Scientists Warn of Possible Accelerated Climate Shift and Megastorms

[Electric700]

A good opportunity to strengthen Tesla's case and that of EVs in general along with alternative energy sources such as solar, wind and hydro power has come. New articles were just released warning of a possible catastrophic climate shift within the next few decades. More here:

Scientists warn of perilous climate shift and violent megastorms within decades — not centuries

And here:

The scientist who first warned of climate change says it’s much worse than we thought

 

[Vitold]

Actually, if there will be violent megastorms than perhaps going solar and/or wind power is not the right way to go.

 

[nwdiver]

Actually, if there will be violent megastorms than perhaps going solar and/or wind power is not the right way to go.

?? Why? It's easier to pick up the pieces of a wind farm than recover from a nuclear plant that just got swamped by a storm surge or flooding...

A co-worker tried to use the Greensburg tornado as a reason why solar was a bad idea; 'It would have just destroyed all their generation'.... yeah... but most arrays are rated to ~140mph winds... so if the array gets wiped out odds are the house is too... your generation is gone but so is your consumption... on the flip side if an F5 tornado hit a nuclear plant you just lost a big chunk of production but all your consumption is still intact. The reactor building is hardened and would survive but not the turbine building... that reactor would be offline for months or years.

 

[WATTS-UP]

One other point megastorm's don't come along every day.

 

[Electric700]

?? Why? It's easier to pick up the pieces of a wind farm than recover from a nuclear plant that just got swamped by a storm surge or flooding...

A co-worker tried to use the Greensburg tornado as a reason why solar was a bad idea; 'It would have just destroyed all their generation'.... yeah... but most arrays are rated to ~140mph winds... so if the array gets wiped out odds are the house is too... your generation is gone but so is your consumption... on the flip side if an F5 tornado hit a nuclear plant you just lost a big chunk of production but all your consumption is still intact. The reactor building is hardened and would survive but not the turbine building... that reactor would be offline for months or years.

Very good points.

 

[omgwtfbyobbq]

I've seen a blog post or two positing the existence of a substantial amount of water under large Antarctic glaciers.

NASA’s Antarctic Interpretational Error

I think the gist is that if those melt, we'll see ~5-10M of sea level rise. Hansen has suggested similar.

Climate Code Red: Hansen says "It's crazy to think that 2 degrees Celsius is safe limit"