Post by marchesarosa on Sept 12, 2010 19:47:44 GMT 1
There’s an interesting discussion about the potential opportunity costs of forced technological innovation to tackle “climate change”. (This refers to research into “clean” technologies”.)
The IPCC claims induced technological innovation will reduce mitigation costs, i.e the cost of CO2 emissions reduction. Others disagree.
The main point is that the last IPCC report INSISTED that there was a “consensus” in research findings that induced technological innovation WOULD DEFINITELY reduce the social/economic costs of reducing fossil fuel CO2 emissions. This is misrepresentation, according to Richard Tol.
“Along with Judith Curry, Richard Tol is another IPCC insider who has decided that the truth is more important than the Consensus. Tol, like Curry, is no sceptic, but both are clearly provoked by the climate Establishment's misrepresentations”.
Read about the argument here:
klimazwiebel.blogspot.com/2010/09/richard-tol-challenges-assertion-by.html
Richard Tol also criticised the IPCC process in his submission to the recent InterAcademies Council review of the IPCC system. You can read more of his criticisms of the IPCC here.
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/03/summary-of-richard-tols-look-at-ipcc.html
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/03/bias-in-ipcc-ar4-wg-iii-guest-post-by.html
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/05/richard-tols-draft-submission-to-iac.html
NB Helen et al. These are not the views of people you dismiss as mere “bloggers”. These are the views of an IPCC insider who has found no other avenue to make his views heard.
Hans von Storch also involved. Anyone who speaks German should look here, too
www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1129600/Neues-vom-IPCC#/beitrag/video/1129600/Neues-vom-IPCC
If anyone can offer a translation of von Storch's comments please do so!
The IPCC claims induced technological innovation will reduce mitigation costs, i.e the cost of CO2 emissions reduction. Others disagree.
The main point is that the last IPCC report INSISTED that there was a “consensus” in research findings that induced technological innovation WOULD DEFINITELY reduce the social/economic costs of reducing fossil fuel CO2 emissions. This is misrepresentation, according to Richard Tol.
“Along with Judith Curry, Richard Tol is another IPCC insider who has decided that the truth is more important than the Consensus. Tol, like Curry, is no sceptic, but both are clearly provoked by the climate Establishment's misrepresentations”.
Read about the argument here:
klimazwiebel.blogspot.com/2010/09/richard-tol-challenges-assertion-by.html
Richard Tol also criticised the IPCC process in his submission to the recent InterAcademies Council review of the IPCC system. You can read more of his criticisms of the IPCC here.
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/03/summary-of-richard-tols-look-at-ipcc.html
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/03/bias-in-ipcc-ar4-wg-iii-guest-post-by.html
rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2010/05/richard-tols-draft-submission-to-iac.html
NB Helen et al. These are not the views of people you dismiss as mere “bloggers”. These are the views of an IPCC insider who has found no other avenue to make his views heard.
Hans von Storch also involved. Anyone who speaks German should look here, too
www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1129600/Neues-vom-IPCC#/beitrag/video/1129600/Neues-vom-IPCC
If anyone can offer a translation of von Storch's comments please do so!
