Comments on: Nobel laureate Rowland agrees with Climate Progress

By: Jim Pier

Jim Pier — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:05:16 +0000

If Malthusianism were a religion, would Climate Progress be the Vatican?

By: Chris Winter

Chris Winter — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:13:00 +0000

From the story above:

My second question was, what will that look like?

“I have no idea,” Dr. Rowland said. He was not smiling.

It’s necessary to read between the lines on this. Of course, interpretations may vary. But mine is that Dr. Rowland had a pretty good idea of “what that would look like.” Also that Andrew Revkin’s last sentence means to imply a grim expression on Dr. Rowland’s face.

I surmise that Dr. Rowland passed on giving details because a) he had no relevant research on the topic, and b) he didn’t wish to be labeled a fearmonger.

By: key ödemeleri

key ödemeleri — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:10:38 +0000

Of course, if this does not happen too soon

By: sohbet

sohbet — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:10:08 +0000

That’s nonsense! Virtually all of the combustible organic matter on the surface of the is mostly water!

By: Nylo

Nylo — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:10:15 +0000

I just did, Tom. The terms “CO2″ and “warming” do not appear in the whole text, which by the way isn’t the interview but his autobiography. The term “carbon” only appears inside the terms “chlorofluorocarbon” and “carbon-14″.

As for the other link “here” in Joe’s post, the only mention that the Nobel Prize does about the consecuences of the increase to 1000 ppm is “I have no idea”. Recommendations on what to do to reduce emissions were said by Steven Chu and not by Rowland. And Steven Chu also doesn’t speak about the specific consecuences of reaching 1000 ppm.

By: Tom G

Tom G — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:33:31 +0000

I suggest Nylo follow Joe’s “F. Sherwood Rowland” link and watch the interview there.
Halfway through you will find Dr Rowland’s opinion on CO2 reduction.
The whole interview is very interesting…well worth the 20 minutes spent…

By: Nylo

Nylo — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:18:08 +0000

I’m happy that a sentence like “I have no idea” means “I agree with Climate Progress”.

[JR: That would be funny if it weren't so lame. You can do better, I thought.]

By: Tom G

Tom G — Sat, 31 May 2008 22:10:45 +0000

What did Dr Rowland really say?
If he wasn’t concerned he would have said so…and smiled…

By: Harold Pierce Jr

Harold Pierce Jr — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:35:17 +0000

ATTN: curious

That’s nonsense! Virtually all of the combustible organic matter on the surface of the is mostly water!

By: Eli Rabett

Eli Rabett — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:15:05 +0000

Curious, you want to search for stuff by Ralph Keeling (Charles Keeling’s son) who specializes in finding the relationship between CO2 and O2. That, at least, is not a problem, but the work is very important in closing the circle on the carbon cycle.