peer-reviewed scientific findings of others.
Posted by Agnostic of Mittagong, Monday, 1 September 2014 11:46:18 AM
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A quick look at Judith's blog shows she isn't as realist as the author suggest's. Can not see any links to any global warming sites only anit-science deniers blogs.
Posted by Cobber the hound, Monday, 1 September 2014 12:45:25 PM
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Judith would be well advised to look at Northern USA, Alaska, if only to understand that the Tundra is actually melting, and the now many lakes are giving off bubbling methane!
Judith just needs to suspend disbelief for several minutes and just look at the actual evidence.
And alternative energy includes cheaper than coal thorium.
Unfortunately for the price gouging foreign carpet bagging investors, it just doesn't suit large scale centralization or national grids, just very local micro grids.
And that combination can halve current power prices, the other problem for fossil fuel advocates like Judith, who just won't be able to compete!
And just on commercial realities alone!
Then we have the option of treating human waste and using the resultant methane via ceramic fuel cells, which perform nearly as well on methane as they do on hydrogen.
This cheap as chips 24/7 on demand option, not only cuts the average power bill by around 75%; but, provides endless free hot water as well!
Now if we could just talk Europe and the Ukraine to change over to that endlessly sustainable biogas option, we could end a world war before it starts!
And not only that, but quite massively improve the economic prospects of those locations into the bargain!
Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Monday, 1 September 2014 2:04:17 PM
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