Climate Change
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- Last post 22 days ago
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- MyMommies0
Fuck Wil, what did you eat!
- joeth1
A nice little graphic to explain the basic science of global warming:
- joeth1
Another good illustration of how warming is affecting different parts of the U.S.
- georgesIII1
another good nasa satellite view of how global warming is affecting the artic sea ice
watch the videohttp://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a00…
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a00…
- joeth1
Climate Change -- the scientific debate
- ********0
@joeth;
"So should we let things get really bad really fast, or invest in ways to slow the damage?"
Tough call. Personally, I think we should try to genetically engineer gills for humans, allowing future generations to live under the sea.
- lowimpakt0
it's the biggest design challenge.
- seeessess-1
So, who was responsible for the ice age, waaaaay before humans roamed this earth?
I agree we shouldn't have pointless waste, but taxing us for nothing? What about the cows, they pollute more than us with their farts, what do you plan on doing with them?
- joeth1
Putting a price on carbon pollution is not "for nothing."
1) Oil is what makes our enemies in the Middle East very wealthy. Whether or not you agree with the overwhelming scientific evidence, it's pretty widely acknowledged that a shift to clean energy will also reduce our dependence on oil. Drilling elsewhere can never compete.
2) Coal is the dirtiest form of energy possible. Not even looking at climate effects, its air pollution kills tens of thousands every year and costs billions in health care. http://www.catf.us/publications/…
If you do look at its climate effects, coal burning is one of the biggest single sources of CO2, which means it can't be ignored.4) We CAN afford to put a price on carbon.
Krugman: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/1…3) Methane is a stronger GHG, but it's not nearly as abundant as CO2. If we want fewer cow farts, we need to eat less beef. Simple as that.
- joeth1
No climatologist ever said there aren't natural shifts in temperature. But more than 20 years ago, climate modelers did predict with a great deal of accuracy the warming trend that we see now.
- totally not true, what a bunch of bollock, do you even know how a computer model is made?georgesIII
- you can actually predict any outcome, then pick the one you chose fit for the situation, its a win win situation.georgesIII
- Taking any piece of info you don't like and calling it a bunch of bollock works nicely too.joeth
- 40 years ago they predicted global cooling. That turned out to be super accurate. lolPrototype_a
- joeth1
Climategate: Officially a Fake Scandal
http://motherjones.com/blue-marb…Despite relentless noise from climate skeptics about the so-called "Climategate" email scandal, an independent review released today cleared the scientists involved of wrong-doing.
- the only thing that was fake was the temperature data.Prototype_a
- not if you know what you are talking aboutspifflink
- Anyone who actually read the emails wouldn't be able to defend this junk science.Prototype_a
- joeth1
The Climate Desk
http://theclimatedesk.orgThe Climate Desk is a new journalistic collaboration dedicated to exploring the impact—human, environmental, economic, political—of a changing climate.
The partners are The Atlantic, Center for Investigative Reporting, Grist, Mother Jones, Slate, Wired, and PBS's new public-affairs show Need To Know.
- joeth1
NASA's Global Temperature Quiz
http://climate.nasa.gov/Temperat…How much do you really know?
- lowimpakt0
the climate ministers from the three main political parties in the UK are debating climate change right now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/enviro…
joeth - I think you can put your energy into using this thread showing what the role design plays in this debate - e.g. the adaptation of low carbon technologies into products that make sense to the widest spectrum of users, the role of communication and sustainable behaviour change to the role of designers in making a projection/vision of a more positive future in the context of constrained resources and energy.
- joeth1
Good point, lowimpakt
I just want to make sure people have a basic awareness of the science before they blindly pick sides in the "Do Nothing vs. Do Something" debate. As a designer, I'd always rather create a positive change than let change happen to me...
"The best way to predict the future is to design it."
- Buckminster Fuller
- joeth1
IDEO has an interesting design project going on...
http://livingclimatechange.com/
- joeth1
Bill Gates (Microsoft) & Charles Holliday (DuPont) on innovating energy solutions...
http://www.americanenergyinnovat…This country runs on innovation. The American success story — from Ben Franklin’s bifocals to Thomas Edison’s light bulb to Henry Ford’s assembly line to today’s advanced microprocessors — is all about inventing our future. The companies we ran, Microsoft and DuPont, were successful because they invested deeply in new technologies and new ideas.
But our country is neglecting a field central to our national prospect and security: energy. Although the information technology and pharmaceutical industries spend 5 to 15 percent of their revenue on research and development each year, U.S. companies’ spending on energy R&D has averaged only about one-quarter of 1 percent of revenue over the past 15 years.
And despite talk about the need for “21st-century” energy sources, federal spending on clean energy research – less than $3 billion – is also relatively small. Compare that with roughly $30 billion that the U.S. government annually spends on health research and $80 billion on defense research and development.
- ntimm1
Here in Montreal, summer arrives 1month earlier than 5 years ago and winter is pushed back 1 month. It's great to have 2 extra months of summer, but it's concerning as f**k.
So great plan BP, instead of burning the oil, lets just dump it in the ocean.
- joeth1
We just had the hottest Jan-Apr period on record.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters…
