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Title: Facts conveniently brushed over by the global warming fanatics
Source: SMH.com
URL Source: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit ... ng-fanatics-20100131-n6fr.html
Published: Feb 1, 2010
Author: staff
Post Date: 2010-01-31 12:23:41 by buckeroo
Keywords: None
Views: 3288
Comments: 115

Here are 10 anti-commandments, 10 selected facts about global warming which have been largely ignored amid the orthodoxies to which we are subjected every day. All these anti-commandments are either true or backed by scientific opinion. All can also be hotly contested.

1. The pin-up species of global warming, the polar bear, is increasing in number, not decreasing.

2. The US President, Barack Obama, supports building nuclear power plants.

Last week, in his State of the Union address, he said: ''To create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. And that means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country.''

3. The Copenhagen climate conference descended into farce.

The low point of the gridlock and posturing at Copenhagen came with the appearance by the socialist dictator of Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez, whose anti-capitalist diatribe drew a cheering ovation from thousands of left-wing ideologues.

4. The reputation of the chief United Nations scientist on global warming is in disrepair.

Dr Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is being investigated for financial irregularities, conflicts of interest and scientific distortion. He has already admitted publishing false data.

5. The supposed scientific consensus of the IPCC has been challenged by numerous distinguished scientists.

6. The politicisation of science leads to a heavy price being paid in poor countries.

After Western environmentalists succeeded in banning or suppressing the use of the pesticide DDT, the rate of death by malaria rose into the millions. Some scholars estimate the death toll at 20 million or more, most of them children.

7. The biofuels industry has exacerbated world hunger.

Diverting huge amounts of grain crops (as distinct from sugar cane) to biofuels has contributed to a rise in world food prices, felt acutely in the poorest nations.

8. The Kyoto Protocol has proved meaningless.

Global carbon emissions are significantly higher today than they were when the Kyoto Protocol was introduced.

9. The United Nations global carbon emissions reduction target is a massively costly mirage.

10. Kevin Rudd's political bluff on emissions trading has been exposed.

The Prime Minister intimated he would go to the people in an early election if his carbon emissions trading legislation was rejected. He won't. The electorate has shifted.

None of these anti-commandments question the salient negative link between humanity and the environment: that we are an omnivorous, rapacious species which has done enormous damage to the world's environment.

Nor do they question the warming of the planet.

What they do question is the morphing of science with ideology, the most pernicious byproduct of the global warming debate. All these anti-commandments were brought into focus this past week by the visit of the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, better known as Lord Christopher Monckton, journalist by trade, mathematician by training, provocateur by inclination.

Last Wednesday a conference room at the Sheraton on the Park was filled to overflowing, all 800 seats sold with a standing-room only crowd at the back, to see the Sydney public appearance of Monckton, a former science adviser to Margaret Thatcher. At the end of his presentation he received a sustained standing ovation.

Monckton is the embodiment of English aristocratic eccentricity. His presentations are a combination of stand-up comedy, evangelical preaching and fierce debating. Almost every argument he makes can be contested, but given the enormity of the multi-trillion-dollars that governments expect taxpayers to expend on combating global warming, the process needs to be subject to brutal interrogation, scrutiny and scepticism. And Monckton was brutal, especially about the media, referring to ''all this bed-wetting stuff on the ABC and the BBC''.

There has also been a monumental political failure surrounding the global warming debate. Those who would have to pay for most of the massive government expenditures proposed, the taxpayers of the West, are beginning to go into open revolt at the prospect.

Last week the Herald reported that Monckton told a large lie while in Sydney.

On Tuesday it reported: ''He said with a straight face on the Alan Jones radio program that he had been awarded the Nobel, a claim Jones did not question.''

The Herald repeated the accusation on Thursday. It was repeated a third time in a commentary in Saturday's Herald.

In 2007 the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the former US vice-president Al Gore. The prize committee, in citing its selection of the IPCC, said: ''Through the IPCC … thousands of scientists and officials from over 100 countries have collaborated to achieve greater certainty as to the scale of [global] warming.''

Thousands of people were thus collectively and anonymously part of the prize process.

So what lie did Monckton tell about the prize? Despite the gravity of the accusation, the Herald never published the offending remark. Here, for the record, is what he actually said:

Monckton: ''I found out on the day of publication of the 2007 [IPCC report] that they'd multiplied, by 10, the observed contribution to sea-level rise of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheet. By 10! I got in touch with them and said, 'You will correct this.' And two days later, furtively, on the website, no publicity, they simply relabelled, recalculated and corrected the table they'd got wrong.''

