tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post7815686828250772648..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: New Emissions Data: BAUDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-31744295687649802442012-05-30T16:31:58.020-07:002012-05-30T16:31:58.020-07:00Minor point, but:
"(I really can't stand...Minor point, but:<br /><br />"(I really can't stand this kind of diplomatic dancing that you always see in anything the UN, IEA, etc. put out.)"<br /><br />If you can point to a major international agency that speaks more plainly, then I'd be a little more sympathetic to your view.<br /><br />Old-style communist language was also terrible, but there's a difference between the necessary evil of diplomatic language and the unnecessary evil of Cold War Pravda writings.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301230860904555513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-40157360767741457102012-05-28T06:13:12.381-07:002012-05-28T06:13:12.381-07:00I don't think you're reading that right:
...I don't think you're reading that right:<br /><br />'The 450 Scenario... sets out an energy pathway consistent with a 50% chance of limiting the increase in the average global temperature to 2°C'<br /><br />He's talking in terms of likelihood. Based on the uncertainty of current warming projections following that pathway will give us a 50% chance of stopping short of 2ºC.<br /><br />If we fail to meet the requirements of that pathway it becomes more likely that we would exceed 2ºC.Paul Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15275182941476518621noreply@blogger.com