Reply To: Questions regarding DPF.

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Brian H wrote:
Such “aid” has a proven and totally predictable history of ending up mostly monetized in the pockets of the local Big Man and Friends. Further, it takes many years for such initiatives to reach any sizable portion of the population. Meanwhile, they start dying. Theoretically, at some point the declining surviving population curve meets the slowly rising “delivered aid” curve and things stabilize.

But even such a Machiavellian approach misses the point. The “harm” that was predicted to be done by the CO2 generation prevented was minuscule by comparison with the death its prevention causes.

Not to mention that the “harm” is not just theoretical, but imaginary. Warm periods of recorded and paleo-history have been boom times. Ask the Ice Man, Romans, Vikings, and Medieval Warm Period (and Renaissance) inhabitants.

I don’t actually care which approach or principles Africa wants to use – they are small pocket change compared to developed countries.
Still probably distributing portable devices such as wind-turbines, solar panels or wind-belts should be faster than building a coal powered plant with a distribution, measuring and billing network.

Brian H wrote:
Not to mention that the “harm” is not just theoretical, but imaginary. Warm periods of recorded and paleo-history have been boom times. Ask the Ice Man, Romans, Vikings, and Medieval Warm Period (and Renaissance) inhabitants.

If there is no such thing as global warming there is no need to disprove its effects.
If the historic data is unreliable how do we know what was the climate for Ice Man or others?
Still it is pretty interesting as there a only rainbows and flowers sticking from every statement that is supporting GW.
From my point of view a Cyprus summer is pretty hot ~40c. If you were living here, you might change your mind about wanting a warmer climate.
And btw green-illuminates have faked up some models that predict warming will not be so beneficial for plants, so probably Africa will get more rocky than green if we wont submit our freedoms immediately.