Alan Jones: ''But this report won a Nobel Prize!''

Monckton: ''Yes. Exactly. And I am also a Nobel Prize winner because I made a correction. I'm part of the process that got the Nobel Prize. Do I deserve it? No. Do they deserve it? No. The thing is a joke.''


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#1. To: All (#0)

Take the test

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buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   12:39:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: buckeroo, farmfriend, James Deffenbach (#0)

Still global warming phenomena is an undeniable FACT!

And the FACT that Global average temperatures have declined for the last ten years proves that we have Glowbull Warming.

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Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   12:46:51 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: buckeroo (#0)

Still global warming phenomena is an undeniable FACT!

Don't look to the SUN for any answers. Nope. It's not about that big ball of fire in the sky because humans are to blame.

When are we going to get around to "hotly contesting" the SUN Buck? And, if that burning fire ball in the sky is to blame......what are you going to do about it?

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   12:52:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Original_Intent (#2)

That isn't true. 1998 is the hottest year recorded since 1850 with mean temperature distributions around the globe; 2005 is the second.

And out of this excessive heat, the Arctic is breaking up and glaciers are receding at rates that can be witnessed everywhere.

You have to be careful in blinding yourself to truth about contemporary geophysics phenomena because of political parlay "double-speak." As opposed to denying scientific truth you should beg your Congress to disassociate with the UN because of their shenanigans.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   12:57:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: buckeroo (#4)

since 1850

Buck, that is such an insignificant amount of time in the scope of the life of this planet. Conveniently discounts ice ages and major temperature fluxations that occurred LONG BEFORE humans became industrialized.

Volcanic eruptions have created much hotter time spans than this insignificant blip you are using as evidence to support your warming theory.

Does the SUN have any impact on warming?

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   13:02:05 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: abraxas (#5)

that is such an insignificant amount of time in the scope of the life of this planet.

Exactly! That is the very point that I am addressing. Here is why:

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:09:50 ET  (2 images) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#7. To: buckeroo, abraxas, farmfriend, James Deffenbach (#4)

That isn't true. 1998 is the hottest year recorded since 1850 with mean temperature distributions around the globe; 2005 is the second.

One data point, or even two, cherry picked out of a larger data set does not make a case.

One can look at the historical climatological data and point at periods of time which were, on average, much warmer than our current era. Some of them before the accepted rise of mankind.

Note the careful cut-off. 1850 marked the timeframe of the end of the "Little Ice Age" which was preceded by the Medieavel Warming Period - which on average was warmer than now. Hell, they were growing bloody grapes in England, and the expansion of the food supply resulted in staggering population growth which, with their unsanitary habits, set the scene for the Black Plague.

Uh, Bucky? You can't "cherry pick" one or two data points out of an entire data set and then claim that proves anything. The very mildest thing that could be said about that is that it is intellectually dishonest.

"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   13:11:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Original_Intent (#7)

One data point, or even two, cherry picked out of a larger data set does not make a case.

Yeah ... you have a serious point there..... let us review the truth concerning scientific measurement:

Sorry pal, but you lose.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:14:57 ET  (1 image) Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: buckeroo (#6)

Is your worry global warming or over population? You do realize that one worry will take care of the other worry in time........if your theory is right. If over population is your biggest worry, then you should be happy about global warming and the pending doom and gloom for humankind.

Do tell, how will a carbon tax and outlawing CO2 fix either problem? How will more idiotic gooberint regulation fix either problem? When has the goobermint EVER fixed anything? These are serious questions posed for your consideration. Oh, and I would still like to know what your plan is IF that big ball of fire in the sky is to blame for this global warming that has you so concerned.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   13:15:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: buckeroo, abraxas, farmfriend, James Deffenbach (#6) (Edited)

Uh, Bucky? What happens at the end of an Ice Age? That is what climatological trend tells you that the ICE AGE has ended?

Put the following two words into a complete sentence:

clutching

straws

Is the entire Tertiary a result of man-made Glowbull Warming?

"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   13:15:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#11. To: Original_Intent (#10)

What happens at the end of an Ice Age? That is what climatological trend tells you that the ICE AGE has ended?

That convenient cut-off discounts consideration of ice ages OI. Only the last 150 years matter or shall be considered in this theory that completely discounts that big ball of fire in the sky.

