fatslob-:O said:
1. Just because there are stronger storms doesn't necessarily mean it will do more damage than having more storms. Where water is distributed is indeed the key but because there is more rain going elsewhere means that there's LESS droughts in that area which would mean that the number of droughts remain approximately the same, not more like you said ...
2. I don't need a source to have a common sense that plumping down over $20000 or more is expensive for just about anyone and people replace their cars every decade now. By the time I get into the work force, I'll have a gas powered car because electric cars still won't be good enough for me ...
Cooling or heating it doesn't matter as long as there is some form of temperature control going on. Cool, so I have to wait for a decade for solar energy to become viable ...
3. Your getting a horrible deal with the Ford Focus EV since it has a rated 76 mile range which is just awful for long distance travel since there's hardly any electric charging stations, congratulations for discouraging me in getting an electric car in the forseeable future ...
I don't care if their scientists or not, what I care about are their cited sources ...
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1. The total number of tropical cyclones is increasing. He was mearly talking about major hurricanes (without actually providing a definition as to what that means). Between 2005 and 2014 there was an average of 15.7 storms a year large enough to be named. That is a significant increase from any recorded time before.
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/NS.jpg
That isn't how water works. If it was, there would always been the same amount of drought. What if the area that gets the extra water already gets a lot of rain? Or what if the area that gets that extra water is...an ocean?
2. How is spending $20,000 or more on an electric car worse than spending the same money on a gas powered car? Especially considering on requires you to buy gas.
The difference between cooling and heating absolutely matters. You can heat a house with any number of energy sources that are inexpensive and eco-friendly. Cooling is more difficult, and cannot be done with as wide an array of energy sources.
Nah, don't worry about it. That article is a year and a half old, and prices have actually fallen faster than they anticipated.
3. and next years model has a 100 mile range. Someone buying a car today, has a pretty good chance of buying an electric car next. Because buy the time they are ready to replace their car, EVs will likely run longer on a single charge than most gas cars do on a tank of fuel.
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601091/heres-why-you-might-be-an-electric-car-owner-a-decade-from-now/
4. That is naive. Having someone try to interpret climate data with no expert knowlege of the field is like having a biologist try to interpret a legal document. We can all see raw data, but without the proper knowlege and expertise we have no way of knowing what it actually means.
The fact of the matter is that climate change is more dangerous than you think it is, and easier to do something about than you think it is.