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Hi Mrs Bucket!
IPCC does not itself assess sea level, but reports the work of others, including that of my colleagues here at University of Colorado: sealevel.colorado.edu
Whether or not sea level is a big or small problem, we should probably be able to agree that seas have been rising
But if not, that is OK also - agreeing to disagree is fine by me
Hi Mrs Bucket!
IPCC does not itself assess sea level, but reports the work of others, including that of my colleagues here at University of Colorado: https://sealevel.colorado.edu/
Whether or not sea level is a big or small problem, we should probably be able to agree that seas have been rising
But if not, that is OK also - agreeing to disagree is fine by me
Yes, sea levels are rising but it's linear, microscopic and nothing to do with changing climate. Not even worth a tweet. How about a study of all fuels burned worldwide for the past 150 years and how the simple heat generated has added to the world's overall temperature? A quick google 'it's likely that there are anywhere between 7,782 and 8,755 commercial planes in the air on average at any given time' - now how much heat are they generating 365 days a year, decade after decade, and car engine, trucks, ships, homes, offices, factories etc. NO ONE ever asks these simple questions. And how much heat is generated by the US munitions industry and the pointless, disgusting war in Ukraine?
The heat of burning all fossil fuels, biomass & uranium is trivial compared to the solar heating of the Earth. It may have some local effect on "heat islands" i.e. cities. GHG emissions by humans cause far more heating of the Earth, although it is debatable how important that is or even if it is overall for the better.
The hysteria around the 'greenhouse gas' of CO2 is fooling millions. The effect of human generated CO2 is a tiny fraction of earth's main greenhouse gas: water vapour. And man made CO2 is a tiny fraction of naturally occurring CO2. Rises in the earth's temperature from the sun generates is what creates more CO2- and the big lie is that CO2 causes warming, it's the other way around. And if warming from trains/planes/automobiles and industry was so small, why are cities notably warmer...and affecting urban temperature readings that so many climate alarmists fall for? Temperature gauges sited downwind of airports are being used to massage fake increases in world temperatures. The whole thing is a massive hoax benefitting China.
As I stated, the GHG effect of CO2 is debatable, however to the extent it does exist it is still far, far more significant than the heat released by our fossil/nuclear energy supply.
And as I also stated, you will get an urban heat island effect from fossil burning, but that is a trivial portion of the Earth's surface area. Average solar power absorbed by the Earth's surface & atmosphere is 120 petawatts. Average human power consumption is 18 terawatts. Or 6700X less than solar.
If you guys would like to discuss carbon dioxide and climate, thatтАЩs fine, but IтАЩd ask that you do at this thread https://rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/how-carbon-dioxide-emissions-change
And leave this one for landification
Thanks!