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   13:17:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: buckeroo (#8)

Neat!

Now be honest and show the rest of the graph to present time.

Of course you won't because it destroys your case as it all trends down from the peak of the last warm trend.

And as has been pointed out again, and again, and again, what happens to temperatures at the end of even a little ice age that tells you that the ice age is over?

A show of hands please.

Yes, Becky?

Very good. The correct answer is they rise. That is what tells you the ice age is over.

"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   13:18:53 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: buckeroo (#0)

Still global warming phenomena is an undeniable FACT!

I like this article and your comment didn't ruin it because I already knew your view. And still, although mankind's impact on the environment is undeniably bad, warming the earth a bit is one of the good things. It is also an undeniable fact that my house is too cold today despite full sunshine and running my wood stove.

Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle

purpleman  posted on  2010-01-31   13:20:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#14. To: Original_Intent, buckeroo (#10)

Is the entire Tertiary a result of man-made Glowbull Warming?

The problem I have with Buck's chart is that is starts at the end of the Dalton Minimum. As solar output increased I would expect temps to rise.


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farmfriend  posted on  2010-01-31   13:21:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#15. To: abraxas (#11)

What happens at the end of an Ice Age? That is what climatological trend tells you that the ICE AGE has ended?

That convenient cut-off discounts consideration of ice ages OI. Only the last 150 years matter or shall be considered in this theory that completely discounts that big ball of fire in the sky.

I'm sorry, and am much chagrined.

There I was trying to enter science into a religious discussion. My bad. ;-)

"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   13:22:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#16. To: purpleman (#13)

I've been playing a bit over at Solar Cycle 24.


"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown

farmfriend  posted on  2010-01-31   13:22:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#17. To: farmfriend, buckeroo (#14)

Is the entire Tertiary a result of man-made Glowbull Warming?

The problem I have with Buck's chart is that is starts at the end of the Dalton Minimum. As solar output increased I would expect temps to rise.

Of course. And that is what exposes the lie inherent in the Glowbull Warming hypothesis i.e., that to make the case data has to be carefully cut and pasted so as to avoid the full data set which then reveals that Glowbull Warming is Glowbull Bullshit.

"One of the least understood strategies of the world revolution now moving rapidly toward its goal is the use of mind control as a major means of obtaining the consent of the people who will be subjects of the New World Order." K.M. Heaton, The National Educator

Original_Intent  posted on  2010-01-31   13:24:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#18. To: abraxas (#9)

Do tell, how will a carbon tax and outlawing CO2 fix either problem? How will more idiotic gooberint regulation fix either problem? When has the goobermint EVER fixed anything?

Government, on any level, can not contain the ramifications already being witnessed. Do you place "hope" about government intervention? I don't. I believe the free markets shall decide our capabilities to overcome the problems the world faces.

It is undeniable that the tremendous climb in human population growth has exacerbated current issues; famine, thirst, disease and government overthrow shall be the order of the day.

And there isn't much that can be done about it.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:25:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#19. To: buckeroo, abraxas, Original_Intent (#18)

And there isn't much that can be done about it.

Then why beat us up over it?


"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown

farmfriend  posted on  2010-01-31   13:27:33 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#20. To: Original_Intent (#12)

Now be honest and show the rest of the graph to present time.

What does it matter?

There have NEVER been 6.7Bn people before these inter-glacial periods. Maybe a few hundred thousand and plenty of natural resources.... but today, mankind faces tragedy, anguish and despair.

There are too many people on the planet.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:34:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#21. To: farmfriend (#19)

Then why beat us up over it?

You think a political game is in motion as you take one side of the argument.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:36:00 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#22. To: buckeroo, farmfriend (#21)

You both should admit that this is a hobby for you.

Deasy  posted on  2010-01-31   13:40:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#23. To: Deasy, Original_Intent (#22)

Nope.

Our opinions are ALL worthy news sources BEYOND the cheap mass media that America has on TV. More than that, a little respect is thrown in ... thus ensuring that we can wake-up tomorrow with renewed capability to further make significant factual contributions about serious issues confronting all of us.

As an example, these threads tell me to buy manufacturing stocks for suntan lotion and sunblock while Original_Intent buys into warm coats and thermo-underwear.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:48:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#24. To: Original_Intent (#2)

And the FACT that Global average temperatures have declined for the last ten years proves that we have Glowbull Warming.

