Selective censorship prevents me replying in kind'
Sticks and stones will change nothing
The science is right
Mr Opinion, know this site is inhabited by some far right people and true often suffers
Midwinter far far less frost's first giant bush fire here, once 23 frosts every winter some 5 below some thing is taking place
mhaze I give no weight to your opinion on anything

Those of you who blame such things as coal for what is actually a natural change in climate will be disappointed to know that, despite Left-wing cage-rattling and the 'promises' of our gormless politicians to 'cure' the climate that, in our Asia-Pacific region, coal-fired power production INCREASED by 354 terawatt hours last year.

In contrast, solar power increased by only 87 terawatt hours.

Coal remains by far the predominant source of electricity across the planet. There are over 400 coal fired power stations in construction or planning around the world. The era of coal is far from over because coal-fired power provides such clear and abundant benefits to people who want to climb out of poverty.

The International Energy Agency predicts that India will increase its thermal coal demand by 670 million tonnes per year by 2040.

mhaze and ttbn have just stated that they do not believe that the planet is getting warmer in our time.

Anybody else who believes the same or should we all assume that it is only these two? Or maybe others could name someone who has refrained from admitting it?

Mr O,

I don't think ttbn said that at all:

"We are still coming out of an ice age, which surely means that we will notice it warming. "

A bit ambiguous, but I took it to mean that we are still warming after the last Ice Age 10-12,000 years ago. Give or take the odd orbital oscillation and sun-spot activity, etc., some of that might be caused by too much CO2 (and water vapour) (and methane).

So how much has the planet warmed over the past century ? Half a degree, or a full degree ? Gosh, really ? They must be terrified in Canada and Russia, Scotland too.

How much has sea-level risen - not a metre or so each day, twice, as the tides go up and down, but fundamental, permanent change ? An inch since the 1950s ? Good heavens, no ! Not really ?! I'm packing up and heading for the hills of Tasmania ! But, but aren't some of the Pacific islands actually growing in land area ? Or are the mountains of Fiji about to be submerged ?

Jesus, we're all mugs to believe every scare-story.

Joe

That makes three so far: mhaze, ttbn, and Loudmouth.

Oh for gods sake Mr O.

We all know the planet has been warming from an ice age.

Those with half a brain, & enough math to follow the scientific arguments also know that CO2 is not guilty of causing it.

Those who keep up with the science also know the planet has been cooling for the last couple of years, caused by low sunspot count, & will continue to cool if the current forecasts of sunspot numbers in future are correct.