Climate and Weather

I have no problem with a discussion that involves various levels of agreement. It's when armchair scientists spout debunked talking points in response to a perceived liberal left notion, that I get annoyed. The Science shouldn't be a left or right thing. Too often it is...
Itʻs not a left or right thing. Look at the actions before you wallow in the words.
 
Why would I mean that?

Hmmm. Since there's no way there was sufficient dinosaur biomass to create our planetary reserves of oil bearing shales, coal deposits, etc. The carbon comes from unfathomable numbers of little tiny creatures and plants. Unless you've got a way for birds to keep your house warm and cool. Or Nessie in a sheltered cove working a water wheel. But maybe I misunderstood you.
 
Hmmm. Since there's no way there was sufficient dinosaur biomass to create our planetary reserves of oil bearing shales, coal deposits, etc. The carbon comes from unfathomable numbers of little tiny creatures and plants. Unless you've got a way for birds to keep your house warm and cool. Or Nessie in a sheltered cove working a water wheel. But maybe I misunderstood you.

Except for Sinclair Oil.

http://blog.retroplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/Dino_Sinclair_Oil.jpg

http://www.charlesphoenix.com/wp-content/uploads/2004/11/sinclair_gas_station.jpg
 
You will have to clarify what you mean by overall picture. The scientific community is focused on anthropogenic CO2. Its not the absolute numbers so much but the ratio of sources to sinks. The relatively small contribution of atmospheric CO2 from human related activities (compared to global CO2 flux from natural sources) is driving a net increase over what, geologically, is a small period of time. It clearly emerges as the forcing variable in global energy budget modelling, the latest iteration of which is the CMIP5. A complete list of simulations run through CMIP5 leading up to AR5 can be found here. I am also attaching the AR5 carbon cycle graphic that shows net sources and sinks for atmospheric CO2.

http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/docs/Taylor_CMIP5_design.pdf

AR5 is a document intended for the public and, in particular, policy makers. I've heard it said that the summaries are written according to the average time it takes for a legislator to take a dump. I know he's a busy man, but maybe our friend Bernie Sanders will stop by and tell us if that is true.

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I can verify the highlighted text above as true.
Its also a pretty picture.
 
It is good to hear you say so Bernie. Although sometimes I fear the movements of our legislative bowels must be distributed in the manner below.

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Your chart has some disturbing tendencies.
It appears republicans either eat too much cheese, or are actually trying to read the "Affordable Care Act" while on the pot.
I suggest they use it as toilet paper, to speed things up a little.
 
Your chart has some disturbing tendencies.
It appears republicans either eat too much cheese, or are actually trying to read the "Affordable Care Act" while on the pot.
I suggest they use it as toilet paper, to speed things up a little.

Oh, I'm pretty sure is all the saturated fat in the brie. Inhofe's the rightmost point. Hogs the stall for hours. His middle name's not Mountain for nothing you know.
 
Hmmm. Since there's no way there was sufficient dinosaur biomass to create our planetary reserves of oil bearing shales, coal deposits, etc. The carbon comes from unfathomable numbers of little tiny creatures and plants. Unless you've got a way for birds to keep your house warm and cool. Or Nessie in a sheltered cove working a water wheel. But maybe I misunderstood you.

Not at all. I'm okay with "our planetary reserves of oil bearing shales, coal deposits, etc., coming from unfathomable numbers of little tiny creatures and plants. Sounds like a pretty efficient process.
 
… is from page 175 of my great colleague Walter Williams’s 1995 book, Do the Right Thing; specifically, it’s from Walter’s September 1992 op-ed (for which I cannot find a link) “Wealth and Poverty”:

More than anything else, wealth results from a state of mind and a set of values. Government is not a source of wealth. Governments, including ours, are essentially parasitic; they consume and dispose of wealth produced by private individuals.
 
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When I’m in Washington, D.C. I frequently see many dozens of very large buses that pass by my neighborhood with almost no passengers, especially in the evening. When I’m in Minneapolis I frequently drive by the light rail transit system and see trains going by with 4 or 5 empty or nearly-empty cars. Those examples of “mass transit inefficiencies” that have to be very, very costly — 1 person riding on a large bus, and only a handful of passengers riding on 4-5 light rail train cars — seem to be exactly the type of inefficiencies that Uber and Lyft can help address as ride-hailing services help to revolutionize the future of ground transportation and public transit. Just as they out-competed Big Taxi, Uber and Lyft can certainly just as effectively out-compete Big Bus!--Mark Perry
 
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