Report: Global warming approaching critical point

CNN ^ | Jan 24th, 2005

[missyme]

LONDON, England (AP) -- Global warming is approaching the critical point of no return, after which widespread drought, crop failure and rising sea-levels would be irreversible, an international climate change task force warned Monday.

The report, "Meeting the Climate Challenge," called on the G-8 leading industrial nations to cut carbon emissions, double their research spending on green technology and work with India and China to build on the Kyoto Protocol.

[StottNikk]

Good.

[TommyDale]

They will have a difficult time convincing all of us currently suffering in sub-freezing weather that this is reality!

[missyme]

An NOAA image of global surface temperatures The independent report, by the Institute for Public Policy Research in Britain, the Center for American Progress in the United States and The Australia Institute, is timed to coincide with Blair's commitment to advance international climate change policy during Britain's G-8 presidency. Byers said it was vital Blair secured U.S. cooperation in tackling climate change. U.S. President George W. Bush has rejected the Kyoto accord, arguing that the carbon emission cuts it demands would damage the U.S. economy. "What we have got to do then is get the Americans as part of the G-8 to engage in international concerted effort to tackle global warming," said Byers. "If they refuse to do that then other countries will be reluctant to take any steps."

[sr4402]

'Yes, you must believe the press. The Sky is falling in. Global warming is real. You must believe me as you did my Bush National Guard documents'

/sarcasm off

[CR]

Every prediction more dire than the last....Yawn

[DoughtyOne]

Seems the real point of no return, is the point where these lunatics simply refuse to admit the shere loonacy of their views related to this 'sky is falling' topic.

[Dog Gone]

Irreversible, eh? So it's never been hotter on the planet than today?

Fools.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

If the liberal media would simply report news and the rest of the time simply keep thier mouth shut, scientists have predicted that would affect earth average mean temperature by 3 degrees, thereby assuring the salvation of the planet!
Hey this theory is no more whacky than what they come out with?

[VeniVidiVici]

Shouldn't this be a barf alert?

[Sam Cree]

I think I am right in saying that the actual hard data does not support scenarios as described in this report.

What does support it are computer models that attempt to project what the data will be in the future. I believe the models are making these projections based on a lot of speculation designed to support the theories of their authors. In other words, I don't think the models are any good, as used.

[colorado tanker]

The Europeans might as well sacrifice a virgin to the global warming god for all the good Kyoto would do.

[balk]

Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

[rlmorel]

Am I wrong in remembering that India and China are exempt from the emissions standards in the Kyoto Treaty?

Can anyone answer this?

[TheDon]

Global Warming Alarmists: Where Chicken Little meets the Boy Crying Wolf!

[Roses0508]

Who do I e-mail to get some of this "global warming"? Its gosh darned cold here in Tennessee.

[Sam Cree]

The Europeans might as well sacrifice a virgin to the global warming god for all the good Kyoto would do.

Kyoto would theoretically lower the temperature of earth by between .06 and .1 degrees F. I forget how long it will take for that to happen, but it's awhile.

[rjsimmons]

These "experts" claim that global warming will cause crop failure? I know this is a rhetorical question, but do they really think people are this stupid? By definition, global warming is the retention of heat due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Just what, precisely, do these "experts" think plant live off of?

[Hoboto]

Am I wrong in remembering that India and China are exempt from the emissions standards in the Kyoto Treaty? Can anyone answer this?

Yes, I beleive you're correct. India and China are not an Evil Democracy like the US is.

[LS]

It's amazing how Michael Crichton predicted almost EXACTLY this wording and this scenario in "State of Fear."