Yep. Global warming increases global cooling. LOL!

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Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-01-31   13:49:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#25. To: buckeroo (#23)

You didn't need these threads to tell you that.

Deasy  posted on  2010-01-31   13:50:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#26. To: buckeroo (#0)

All these anti-commandments were brought into focus this past week by the visit of the Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, better known as Lord Christopher Monckton, journalist by trade, mathematician by training, provocateur by inclination.

And a man Al Gore would not debate on an open forum with television cameras for any amount of money. Al needs to STFU, or as Archie Bunker might say, he needs to stifle himself.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-01-31   13:54:25 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#27. To: Deasy (#25)

Yes, indeed, I do need these threads to suggest what I am saying. Do you think I read Jim Cramer that is on record that the housing downturn is over in May 2009?

I watch EVERYTHING ... as my investment nickel ensures my families, friends and business continuous success.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   13:59:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#28. To: James Deffenbach (#26)

And a man Al Gore would not debate on an open forum with television cameras for any amount of money. Al needs to STFU, or as Archie Bunker might say, he needs to stifle himself.

Didn't AlGore publickly state that he invented the Internet? Do you really think I care about his poof-daddy remarcks?

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   14:07:30 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#29. To: purpleman (#13)

warming the earth a bit is one of the good things.

Really? Name a few .. please place your ideas into bullet-item format with simplicity so that others can sense your personal viewpoints at a glance.

“I used to think, when I was younger and didn't know any better, that surely whoever was elected the next time would be better than the current president. But I learned a long time ago that it gets worse every (s)election, not better.” -- James Deffenbach, circa Jan. 2010

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   14:11:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: buckeroo (#29)

The biggest is cost savings, I live in Northern Virginia which is relatively mild, but I use $450 worth of wood in a season frugally (I cut about 1/3-1/2 of it). In contrast, I paid about $10 per month for A/C last July and less in June and August (my total electric bill is never over $35). Contrast that to a family nearby that just paid $700 for one month of electric heat with a relatively modern system.

Here are some more items

Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle

purpleman  posted on  2010-01-31   14:37:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#31. To: abraxas (#9)

Is your worry global warming or over population? You do realize that one worry will take care of the other worry in time........if your theory is right. If over population is your biggest worry, then you should be happy about global warming and the pending doom and gloom for humankind.

Do tell, how will a carbon tax and outlawing CO2 fix either problem? How will more idiotic gooberint regulation fix either problem? When has the goobermint EVER fixed anything? These are serious questions posed for your consideration. Oh, and I would still like to know what your plan is IF that big ball of fire in the sky is to blame for this global warming that has you so concerned.

Excellent post. The government doesn't "fix" things. Their job is, or seems to be, to make things worse.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-01-31   15:22:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#32. To: Original_Intent (#17)

Glowbull Warming is Glowbull Bullshit.

Very true.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-01-31   15:24:39 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#33. To: buckeroo (#28)

Didn't AlGore publickly state that he invented the Internet?

Yeah, something to that effect. But then I am fairly certain that isn't the first lie he ever told and I know for sure it wasn't the last one. This religious crusade he has been on for years now about "globaloney warming" is a big lie that he has repeated over and over.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2010-01-31   15:28:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#34. To: buckeroo, farmfriend (#21)

You think a political game is in motion as you take one side of the argument

Actually, we KNOW there is a political game in motion. A game that is lining Al Gore's pockets.

Where does the SUN fit into this argument Buck?

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   15:43:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#35. To: abraxas (#34)

Something tells me the real polluters and "unsustainable" consuming corporations are going to win either way. Now who's playing that game on us?

Deasy  posted on  2010-01-31   15:45:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#36. To: purpleman (#30)

Similar to yourself, I have taken advantage of alternate methods of energy for my home. In my case I chose methods not relying on carbon dependence or known further CO2 gas release into the ambient environment; my home is totally solar powered via photo-voltaic cells; it has fully double paned glass with little comfort leakage conditions requiring purchased energy of any sort. My attic is embedded with attic fans so as to release the heat particularly during a HOT Summertime day in Southern California.

I generate about 35KWhours a day on a South facing roof on 2300 foot home with no known carbon emissions. In California, I am now being paid for the excess abundance I accumulate; we have ample solar capability as the sunlight shines more than many other areas of the nation.

