Opera tribute not too inconvenient for Gore

[aphar]

http://music.guardian.co.uk/classical/story/0,,2283007,00.html

The legendary La Scala opera house in Milan has commissioned a full-length work to be based on [Gore's] book, An Inconvenient Truth, and the Oscar-winning documentary of the same title. ... La Scala's artistic director, Stephane Lissner, told a press conference the new opera had been commissioned from an Italian composer, Giorgio Battistelli. He said it would be staged in 2011.

Some people never learn. In 3 years, chances are the main issue will be global cooling, not global warming, so the opera would have to be rewritten...

Comments

[aphar.livejournal.com]

we can't really predict tomorrow's weather, only make probabilistic assertions that on 90 of 100 similar days in the past, it rained
that's not how the weather is predicted!!!
instead, the atmospheric currents are modeled, using satellite imagery and many ground sensors.

But when we hear this, you and I take an umbrella, right?
taking an umbrella is

1. cheap


2. brings guaranteed positive results

the GW politicians want us to take extremely expensive and disruptive measures which are guaranteed NOT to bring any positive results because it will be only us, not China, India or Russia, who will be making the sacrifices.
China will be the biggest polluter and CO2 emitter within a scant few years, and they are not even talking about doing anything about it (let alone doing anything).
Cf. public good in economics.

[uzheletta.livejournal.com]

Semochka, Alka is not arguing about politics and/or economics with you. only about empirical findings.
and your original post is not about economics, it's about the world being cold in three years :)

[aphar.livejournal.com]

yes, and as you said yourself, the "empirical findings" amount to a bunch of computer models - and 30 years ago "empirical findings" pointed to a freezing world.

[uzheletta.livejournal.com]

Semka, prishli mne ssylku pro tot "freezing world" from thirty years ago.
you said it so many times, show me the money! :)

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