Our Latest Global Warming Scare
by Richard A. Epstein
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Average annual temperature of NYC is 55.3 degrees Fahrenheit
Average annual temperature of Boston is 51.7 degrees Fahrenheit
NYC, which is about 200 miles from Boston is 3.6 degrees warmer than Boston on average.
According to NASA satellite measurements, the earth is warming at the rate of 0.13 degrees Celsius per decade, or 0.23 degrees Fahrenheit.
Divide 3.6 by 0.23 and you learn that Boston is projected to be as warm as NYC in 15.7 decades, or 157 years.
No one knows if temperatures will continue as they are going, but if they do, assuming uniform change, in 157 years Boston will be as warm as NYC is currently. Would that be a sky-falling catastrophe?
WilliamFleming
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Oct 18, 2018
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@Veteran229 Good Point. It might be more meaningful to look at the average temperatures of entire states. That’ll be my next project.
A law professor spouts anti-science on a conservative think tank that is allegedly funded by Chrysler, Ford, GM and Exxon (among other). Who would have thought?
Dietl
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Oct 18, 2018
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