I've finally delved in to some of the postings and discussions on Real Climate. I visit the site maybe a few times a month, and generally don't go far into the posts, as they tend to be a bit heavy on technical language, and many are concerned with the day-to-day work of making climate models more accurate, interpreting the finer points of the latest reports or papers, etc. But a couple of recent posts caught my attention tonight, being as it is a late and brooding evening:
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2013/04/movie-review-switch/#more-14943
It's a smart, funny review, but things get really interesting in the comments section. The debate over the viability of nuclear, to cite one topic, is mostly reasoned and intelligent.
This article is also good, but also frightening and depressing in equal measure:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-climate-bomb-failures-to-confront-the-unspeakable-and-the-way-ahead/5329875
All of this reading was initially prompted, by the way, by reading this comment in the New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/04/climate-change-out-of-obama-budget.html
Very troubling indeed.
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