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Global warming may 'stop', scientists predict

By Charles Clover, Environment Editor
Last Updated: 6:01pm BST 30/04/2008

Global warming will stop until at least 2015 because of natural
variations in the climate, scientists have said.

Researchers studying long-term changes in sea temperatures said they
now expect a "lull" for up to a decade while natural variations in
climate cancel out the increases caused by man-made greenhouse gas
emissions.

Global warming may stop, scientists predict The study predicts the
IPCC's 0.3ºC temperature rise for the next decade may not happen
Melting icebergs: The study predicts the IPCC's 0.3ºC temperature rise
for the next decade may not happen

The average temperature of the sea around Europe and North America is
expected to cool slightly over the decade while the tropical Pacific
remains unchanged.

On Thu, 1 May 2008 15:13:02 +0100 someone who may be Conor
hotmail.com> wrote this:-

I can remember when the Daily Telegraph was a newspaper of record.

The headline is wrong. The scientists predicted that the increase in
temperatures may pause and then continue upwards.

David Hansen spidacom.co.uk> wrote:

Tssk, and terrible news about Shell pulling out of funding the "London
Array', eh? Even e-on are saying that the project is economically
unfeasible.

In article <1ig9rv8.o050pyyp4ka0N%%%%steve%%@malloc.co.uk>, %%steve%%
@malloc.co.uk says...

There are better ways. If you have a lot of wind power then you MUST
have a good backup system. Even in the Hebrides the wind doesn't blow
all the time. Coal is useless, you need 24 hours to bring it up to a
working condition. Gas isn't a lot better. Of course there's always
nukes.....

On Thu, 1 May 2008 16:43:47 +0100 someone who may be Me
tiscali.co.uk> wrote this:-

No matter what forms of generation are involved there must be a good
backup system. UKERC looked into this and their report of 2006 can
be downloaded from
<http://www.ukerc.ac.uk/ResearchProgrammes/TechnologyandPolicyAssessment/TPAIntermittencyReport...>

However, the summary of the findings is that:

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100%% 'back up' for individual renewable sources is unnecessary;
extra capacity will be needed to keep supplies secure, but will be
modest and a small part of the total cost of renewables. It is
possible to work out what is needed and plan accordingly

The output of fossil fuel plant will need to be adjusted more often
to cope with fluctuations in wind output, but any losses this causes
are small compared to overall savings in emissions

Renewable energy, such as wind power, leads to a direct reduction in
CO2 emissions

On Thu, 01 May 2008 17:40:20 +0100 someone who may be David Hansen
spidacom.co.uk> wrote this:-

Ooops.

to keep the lights on for long enough to either sort out the
problem, or re-arrange the system to cover the failure for example
by activating other plant.

On 1 May, 16:02, David Hansen spidacom.co.uk> wrote:

Only when the Times was on strike. Mind you, look at the Times now.

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