| Debate in TV show Agenda on climate change |
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Höglund is obviously correct in that statement that there is a heated debate going on in the blogosphere. Unfortunately, Höglund believes that the debate is more important than taking action against climate change. She says that it is important to constantly present a 50/50 amount of arguments from both views, as if the views of commentators are more important than the scientific findings. It was quite amusing to hear that she denied that 97% of the scientific community agrees with the statement that humans play a role in the climate change, she did so by saying that she had heard from "hundreds of scientists" who do not agree. Talk about comapring apples to oranges.I have heard about people who believe in superstition. So every time someone says that it is harmless to smash a mirror on TV we must immediately present someone else as well who believes in superstition and let them present their view? Are we not past such behaviour? Pontus was calm, objective and neatly explained why there is less of a debate these days in media. Discussions were heated in TV until the Stern Review and the IPCC report were released. A major effort is required by companies and nations to avoid the - still very probable - scenarios become a reality. I think it is time we stop listening to those who happen to yell the loudest, and instead listen to those that summarize research conducted on climate change. It is as Pontus said, very easy to rely on the sceptics who say that it will go well, we do not have to change anything. For me, that leaves our destiny in the hands of the dices. There is a risk, no one can say that there is no risk - not even the sceptics, but they bet their future on groundless faith, not on scientific research. Guesses are often just what these sceptics rely on. Lars Bern, former CEO of Ångpanneföreningen who was interviewed a little too much in my view said in Agenda: I don't think we need to worry about climate change.Regarding my future, I choose not to trust those who guess, but those who as far as possible find out how things fit together. The answers are in the scientific community - not in the blogosphere. Maggie Thauersköld was also interviewed, she is often seen in media as well, even though she has no training in the field of climate change. Stockholmsinitiativet says it will open to critical scrutiny to stop the damage our green shift means for the economy. They seem to completely ignore the risks that exist to continue business as usual. En artikel i SvD av Stockholmsinitiativet angående "Tro inte på klimatprofeten Gore" visar vilka metoder och ordalag skeptikerna använder: IPCC:s olika scenarier för hur jordens temperatur och klimat kommer att förändras i framtiden är gripna ur klimatdatamodellernas tunna luft och saknar stöd i verifierbar vetenskap. Framtidsscenarion är naturligtvis omöjliga att säga med 100% säkerhet att de kommer att inträffa. I synnerhet eftersom människans agerande är en faktor, vad vi gör de närmsta 30 åren har stor inverkan. Det är fullständigt möjligt att se att en ökad halt av växthusgaser i ett slutet system höjer temperaturen. Detta kan verifieras mycket enkelt i labb. En annan felaktighet är påståendet att havsnivån stiger på grund av smältande inlandsisar. I själva verket är Arktis och Antarktis isar sammantaget opåverkade och havsytans höjning har varit försumbar det senaste decenniet. Arktis klimat har förändrats snabbare och blivit varmare än klimatmodellerna förutsett. De modeller som pekar på katastrofscenarion som Stockholmsinitiativet inte oroar sig för. Politikernas främsta uppgift borde vara att bortse från sin prestige, visa ledarskap och vrida kurvorna åt rätt håll genom att ompröva klimatpolitiken. Detsamma gäller såklart Stockholmsinitiativet. Bevisa era extraordinära påståenden som går emot forskarvärldens rapporter och gängse accepterad bild. Att koldioxidkurvan pekar uppåt och ekonomin pekar neråt är de flesta överens om (vart temperaturkurvan pekar är mer oklart då temperaturerna legat still eller sjunkit något under de senaste tio åren). Dessa data har jag inte sett någonstans. Inte heller någon egentlig studie på att det finns någon korrelation mellan ekonomi och koldioxid. Jag har hört flera historierom företag som fått ut mer vinst genom att minska sina koldioxidutsläpp. Dessutom rankas 2008 bland de tio varmaste åren sedan 1880. Samtliga år under 2000-talet finns med på tio-i-topp-listan förutom år 2000. Den enda kurva som vi emellertid både bör och kan påverka är ekonomikurvan, vilket kräver politiska åtgärder som gör att investeringar avseende infrastruktur och energiproduktion åter kommer igång. En stark ekonomi är bra för både Sverige och miljön. Som vanligt inga som helst bevis och ett extraordinärt påstående. Det finns fina politiska åtgärder vi kan ta som är bra både för infrastruktur och miljö. Vad sägs om dubbelspårigt höghastighetståg mellan våra största städer? Comments
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