tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post6730175327416065895..comments2023-11-19T17:31:49.939+00:00Comments on Bristling Badger: jumbo electricityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-8147359580988604442007-05-29T13:17:00.000+01:002007-05-29T13:17:00.000+01:00I can only think at the moment that there must be ...<I>I can only think at the moment that there must be some standard 'top down' independent guides set up that we all follow in these calculations so that we are all working with the same assumptions.</I><BR/><BR/>Wouldn't that make everything a lot easier? But who produces them? I thought the IPCC, being not one organisation or scientist but a federation of many, was a good place to start until I looked into the radiative forcing thing a bit more.<BR/><BR/>As with any science, we're never at an endpoint and there will always be new discoveries that revise the way we understand things. <BR/><BR/>Which is why, on reflection, I'm more tempted to go with the more recent (and, I'm assured by people who've delved deeper, very rigorous) report from Oxford University.<BR/><BR/>The safest thing I suppose is to go with the most conservative estimate; it will then be uncontroversial. However, that runs the risk of underestimating the impact, which could well be disastrous.merrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10959849087751101034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8441439.post-12201455527081363882007-05-29T08:12:00.000+01:002007-05-29T08:12:00.000+01:00I feel that the achievement of your post was not t...I feel that the achievement of your post was not to shock the reader about how much CO2 that next holiday flight will emmit, but the general confussed and erroneous infomration that is being mixed into the entire discussion on actual emissions.<BR/>If we are all to try to cut our emissions, the place to start is to measure them with a certain degree of accuracy. The 'opportunity cost' of a change of behaviour must always be factored in.<BR/>The hairy issue seems to always be in such calculations, where are the gross errors lying? Is it in the factoring of prevailing winds on each flight? or is it in the efficiency of your home gas heater and your insulation!<BR/>I can only think at the moment that there must be some standard 'top down' independant guides set up that we all follow in these calculations so that we are all working with the same assumptions.<BR/>I would love to hear some feedback on that!<BR/><BR/>CU and thanks for the stimulating calculations!<BR/><BR/>A-https://www.blogger.com/profile/05057926162141385420noreply@blogger.com