tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post3651455305003589637..comments2023-07-23T17:04:05.956+02:00Comments on The frog that jumped out: Climate change for engineersUgo Bardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231859786466899924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-89462635427285350092014-03-09T10:23:20.422+01:002014-03-09T10:23:20.422+01:00Thanks Ugo, that was a brilliant and very thoughtf...Thanks Ugo, that was a brilliant and very thoughtful response. I hope the engineers you were talking to appreciated it, as I certainly did.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00371314706811756465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-17764462013444233332014-03-04T10:57:57.784+01:002014-03-04T10:57:57.784+01:00Well, yes. We are reduced to hope that the global ...Well, yes. We are reduced to hope that the global financial system crashes - otherwise we are cooked. But, in my modest opinion, there is not much to be gained in being aggressive towards people who deny, or simply doubt. It means forcing them to deny and doubt even more. Really, there is no solution to the conondrum - humans haven't evolved to understand certain things. Ugo Bardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231859786466899924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-43813427591779425612014-03-03T22:51:25.799+01:002014-03-03T22:51:25.799+01:00Ugo - you really are very gentle on those pushing ...Ugo - you really are very gentle on those pushing denialist memes. I wonder how bad things must get for more critical statements to be seen in your view as being functionally useful ?<br /><br />With regard to your colleague still churning out the ASPO delusion that we lack the geology to seriously affect the climate, I wonder if you may find some amusement in asking his view on the GtC available from the two unconventional sources still awaiting mass exploitation. <br /><br />First, from the tried and tested technology of Underground Coal Gasification, now being advanced in Canada, Australia. Russia, China, S Africa, etc, whereby the world's total un-minable coal reserves are brought into accessible status by bringing them to the surface as very hot hydro-carbon gasses plus CO2 and a swathe of noxious combustion products.<br /><br />Second, from the current technology development of methane hydrates' exploitation, which is already ongoing on the Tibetan Plateau where a reserve reportedly able to supply China's present gas usage for 80 years is being tapped, as well as the rather substantial seabed resources whose extraction is being researched by China, Japan, India, USA and others.<br /><br />Given just how well established Gas-to-Oil technology is (we had a coppice wood to syngas to methanol plant in the Forest of Dean from 1915 to 1975) it seems pretty obvious that, in the absence of commensurate global climate legislation, enough unconventional gas will be converted to oil annually to avoid an untenable global oil price occurring. In view of this rather predictable scenario, perhaps ASPO should consider a re-launch under the title "Association for the Study of Synfuels' Replacement of Oil Technology and Supply [ASSROTS] ?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />LewisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-8286322748894097462014-03-02T23:29:09.664+01:002014-03-02T23:29:09.664+01:00Whoops..... my bad. Thanks!Whoops..... my bad. Thanks!Ugo Bardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18231859786466899924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-59872009406698084182014-03-02T22:23:45.296+01:002014-03-02T22:23:45.296+01:00Carbon monoxide a plant food?? Surely you meant ca...Carbon monoxide a plant food?? Surely you meant carbon dioxide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-27764787470886952502014-03-02T20:11:51.140+01:002014-03-02T20:11:51.140+01:00As an engineer, I agree with Ugo.
We should consid...As an engineer, I agree with Ugo.<br />We should consider the 99% uncertainty interval, and then consider the worst case.<br />So, nobody will get hurted.<br />PB<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com