Thank you for your observations concerning global warming. Your comments are encouraging to me; we need intelligence, such as yours to help change the world around us; and with that same compliment towards yourself, I want to challenge your earlier remarcks. So, here goes:

* longer growing season

There is plentiful fact about your point. But I want to remind you that photo-synthesis requires ample clean water to ensure the same; clean water around the globe is decreasing. And the hotter temperatures are creating diminished crop production because of further infestation of annoying insects. There is some truth (also) about great technological strides in chemical engineering for and about water-tolerant and insect resistant crops.

* along with more CO2, increased crop yields

So far, the measured abundance in recent times is about spindly plants not capable of the nutrients that mankind requires for dietary needs. And the cost per acre is going up and as a result the cost per nutient is going up to feed a worldwide increasing population base that is striping away at the environment.

* more game and fish

This is a common claim. It is unfounded as the natural environment is jam-packed with humans, all competitively achieving the demise of the same.

* more use of unusable Canadian land (since GW favors colder climates)

Not true. The tundra is eroding. Bark Beetles are migrating Northward eliminating vast swaths of forests as the ambient temperatures are heating up.

* more people walking and biking to work since it won't be too cold

That may happen as Everyone's quality of life is diminished and the affordability for private and mass transit transportation methods creates very inexpensive alternative methods.

* reduced risk of catastrophe if there is cooling (e.g. large volcano)

You will have to explain this one.

* less strife over water resources (GW = more precipitation)

Not true at all. Global Warming phenomena is removing clean, natural water capabilities and capacity around the world. Why on Earth do you see more world-wide desalination techniques?

* best of all, more comfort for a greater number of people

Like what? Are you saying that a denser population group distribution creates additional personal liberties and freedoms? Please discuss this issue because you are diametrically opposed to the truth about this same perspective.

"The most terrifying words in the English language are, I'm from the government and I am here to help." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1976

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   15:45:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#37. To: James Deffenbach (#31)

Thanks James. : )

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   15:46:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#38. To: Deasy (#35)

Something tells me the real polluters and "unsustainable" consuming corporations are going to win either way. Now who's playing that game on us?

I agree completely Deasy. All the sheeple line up for a fleecing.

Notice how the polution and waste of energy committed on behalf of the collapsing empire never gets any mention. Wouldn't want the military industrial complex to suffer a profit loss to save the planet. Why don't the global warming alarmists ever mention that elephant in the debate?

I can't believe that people don't catch on to the blatent omissions.....like the SUN. : )

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   15:49:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#39. To: abraxas (#38)

www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/burying-carbon-to-save-the-planet.html

Deasy  posted on  2010-01-31   15:56:40 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#40. To: buckeroo (#36)

to release the heat particularly during a HOT Summertime day in Southern California.

the hotter temperatures are creating diminished crop production

as a result the cost per nutient is going up to feed a worldwide increasing population

unfounded as the natural environment is jam-packed with humans

further infestation of annoying insects.

Are you saying that a denser population group distribution creates additional personal liberties and freedoms?

You won't have to worry about that when the oceans rise and So. Cal. goes underwater.

Actually GMO crops are diminishing crop production around the world.

Nutrients are decreased via GMO frankenseeds. The nutrients would return with small scale organic farming.

Again, the insect infestations are increasing due to GMO crops that are chemical altered to deter both insects and weeds. It has been proven that the weeds and insects evolve and become more sturdy in response to attempt to annialate them.

Again the problem is over population then, not global warming. Mother Earth has her own ways to curb the population problems and no amount of expensive intervention will stop her Buck.

Invest in clean water, maybe the anti depressant market would be good to curb all the worries about global warming.

You keep interchanging your worries about over population and global warming. If, in fact, your global warming theory is correct we can rest easy that the population of the planet will be culled, which may result in MORE personal liberties and freedoms for the lucky who survive. Either way, it's a win with a decrease in over population, right?

"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ... We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." Edward Bernays, Father of Public Relations

abraxas  posted on  2010-01-31   16:02:04 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#41. To: abraxas (#40)

You keep interchanging your worries about over population and global warming.

They are intertwined factual concerns; so, you are correct. As a simple example, do you note that the US government continues to clamp down on personal liberties and freedoms while the population base is soaring?

And this is true around the world.

"The most terrifying words in the English language are, I'm from the government and I am here to help." -- Ronald Reagan, circa 1976

buckeroo  posted on  2010-01-31   16:05:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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