Posted on 09/22/2009 6:14:26 PM PDT by Kaslin
Global Warming: President Obama warns of planetary doom at the U.N. if we fail to pass cap-and-trade legislation. Meanwhile, a former warm-monger predicts decades of cooling as the sun stays nearly "spotless."
Not only did that not happen in the cool summer of 2009, but both science and circumstance have turned against the administration. The American people are in no mood in a recession with near double-digit unemployment to have their electricity rates "necessarily skyrocket" while our economic hole is dug deeper for microscopic, if detectable at all, reductions in global temperature.
The president paraphrased Al Gore's sentiment that the science is settled and the debate is over, saying that "after too many years of inaction and denial, there is finally widespread recognition of the urgency of the challenge before us. We know what needs to be done."
Actually, the science is not settled. Nor is it clear what, if anything, needs to be done to prevent what he called "irreversible catastrophe."
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Ping.
Whoever would have that a fiery 100,000 degree ball one million times as large as the earth would affect the temperature of the earth.
It is far from 'settled science.'
My son is a physicists and he says it's a joke.
I canceled my prescription about 25 years ago
BO Plenty reminds me of Jim Jones. Get a base of uneducated poor people who can’t or won’t think on their own, and let the annointed leader do the thinking for them.
Of course the planet is doomed! The glorious leader BO Plenty said so, and the only way to stop the immediate destruction of the planet is to send all of your money to P. O. Box 60601, Chicago IL 60601 ATTN: BO Plenty. If you can send gold coins that would be even better.
Sounds like -8nobama is talking about the health care bill again.
National Geographic was great in the 50s when they had articles like “The Friendly Atom.” Made me want to have my own nuclear reactor.
Latif and others conclude that, at the very least, we have time to think about it and analyze and learn. We don't have to fight global warming by inflicting global poverty. More things on Earth affect climate than are dreamed up in computer models.Betcha there's some greenies crying in their beers and throwing hissy fits. Wonder if -8nobama will join them?
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Reminds me of the Emperor’s New Clothes ... these guys are going to be “bare” when this hoax is finally exposed. Will be fun to watch (but not a pretty sight, I think).
This is a scam, it always has been a scam, it’s all about CONTROL!
“what an incredible bunch of fools!”
I wish they were only fools. Fools don’t have the energy and drive of the truly Evil.
Scientist says CO2 good for planet
http://www.codyenterprise.com ^ | Sept 22, 2009 | By Kristen Inbody
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:12:15 AM by Maelstorm
Theres good news on the global climate change front: All that carbon dioxide blamed for global warming is actually good for our planet, says Cody scientist and writer Leighton Steward.
The earths atmosphere needs more carbon dioxide, he said at a recent Rotary Club meeting. That ought to get everyones attention.
The CO2 level now is about 385 parts per million. Its been as high as 7,000 during the earths history. *
Climate is always changing, he said. You should never expect climate at an equilibrium, and history shows its not.
More CO2 means better crops and forests, Steward says, but not necessarily a warmer planet since other factors play a bigger role in heating the planet.
This relates directly to the food supply, he said. Green is good, and CO2 is very green.
CO2 boosts plant growth, making them larger, faster-growing and more drought tolerant with better roots. Steward calls that good news in a world with a growing population.
When youre deciding what ought to be done, think about what this could do for mankind, he said.
Taking CO2 back to pre-industrial levels would degrade habitats and push people into starvation, Steward said.
CO2 is not a pollutant. Its the stuff of life. I cant find anything thats not beneficial, he said. This comes from thousands of studies mainly from the agricultural community, and these are not casual observers.
Spending billions and enacting draconian restrictions to fight a pollutant thats not a pollutant isnt helping anyone, he said.
If we let our factories continue to manufacture, thats not necessarily bad and might be good, he said. We (pro-CO2 groups) are greener than all the green organizations lobbying to reduce CO2.
Its a message scientists across the world are trying to promote, and Steward cited numerous studies.
When he started researching climate change four years ago, Steward found there are 18 drivers of climate change, including things like variation in the shape of the earths orbit, sunspots and the magnetic effect of the sun.
CO2s ability to trap heat declines logarithmically, so a great deal of the gas makes a big difference, but as the level dips the difference it makes drops exponentially.
That means doubling the current concentration of CO2 would only make a .2 degree difference, he said.
If CO2 was a significant factor in global warming, temperatures would have risen as modeling predicted instead of declining since 2001.
Its hard to argue with that, he said. They did not predict in any of their models that it would be cooling.
