Comments on: Breaking News: 300 Ideas in 100 Days http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/03/breaking-news-300-ideas-in-100-days/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:55:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jay Alt http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/03/breaking-news-300-ideas-in-100-days/#comment-8283 Jay Alt Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:43:13 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/03/breaking-news-300-ideas-in-100-days/#comment-8283 McKittrick, an economist by trade, proposes an inadequate solution with at least two major flaws. 1) The time lag between CO2 emissions and the temperature increases they drive is around 50 years in most models. So waiting for the temperature response to show up would be closing the bar door decades after the horse is gone. 2) Models projections and actual measurements confirm that climate change produces greater temperature increases in the Arctic, middle amounts at mid-latitudes and the smallest changes in the Tropics. So he has purposely choosing a measure that leads to the least response to the problem. McKittrick, an economist by trade, proposes an inadequate solution with at least two major flaws.

1) The time lag between CO2 emissions and the temperature increases they drive is around 50 years in most models. So waiting for the temperature response to show up would be closing the bar door decades after the horse is gone.

2) Models projections and actual measurements confirm that climate change produces greater temperature increases in the Arctic, middle amounts at mid-latitudes and the smallest changes in the Tropics. So he has purposely choosing a measure that leads to the least response to the problem.

]]> By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/03/breaking-news-300-ideas-in-100-days/#comment-7074 Paul K Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:36:23 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/12/03/breaking-news-300-ideas-in-100-days/#comment-7074 Joe, I wonder if you could comment on this <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1203/p09s02-coop.html?page=1" rel="nofollow">article in the Christian Science Monitor</a>. It proposes a sliding scale for carbon emissions fees based on the mean temperature of the tropical troposphere, which according to models, responds relatively quickly to carbon emissions. Joe,
I wonder if you could comment on this article in the Christian Science Monitor. It proposes a sliding scale for carbon emissions fees based on the mean temperature of the tropical troposphere, which according to models, responds relatively quickly to carbon emissions.

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