Seventeen years ago, on this day, August 14th, 2007, a CCS report comes out
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was roughly 384ppm. As of 2024 it is 424ppm, but check here for daily measures.
The context was that the year before the Senate had called for a report about CCS and Australia. This was in the broader context of CCS being pushed by Howard since about 2004 (earlier if you count the PMSEIC stuff).
What we learn is that these sorts of investigations throw up reports of varying quality and usefulness.
What happened next? The CCS bandwagon kept going for a couple of years before it finally the wheels came off in late 2010.
What do you think? Does this pass the ‘so what?’ threshold? Have I got facts wrong? Interpretation wrong? Please do comment on this post, unless you are a denialist, obvs.
Also on this day:
August 14, 1989 – South Australia creates “interdepartmental committee on #climate change”…
August 14, 1971 – Stanford Prison Study begins…
August 14, 2002 – Australian economists urge Kyoto Protocol ratification