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Is an environmental catastrophe on its way? How would you fare in a world where ecological disaster tests the limits of your archery and tent-setting-up skills? Would you be the rugged survivalist, the cannibal or the brainy nerd in the Hawaiian shirt?
Saci Lloyd and Graham Land have fun discussing climate change-induced end of the world scenarios, Gaia theory and the Dark Mountain Project.
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Sorry about your loss of 60 pence. Serves you right for being an obsessive, creepy internet stalker.
As per black carbon/soot, etc, all I was referring to is this:
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/climate_effects.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080323210225.htm
http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/10505/
Argue with the authors of the research and get off my jock.
Graham,
Talking to Saci about her spring trip to Egypt (Note 1) you discussed the Icelandic volcano, saying “Obviously ash and carbon – soot- from these volcanoes It is a kind of a greenhouse gas (Saci’s yes!) and its visible” followed up with more utter nonsense on the subject. For goodness sake stop pretending that you have any understanding of the science behind global climate processes and drivers.
I also paid 60p for a look at a library copy of Saci’s book “The Carbon Diaries 2017”. What a waste of 60p. It’s just as nonsensical as your comments about volcanoes and greenhouse gases. I shall be submitting my review comments to the appropriate blogs.
The best advice that anyone could give the pair of you is stick to pure fiction and stop pretending that you know anything worthwhile about science and the causes of global climate changes.
I’m still researching who is funding this blog. What are you hiding Graham?
NOTES:
1) see http://www.archive.org/details/TheGodsOfTravel
Best regards, Pete Ridley