UK energy future

[LucidDementia]

According to you climate change is not a big enough problem for anything serious to be done about it. It is simply a concept that can be used to manipulate people into following your will

But it's a big enough problem to start wars.

[BlasterBates]

Yes, the drought seems to be over. That will help.

Syria regularly has droughts, it's in the Middle East eg the 1990's.

Wheat production has been at record production since the 1990's and in any case Agriculture is only 16% of Syria's economy.

I'm afraid these arguments that climate change caused the uprising don't really add up.

There isn't an uprising because wheat production is "slightly down" on the bumper harvests of the early 2000's.

[DodgyAgent]

Of course hitler emerged because of climate change Flashback 1941: Scientist claimed Global Warming Caused Hitler – Warmer temps ‘may produce a trend toward dictatorial govts’ – ‘People are more docile & easily led in warm weather’ | Climate Depot

[EternalOptimist]

If a migrating bird stopped to sharpen it's beak on Stonehenge, then flew south, then his descendants did the same,
Stonehenge would be ground to sand before the Greenland ice melted. And that's according to the IPCC figures

[DodgyAgent]

It is obviously the heat that brings out all the nutters - though Australia seems to have got off lightly . I suggest that we send all the climate change zealots off to live on Pluto where they can enjoy a heat free existence

[LucidDementia]

I feel a meaningless graph coming on....

[pjclarke]

Syria regularly has droughts, it's in the Middle East eg the 1990's.

Wheat production has been at record production since the 1990's and in any case Agriculture is only 16% of Syria's economy.

I'm afraid these arguments that climate change caused the uprising don't really add up.

There isn't an uprising because wheat production is "slightly down" on the bumper harvests of the early 2000's.

It was the worst drought on record, 1.5m people lost their livelihoods, many of them were forced to emigrate to the cities.

YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY

[EternalOptimist]

It was the worst drought on record, 1.5m people lost their livelihoods, many of them were forced to emigrate to the cities.

YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY

pj, there is a thread of yours, from a few years ago, that you have not edited. Please sort that out right now.

[DodgyAgent]

It was the worst drought on record, 1.5m people lost their livelihoods, many of them were forced to emigrate to the cities.

YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY

That's weather for you

[pjclarke]

If a migrating bird stopped to sharpen it's beak on Stonehenge, then flew south, then his descendants did the same,
Stonehenge would be ground to sand before the Greenland ice melted. And that's according to the IPCC figures

Indeed, however London would be inundated rather earlier.

Eight out of the ten largest cities are coastal.