James Hofmann

Some of the main takeaways from my writings: 1) climate change is real and not a hoax 2) the climate over the last 1M years is remarkably unstable with glacial and interglacial ossicliations due to minor orbital forcing and low CO2 3) there is no global temperature and CO2s role in regulating atmospheric temperature is significantly overstated 4) climate models are gross oversimplifications of the coupled, nonlinear chaotic climate system and do not capture the complexity of the system 5) catastrophic events have not trended up with the current 1.1C of warming and there is no indication that they will with the next 1C of warming. 6) a gradual replacing of fossil fuels is inevitable as they are finite and do cause combustion related pollutants to enter the atmosphere 7) solar and wind will never be able to provide reliable base load power without significant habitat and species loss due to the amount of land required 8) Catastrophizing of weather events is causing significant decline in mental health and driving anxiety in young people 9) Reducing access to fossil fuels for developing countries will keep large parts of the population in abject poverty for significantly longer than necessary Let me know what you think and thank you for all the support I have received. #climate #energy