Cairns Airport flooding - Sun 17th Dec
Luckily for us, scientists can use science to understand the natural world to the extent that it is possible. They have a very good understanding of the role of CO2 in the climate system. You have hand waving, they have science.
Trigger warning! This is from a sceptics’ site:
https://joannenova.com.au/2023/12/the-bom-predicted-a-hot-dry-summer-right-before-the-flooding-rains-came
https://joannenova.com.au/2023/12/the-bom-predicted-a-hot-dry-summer-right-before-the-flooding-rains-came
Last edited by Captain Dart; 29th Dec 2023 at 19:26.
aviation met 101
1. The climate is warming (glaciers and polar ice retreating). Sea levels will rise faster.
2. The rate of evaporation of water to water vapour is increasing.
3. More water vapour in the atmosphere means more precipitation overall, as well as more latent heat release in the atmosphere.
4. In some areas storms will become more violent, and rainfall more intense, so more flooding.
5. Global weather patterns will shift leading to changes in farming viability in many areas.
'Tis happening now and will only get worse.
2. The rate of evaporation of water to water vapour is increasing.
3. More water vapour in the atmosphere means more precipitation overall, as well as more latent heat release in the atmosphere.
4. In some areas storms will become more violent, and rainfall more intense, so more flooding.
5. Global weather patterns will shift leading to changes in farming viability in many areas.
'Tis happening now and will only get worse.
What a load of bollocks.
We cannot draw absolute conclusions from a sliver of historical data when compared to millions of years of actual climatic variation.
The earth has had multiple climatic changes over its history, some warming, some cooling, it’s what the earth does.
I am all for reducing pollution and human impact - up to a point - but our (as in Australia) contribution to “climate change” is 2/10ths of 5/8ths of bugger all.
China is adding more coal fired power stations in a year than we have in total, and we think that shutting down coal and gas fired base load is saving the planet? It is just driving us into economic ruin.
We should be investing in SMR nuclear and using that technology to replace traditional carbon based base load generation, not using batteries (which are dirty from an environmental perspective, or wind and solar which is unpredictable and unreliable.
We cannot draw absolute conclusions from a sliver of historical data when compared to millions of years of actual climatic variation.
The earth has had multiple climatic changes over its history, some warming, some cooling, it’s what the earth does.
I am all for reducing pollution and human impact - up to a point - but our (as in Australia) contribution to “climate change” is 2/10ths of 5/8ths of bugger all.
China is adding more coal fired power stations in a year than we have in total, and we think that shutting down coal and gas fired base load is saving the planet? It is just driving us into economic ruin.
We should be investing in SMR nuclear and using that technology to replace traditional carbon based base load generation, not using batteries (which are dirty from an environmental perspective, or wind and solar which is unpredictable and unreliable.
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Interesting to see in the Uk storms wind turbines throwing blades. That country has also said and is now right into it that the best form of co2 free power is nuclear.
Idiotic ideologues like BlackoutBowen will destroy the country to “save” it, enrich China, and send Oz broke.
And after 20 years all the solar panels will need burying and replacing further enriching China.
SMR good for 60 years with reliable baseload power which you can’t get from the ‘unreliables’
This country needs energy security and stability for manufacturing. Then we can make things for our own security.
Like drones and rocketry.
Idiotic ideologues like BlackoutBowen will destroy the country to “save” it, enrich China, and send Oz broke.
And after 20 years all the solar panels will need burying and replacing further enriching China.
SMR good for 60 years with reliable baseload power which you can’t get from the ‘unreliables’
This country needs energy security and stability for manufacturing. Then we can make things for our own security.
Like drones and rocketry.
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Meanwhile the floodwaters have drained away from Cairns Airport. Nothing further to see there.
And hopefully not too much silt in Hectors brakes and he’ll soon get the hell out of there.
And hopefully not too much silt in Hectors brakes and he’ll soon get the hell out of there.
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