Comments on: Climate Forecast: Hot — and then Very Hot http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/15/climate-forecast-hot-and-then-very-hot/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/15/climate-forecast-hot-and-then-very-hot/#comment-5103 Paul K Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:14:36 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/15/climate-forecast-hot-and-then-very-hot/#comment-5103 Joe, I've spent the last few days reading your entire blog from its start last August to the present. A post about Kerry Emanuel from MIT led me to <a href="http://bostonreview.net/BR32.1/emanuel.html" rel="nofollow">this article</a> in the Boston Review which is the best explanation of AGW for the layman I've found. In one of your first posts, you wrote: "We have the technologies available to avoid the worst of global warming." As ClimateProgress enters its second year, would you consider a greater emphasis on technologies and efficiencies - perhaps, a page dedicated to practical micro and macro solutions. About trees. You recently pointed out the ineffectiveness of trees as a carbon offset. Yesterday, I rented a car from Enterprise and got a brochure touting their offset program to plant 15 million trees. I had to bite my tongue, aware that the young rental agent isn't in charge of company carbon policy. I wonder how many solar PV cells could be provided to schools or hospitals for the cost of the tree program. Of course, if all those trees were planted in cities, it's a different story. I'll quote another of your previous posts. "A program to cool cities with shade trees (and light-colored roofs) is not only a low-cost way to mitigate global warming, it is a very cost-effective way to adapt to global warming, since it lowers urban temperatures." Joe,
I’ve spent the last few days reading your entire blog from its start last August to the present. A post about Kerry Emanuel from MIT led me to this article in the Boston Review which is the best explanation of AGW for the layman I’ve found.

In one of your first posts, you wrote: “We have the technologies available to avoid the worst of global warming.” As ClimateProgress enters its second year, would you consider a greater emphasis on technologies and efficiencies - perhaps, a page dedicated to practical micro and macro solutions.

About trees. You recently pointed out the ineffectiveness of trees as a carbon offset. Yesterday, I rented a car from Enterprise and got a brochure touting their offset program to plant 15 million trees. I had to bite my tongue, aware that the young rental agent isn’t in charge of company carbon policy. I wonder how many solar PV cells could be provided to schools or hospitals for the cost of the tree program. Of course, if all those trees were planted in cities, it’s a different story. I’ll quote another of your previous posts. “A program to cool cities with shade trees (and light-colored roofs) is not only a low-cost way to mitigate global warming, it is a very cost-effective way to adapt to global warming, since it lowers urban temperatures.”

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/15/climate-forecast-hot-and-then-very-hot/#comment-5104 Joe Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:11:07 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/15/climate-forecast-hot-and-then-very-hot/#comment-5104 The entire blog! You deserve a prize. I wondered who was driving up my "average visit duration" stats. I do plan to blog more on solutions -- but I keep getting sidetracked debunking all the bad information out there. I'm hoping to add some columnists on some of the solutions. More on that shortly. Do read “The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity” for the best book on the technologies (though I'd urge you to read my book for in-depth discussions on efficiency). The entire blog! You deserve a prize. I wondered who was driving up my “average visit duration” stats. I do plan to blog more on solutions — but I keep getting sidetracked debunking all the bad information out there. I’m hoping to add some columnists on some of the solutions. More on that shortly.

Do read “The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity” for the best book on the technologies (though I’d urge you to read my book for in-depth discussions on efficiency).

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