Since the Industrial Revolution, people have pumped CO2 into the atmosphere and temperature has generally risen, though not always.
These are natural trends, he said. Look at the magnitude of climate variation. Huge swings of 10, 15, 20 degrees.
Former vice president Al Gore got facts wrong in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Steward said.
Clearly things were absolutely false in some cases and misleading in other cases, he said.
For example, Gore said the earth was warming at an unprecedented rate. However, in the 1920s and 30s, the temperature increase was more dramatic, Steward said.
Contrary to Gores findings, cyclone and tornado strength is actually down now, says Steward, a geologist and retired energy industry executive. He is a trustee at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and lives on the North Fork and in Texas.
Steward, the author of the best-seller Sugar Busters, recently published Fire, Ice and Paradise Scientist says CO2 good for planet
http://www.codyenterprise.com ^ | Sept 22, 2009 | By Kristen Inbody
Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:12:15 AM by Maelstorm
Theres good news on the global climate change front: All that carbon dioxide blamed for global warming is actually good for our planet, says Cody scientist and writer Leighton Steward.
The earths atmosphere needs more carbon dioxide, he said at a recent Rotary Club meeting. That ought to get everyones attention.
The CO2 level now is about 385 parts per million. Its been as high as 7,000 during the earths history. *
Climate is always changing, he said. You should never expect climate at an equilibrium, and history shows its not.
More CO2 means better crops and forests, Steward says, but not necessarily a warmer planet since other factors play a bigger role in heating the planet.
This relates directly to the food supply, he said. Green is good, and CO2 is very green.
CO2 boosts plant growth, making them larger, faster-growing and more drought tolerant with better roots. Steward calls that good news in a world with a growing population.
When youre deciding what ought to be done, think about what this could do for mankind, he said.
Taking CO2 back to pre-industrial levels would degrade habitats and push people into starvation, Steward said.
CO2 is not a pollutant. Its the stuff of life. I cant find anything thats not beneficial, he said. This comes from thousands of studies mainly from the agricultural community, and these are not casual observers.
Spending billions and enacting draconian restrictions to fight a pollutant thats not a pollutant isnt helping anyone, he said.
If we let our factories continue to manufacture, thats not necessarily bad and might be good, he said. We (pro-CO2 groups) are greener than all the green organizations lobbying to reduce CO2.
Its a message scientists across the world are trying to promote, and Steward cited numerous studies.
When he started researching climate change four years ago, Steward found there are 18 drivers of climate change, including things like variation in the shape of the earths orbit, sunspots and the magnetic effect of the sun.
CO2s ability to trap heat declines logarithmically, so a great deal of the gas makes a big difference, but as the level dips the difference it makes drops exponentially.
That means doubling the current concentration of CO2 would only make a .2 degree difference, he said.
If CO2 was a significant factor in global warming, temperatures would have risen as modeling predicted instead of declining since 2001.
Its hard to argue with that, he said. They did not predict in any of their models that it would be cooling.
Since the Industrial Revolution, people have pumped CO2 into the atmosphere and temperature has generally risen, though not always.
These are natural trends, he said. Look at the magnitude of climate variation. Huge swings of 10, 15, 20 degrees.
Former vice president Al Gore got facts wrong in his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, Steward said.
Clearly things were absolutely false in some cases and misleading in other cases, he said.
For example, Gore said the earth was warming at an unprecedented rate. However, in the 1920s and 30s, the temperature increase was more dramatic, Steward said.
Contrary to Gores findings, cyclone and tornado strength is actually down now, says Steward, a geologist and retired energy industry executive. He is a trustee at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center and lives on the North Fork and in Texas.
Steward, the author of the best-seller Sugar Busters, recently published Fire, Ice and Paradise on climate change.
This summer, he organized a non-profit organization, Plants Need CO2, with the mission, To educate the public on the positive effects of additional atmospheric CO2 and help prevent the inadvertent negative impact to human, plant and animal life if we reduce CO2.
More than half the contributions to his group are from the coal industry, he said. CO2 is released during the burning of fossil fuels, among other sources.
Im not getting a penny for doing this, he added. Its just something people of the earth ought to know.
on climate change.
This summer, he organized a non-profit organization, Plants Need CO2, with the mission, To educate the public on the positive effects of additional atmospheric CO2 and help prevent the inadvertent negative impact to human, plant and animal life if we reduce CO2.
More than half the contributions to his group are from the coal industry, he said. CO2 is released during the burning of fossil fuels, among other sources.
Im not getting a penny for doing this, he added. Its just something people of the earth ought to know.
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