Well since you're using Bush's quotes, is it your contention that Bush did the research himself, and thus the reason for his stance on Global Warming?
Or perhaps, he is getting the same lame information from people around him like, say, the EPA, that is still run by Clintons buddies?
And we all know how 'nonpartisan' they are!
When a scientist can accurately predict the length of the weather cycles, in years, of the earth,(although they don't seem to be able to predict daily weather all that well), I'll believe them.
Scientific satellite data, as well as earth based monitors, conflict with each other as to temperature change.
Upper atmosphere data show the earth is 'cooling' by about .3 degrees. And yet surface temperature shows the earth is warming by about the same amount.
Is it a man-made differential, or naturally reoccuring?
And is a CO2 buildup in the atmosphere detrimental to human life, or supplemental to plant life, which produces the oxygen we breath? And what is historical rate of increase or decrease over, say, the past 1000 years?
Are gases trapped in the Ice of Antartica or the Arctic reflections of recent history or ancient?
If it's agreed that ice flows or 'packs' recede or increase over time, which time placement are they observing, if the flows totally disappear during certain times in history?
"And is a CO2 buildup in the atmosphere detrimental to human life, or supplemental to plant life, which produces the oxygen we breath?"
As a biologist, I can tell you that as more CO2 accumulates plants will abound and balance the equation. God has set us up with a very fine system that allows for great change, without killing everything.
Given the first quote I mentioned, it would appear Bush is perfectly comfortable relying on "Democrats" for his scientific information on the environment.One reason that could be so is that it was REPUBLICANS who set forth nearly all of what we now consider to be "Democrat" talking points on the Environment (and abortion, birth control and the "education" of Americans to demand those "rights" which best avert downbreeding and ensure an optimal balance between productive and non-productive peoples worldwide.)
My original post of the 1970 GOP Task Force Report "Earth Resources & Population" is taken from Section II, the portion on population or "human quality" and the need for control and depopulation.
I would be more than happy to transcribe Section I for you if you are interested in how it was the Democrats managed to steal their environmental policy -- just like they stole "faithbased partnerships" and other "strict constitutionalist" curiosities -- from the Republicans.