In his Sunday column NY Times column Thomas Freidman used the following phrase: "energy-climate challenge." I immediately liked this as compared to global warming.
One it doesn't have the baggage of global warming- it's fresh. Two it gets down to specifics. Energy and the carbon it produces thru coal burning and gas guzzling is what is changing the climate. The challenge is to come up with alternatives to reverse this.
For me it also brings up the question of if energy produced carbon is warming our planet and changing the climate how do we see it besides the average temperatures? For instance Muskegon is 9 degrees above normal in October. How is this seen in weather patterns?
Does anyone know?
According to the National Weather Service Muskegon's warm October is not due to climate change as "A much stronger Polar Jet driving farther south for this time of year, which in turn pulls warmer air farther north in the eastern US."
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