[Bored chemist]

"Are you entirely unaware ALL fossil fuels were generated from the earths very own generously productive climate?"
I'm aware of that, and of the time scale during which they were made. I'm, also aware of the time sscle over which we are burning them.

"In fact, we are now in a climate optimum. "
Would you like to explain the benfits of this warming to the people of, for example, Tuvalu or Bangladesh?

[ukmicky]

nixie

Further, your other chart shows significant changes since 1850. Well DUH. The Little Ice Age ended at about that time. The previous couple of centuries were cold as hell. The Thames and Delaware rivers routinely froze over. Subsequent warming was a welcome change.

This stuff is really not all that difficult. I will ask you one question. Was Britain as war or warmer in Roman times then it is now?  This is a very very easy question.....

I hear it was the perfect time to enjoy a fine bottle of wine, made from home grown grapes.

[ukmicky]

"In fact, we are now in a climate optimum. "
Would you like to explain the benfits of this warming to the people of, for example, Tuvalu or Bangladesh?

You cant blame people for living in these places as you live where you are born but Low lying land is subject to problems with flooding.


Bangladesh is a giant natural flood plain which has suffered from adverse weather and flooding all through its history.

Bangladesh gets what you would expect it to get and would still get it even if humans did not inhabit the earth.

[litespeed (OP)]

ukmicky & bored  "Would you like to explain the benfits of this warming to the people of, for example, Tuvalu or Bangladesh?"  You fail to mention The Maldives. You know, the scuba guy in the Copenhagen fish tank.

I have decide to try my best to be civil. Accordingly, instead of chastizing you for not researching sea levels, I will simply provide you with the URL on this matter:

"By the end of this century, sea level may have risen by between 30cm and 50cm according to the various IPCC scenarios. Our records suggest a maximum of 20cm. Neither of those levels would pose any real problem — simply a return to the situation in the 17th and the 19th to early 20th centuries, respectively."  http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5595813/why-the-maldives-arent-sinking.thtml

Really, it is not that difficult to google: "Sea Level History" and come up with all sorts of interesting and often contradictory data.  With all due respect, what are your findings on sea level changes, and from what sources have you found them?

uk: I can't make a drinkable wine. However, I have made dark beer that is better then Guiness but not as good as Siera Nevada Stout. It is just a matter of economics really. Wine is an art, but beer is a craft.  If you are interested I will try to resurect my Stout Formula.  At this very moment I am fermenting molasses beer at a ratio of one part molasses and five parts water. To this I have simply added half a packet of bread yeast.

It has no malt, barley or hops. Accordingly, I anticipate something rather simple. Perhaps paletable.  Distill the stuff and you get Rum! Boutique distilleries have become a major hobby in the US.  I don't know if they are legal, but they do not sell their product.

Incidentally, having lived in the Southern Appalachian Mountains I have had access to a variety of Moon Shine.  Most of it is to gag you with a spoon.  However, I had access to one gallon of yellow brew that I would place on the same saloon shelf as Single Malt Scotch and Bourbon. $32 a gallon. What a bargain.  Hard to even believe. Further, impossible to re-acquire. 

Phantom mists in the smoky mountains, never to be seen again. More's the pitty!