I'm not wild about gotcha journalism. But geez I'd love to ask some of the people writing about climate some basic questions. What are total CO2 emissions per year? What percentage is due to the US? To China? To coal? To power generation?
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I wonder if the numbers don't seem scary enough. A 3 °C rise in temperature sounds pretty good to many people!
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Funny: the numbers are typically a worldwide average, AFAIK. Nearly all of the expected temp increase is over land, not ocean. So the land increase is 2x-3x what's reported. Eg 3 degrees may mean closer to 10 degrees. And much more at high latitudes.
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It’s all so complicated. All the stuff you just talked about is only an input into climate change models which are equally (?) complex themselves and it’s not like the other inputs are any easier.
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I'd be interested in a reading list!
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