tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post4526547667334775942..comments2024-03-26T17:03:03.877+00:00Comments on Climate Lessons: Education Scotland's Boilerplate Blethers vs Christopher Monckton's Astute ArithmeticJShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08534451304039918947noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-75440680995761248152012-03-26T14:54:38.271+01:002012-03-26T14:54:38.271+01:00Please let them keep this out the science classes....Please let them keep this out the science classes. There are 100 other parts of the curriculum where they can, and do, feed propaganda. <br /><br />Not only is science is too important a subject to be debased this way but incessant propaganda can be a real turn off for pupils smart enough to recognise it and read other sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-16847391932234863212012-02-10T16:56:47.816+00:002012-02-10T16:56:47.816+00:00Thanks, Derek, good question. The total by 2050 i...Thanks, Derek, good question. The total by 2050 is not inconsistent with various estimates readily found on the internet of global spending of many 10s of trillions of dollars required to reduce CO2 emissions. I've seen them in the range 50 to 100 trillion. But I could not in a quick look find that £1.2 trillion figure for DECC.JShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08534451304039918947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523187630006791166.post-6631445509192277382012-02-09T21:38:30.269+00:002012-02-09T21:38:30.269+00:00I read this with great interest, and it is just th...I read this with great interest, and it is just the sort of calculation that is needed, but one thing puzzled me and that was the figure of £1.2 trillion for the total cost that DECC was committed to spend between 2011 and 2050. The upper estimate that I have seen the government admit to is £405 billion. Even this is an enormous figure, and if there is a larger figure quoted somewhere then I would like to see a reference to it. Mind you when one adds in the cost of lost jobs and the extra cost to all of us for everything we purchase, I think £1.2 trillion is probably an underestimate.Derek Tipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07893712146272196994noreply@blogger.com