Beam Me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 08/04/2009 5:17:01 PM PDT by neverdem
Opponents of the Waxman-Markey “cap and trade” bill would do well to invoke recent scientific studies that show global surface temperatures have not increased since 1998, contrary to what climate models have predicted.
U.S. policymakers who cite “consensus” on man-made global warming as justification for anti-emission regulations are relying upon outdated and misleading material from the United Nations that deliberately omits the influence of natural forces, according to climate skeptics. In fact, a growing body of evidence now points to the emergence of another cooling cycle that could persist for decades.
Dr. Don Easterbrook, a geologist and professor emeritus at Western Washington University, has presented data that shows a cooler and wetter climate is in order for the next 25 to 30 years. The Pacific Ocean has a warm temperature mode and a cool temperature mode known as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or PDO, he said in a recent study.
The shift away from a cooling cycle in 1945 triggered several decades of warming that ended in 1998, according to the study. However, the PDO has now reverted back over to a cool mode, Easterbrook has concluded. This data raises questions about the reliability of models used by the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Easterbrook has said. This U.N. prediction of global temperatures 1° F warmer by 2011 and 2° F by 2038 appear to be very much off track.
Meanwhile, some scientists are convinced earth could experience more than just cooling over the next few decades. Victor Manuel Velasco Herrera, a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics with the National Autonomous University of Mexico sees evidence that points to the onset of a “little ice age” in about 10 years that could last for much of the 21st Century. The IPPC models are not correct because they do not take into account natural factors like solar activity, he said in a lecture.
This view is also advanced in a paper published by the Astronomical Society of Australia. The authors anticipate that sun’s activity will diminish significantly over the next few decades.
Up until now, critics of the Waxman-Markey bill inside and outside of Congress have focused mostly on the severe economic costs of emission caps. During the August recess, it might be helpful to ask members why they continue to pursue regulatory schemes unattached to what new scientific data now shows.
Have they asked that anyone against GW be reported to the Fuhrer yet?
We vill talk to your neighbors...
It doesn’t matter.
It’s still somehow climate change.
And we must radically alter our lives; put in place onerous taxes, and let government entities have enormous amounts of control over our lives.
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Wrong. Give me ONE reason why human activity would cause global cooling...
The reason dems push this is they can use "warming" to impose control over the population. Thugs love control - but they need an excuse to grab that much power.
The power grab excuse was "people cause global warming". And the greenhouse idea seemed to make sense ... until we discovered the numbers were jigged. So tell me, how could anyone grab power and shut down industries in the same of "global cooling"...
It can’t be climate change, there is no financial crisis or depression and there is no need to worry about health care. How do I know? Obama stood on the stage in Denver and said that he would DEFEAT poverty, disease and climate change.
“Give me ONE reason why human activity would cause global cooling...”
It doesn’t matter why, we must act now. This is a crisis, there is no time to argue, facts just get in the way of action.
Do you want our children to have a future?
LOL
Global cooling is global climate change. Everyone knows that the IPCC states that there is a 90% probability that most of the anticipated climate is the result of human activity...
Okay - so they predicted that there would be global warming, but if you simply evaluate the change and potential change in global temperature in an absolute basis, it really doesn't matter wehter or not the tempurature increases or decreases. In absolute terms it changes, and that is definately proof enough, at least for those in Congress.
Of course, anyone who might have a say in completely redefining the basis of our economy as it pertains to the fundamental aspect of reliable and affordable energy might ask the question as to why the basis of temperutre anomolies (30 yr) are set at a specific starting point in time when everyone was concerned with potential global cooling.
I am sure that Congress people, or their staffers, or their financial contributors have made that clear to the folks actually voting on these issues...
I understand the concept of “greenhouse” because theoretically the earth could function like a car sitting in the sun - light goes in - turns to heat - and can't get out.
There was a rational - however wrong.
But global cooling? Don't give me the Bullsh-t - tell me what the “rational” is behind the idea?
What could humans be doing that would cause it... and PLEASE don't repeat the liberal mantra - even if it's fake science - they've got to be saying something.
What?
I understand the concept of “greenhouse” because theoretically the earth could function like a car sitting in the sun - light goes in - turns to heat - and can't get out.
There was a rational - however wrong.
But global cooling? Don't give me the Bullsh-t - tell me what the “rational” is behind the idea?
What could humans be doing that would cause it... and PLEASE don't repeat the liberal mantra - even if it's fake science - they've got to be saying something.
What? FACE IT - IF YOUR CAR WAS SITTING IN THE SUN WITH THE WINDOWS UP IT WOULD NOT GET COOLER.
lol
"Cash for Clunkers" is working!
I think we always should listen to “experts”.
After all, they are experts, and are always right.
This junk has been raging for some time. It’s a control feature created from “Silent Spring” and the Communists have never backed off. Creating a problem with capitalism was always the goal. Now, the generation from public school will carry the torch and demand government takeover of our old stupid way. It is right in front of us.
Thanks - you provided some much needed laughter.
its a theory thrusted on us by a money hungry Gore who could care less if AMerica becomes another Mexico ....
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