I’d say, based on my small sampling, that global climate change is a given in the general population.

Several months back a Gallup poll found only 10% of the population to be in active denial. I’d bet that number to be much smaller now. Even starting to approach the percentage of the population that is clinically mentally “not attached to reality”.

In other words, a typical disagreer.

It looks like Easterbrook is using his “experience” in predicting lower solar activity, and apparently simply copied the last cool PDO segement on the chart, pasted it on the end, and called it his prediction with no regard as to the overlay effect of increased CO2. I recently followed a GW thread on CommonDreams, and there was no convincing a well versed skeptic.

Senator Imhofe compounds this with publishing these opinions as part of his commitee reports, making them “accepted” expert opinions.

So we have dueling sets of opinions, and don’t be surprised if Imhofes’ Republicans and the pundits fight tooth and nail until the GW signal is more apparent. If Hansen’s models are corrrct, it won’t take long.

even to call us a virus or cancer, that criticism is informed by our own spin on what’s good and bad in biophysical affairs. we hate disease outbreaks or preventable illness because they cause us pain and they damage our social networks and hierarchies but we welcome viral cures for critters we think are pests. we even inject ourselves with viruses to cure other viruses.

actually i think that ice age thing is important. greatness was thrust upon us. thousands of years later, from a start somewhere near extinction, we’re stripping ourselves of the opportunity and crown because we are uncontrollably ferocious and not smart enough to see that chasing heaven leaves earth barren.

I have to agree with you. We are, however, a big part of Gaia and have to do our part.

The world has a fever and things are going to get worse for us. A ridding/reducing of the ‘virus’ .

These 90 % vote their leaders only to get better next four years for themselves.

The first thing must be to educate people to understand the function of CO2 in the atmosphere.

http://www.columbia.edu/ ~jeh1/ mailings/ 20080804_TripReport.pdf

written after his meeting with government officials in Germany and the UK, including this German government science advisor John Schellnhuber the post above is about, concludes that all these types in Germany and the UK are deluding themselves as they continue on with their massive non carbon capturing coal fired electrical generating plant building program. Hansen refers to a “sobering self-deception….” he saw in a letter from an official in the UK, and he said the delusion was “almost identical to that of German Minister Gabriel”.

pay for itself

if the cost of growing and collecting biomass at a digester is below about $65 per tonne!

Even better, if the price of natural gas goes back up, the whole operation will actually make money. (My study size turns ought to involve tens of billions of dollars.) That thought of potential profit ought to be incentive enough to get this started.

I’m about ready to start re-writing the first draft of the white paper on this variation of enhanced mineral weathering.

If we’re crossing tipping points, while we burn rain forests and coal, then realistically there is no turning back. Worldwide human activity is impossible to steer. Environmentalists will not be given the controls. They will never get more than a few useless bones thrown to them by a political system that is fragmented and totally self indulgent.

The only hope for the climate is that it self regulates and that we’re just too small to affect it much.