http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2013/01/14/ideological-discretion-advised Comments On: Ideological Discretion Advised by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Wed, 22 May 2013 10:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Hanging in C.C]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:04:20 -0800 The Stranger
Do we work to mitigate those effects? Do we try to mitigate the damage from those effects?
Posted by clashfan]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:46:52 -0800 The Stranger Posted by DRF]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:27:30 -0800 The Stranger New Orleans is not doomed. It has some challenges, but nothing that can't be remedied if the will is there. On balance, New Orleans is worth keeping for the culture alone.
Posted by SPG]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:01:08 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Bonefish]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:51:48 -0800 The Stranger
We should not be rebuilding, but pulling back. The FEMA dollars should be an investment used to pay people off and let nature take its course in the least disruptive way possible.

It's insane to rebuild any of this shit. And you shouldn't be able to get any kind of insurance. It's just gonna get hammered again and again...


Posted by Zotz]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:21:56 -0800 The Stranger
@9 - DRP "More big storms are on the way, at least for the next few decades."

Feeling especially hopeful today? Riding on extra VitD from all the sunlight yesterday? I somehow doubt that the atmospheric chaos caused by increased CO2 and water vapor --(to say nothing of the extra methane released from the Taiga and Tundra)-- and the warmer-water feedback loop will take merely "a few decades" to sort itself out. Probably more like a few centuries. If that. :/
Posted by treacle]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:45:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Drew2u]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:19:40 -0800 The Stranger http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_…


Posted by Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:11:52 -0800 The Stranger
And on a hope-for-humanity note, the average number of children per woman is down to about five from about eight in the mid-twentieth century. We've taken the lead out of the gas. We might be spewing pollution but we and the international community and the public all know about it and have a consensus that it's not cool. So some things have changed for the better and others have had their foundations laid.

Oh! And the forests in Costa Rica or someplace are growing back because of remittances to farmers' families from relatives living in the U.S.!
Posted by DRF]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:08:16 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Pope Peabrain]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:05:16 -0800 The Stranger According to EPA estimates:

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science…

While the projected rise would be severe, it does not seem to accelerate until after 2030, giving us a comfortable margin of 15 years to reevaluate the models at that time.

For example, while they mention a CAT 5 hurricane, nearly all hurricanes since 2004 turned into tropical storms or depressions when making landfall.

Also, none of the models seem to take into account the greater capacity of the heated atmosphere to store water vapor, or increasing specific humidity.


Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:35:02 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Max Solomon]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:31:46 -0800 The Stranger Posted by SPG]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:24:56 -0800 The Stranger
So much hatred for science.
Posted by Pick1]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:59:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by NateMan]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:46:56 -0800 The Stranger