Posted on 05/25/2009 5:32:26 AM PDT by libstripper
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is widely regarded in the media as the ultimate authority on climate change. Created by two divisions of the United Nations, and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, its pronouncements are received as if they come down from Mount Olympus or Mount Sinai. The common presumption is that the IPCC has assembled the best scientific knowledge. Let’s take a closer look at this organization to see whether it merits such uncritical deference.
The IPCC’s Feb. 2007 report stated: It is “very likely” that human activity is causing global warming. Why then, just two months later, did the Vice Chair of the IPCC, Yuri Izrael, write, “the panic over global warming is totally unjustified;” “there is no serious threat to the climate;” and humanity is “hypothetically … more threatened by cold than by global warming?”
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Obama’s cap & trade scheme which the Socialist Congress will pass is designed to increase the cost of electricity for every individual, family and business. it will result in more businesses closing and significantly higher unemployment, all in the name of “protecting” us from greenhouse gases. We do not need protection from greenhouse gases; we need protection from Obama and the Socialist Congress.
FACTS: 1) greenhouse gases are not evil, they are essential to keeping the earth warm enough for humans; 2) the most common greenhouse gas is water vapor; 3) CO2 is not pollution, it is essential for plants and humans; 4) CO2 is only a trace element in the atmosphere at 380 parts per million; 5) humans and their activities account for only 3% of CO2 emissions each year; 6) the earth has had cycles of cooling and warming about every 1,500 years due to variations in the sun’s activity and our orbit around the sun; 7) these cycles are beyond human control; 8) about 1,000 years ago, Greenland had vineyards; 9) the earth is cooling now, not warming relative to prior decades; and 10) a major reduction of sun spots in recent years suggests a coming mini ice age.
An excerpt from the March 2009 issue of The American Spectator: “All scientists agree that if man-made global warming is real, it would leave a fingerprint in the form of temperatures increasing with altitude in the tropical troposphere portion of the atmosphere up to a hotspot about 10 kilometers above the surface, reflecting the pattern of CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Warming due to solar variations or other natural causes would not leave such a fingerprint pattern. Recently, higher-quality temperature data from balloons and satellites ... enables us to settle the man-made global warming debate definitively. The data from weather balloons shows the opposite pattern: no increasing warming with altitude, but rather a slight cooling with no hotspot. The satellite data shows the same result: no increasing temperature with altitude, no hotspot, no fingerprint, maybe again a slight cooling with altitude. Game over. QED. The global warming empire is rattling around but has not and cannot come up with an effective response. The data is the data. The science is the science. Man-made global warming is a hoax developed to serve powerful special interests.” (This was written by Peter Ferrara.)
Here’s how the cap & trade legislation will adversely impact our entire economy and standard of living:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/02/obamas-assault-on-the-middle-c
“Looks like the government members of the IPCC are dong their best to misrepresent the scientists’ views in the most alarmist way possible. Duh, whoda thunk it??”
A good investigative reporter would look at the politicians who signed on to the sham and see what investments they have. My bet is either they are all invested in some green company, or they have a stake in a carbon offset ponzi scheme.
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And, for example, these are not conflicting points:
The IPCC’s Feb. 2007 report stated: It is “very likely” that human activity is causing global warming. Why then, just two months later, did the Vice Chair of the IPCC, Yuri Izrael, write, “the panic over global warming is totally unjustified;” “there is no serious threat to the climate;” and humanity is “hypothetically … more threatened by cold than by global warming?”
I suppose carbon spewing from smokestacks wouldn’t be “pollution” because it’s “necessary for life”...neat definition!
I suppose water vapor spewing from smokestacks is pollution?
That's the quote from from the Townhall author. The punctation is slightly different in Wikipedia.
Wikipedia cites the source in this link, but I can't find it in its text.
Climate change: not a global threat
Use Wikipedia with care.
If you listen to the moonbats, they say increased carbon dioxide causes a positive feedback, further increasing the temperature. If that's so, how did we have ice ages when the carbon dioxide concentration was well over ten times what it is now?
So how was there an ice age that ended about 12,000 years ago?
I don't understand your point.
Carbon in the form of soot would be considered pollution. Carbon in the compound carbon dioxide should not be pollution.
Chlorine gas is extremely hazardous to your health, but salt (sodium chloride) is necessary for life.
It's not rocket science -- just elementary chemistry.
Define “very likely”.
But then, we here all know this. What do we do about it? There is no official voice in either party who has the brains and the gumption to stand up and call:
The first politician who has the nerve will win an astounding victory. No takers.
Wouldn’t it be great, and surprising, if just one politician stood up and said, “Man-made global warming is not a threat to the world. Greenhouse gases are natural and necessary. Carbon dioxide is natural and necessary.” ETC.
I don’t know of even one politician who has publicly stated any of the basic facts that are in my post:
FACTS: 1) greenhouse gases are not evil, they are essential to keeping the earth warm enough for humans; 2) the most common greenhouse gas is water vapor; 3) CO2 is not pollution, it is essential for plants and humans; 4) CO2 is only a trace element in the atmosphere at 380 parts per million; 5) humans and their activities account for only 3% of CO2 emissions each year; 6) the earth has had cycles of cooling and warming about every 1,500 years due to variations in the sun’s activity and our orbit around the sun; 7) these cycles are beyond human control; 8) about 1,000 years ago, Greenland had vineyards; 9) the earth is cooling now, not warming relative to prior decades; and 10) a major reduction of sun spots in recent years suggests a coming mini ice age.
I can hear Ronald Reagan now, effectively communicating the facts to the public in fewer words than I have used above. Many people are very skeptical of the pagan religion called “global warming”; they just need more information to tilt the scales in favor of sanity on this issue.
If more people knew how much damage Cap & Trade will do to our economy, they would be shouting their disapproval. But apparently most voters don’t even know what Cap & Trade is all about.
Here’s how the cap & trade legislation will adversely impact our entire economy and standard of living:
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/05/02/obamas-assault-on-the-middle-c
In context, yes. Depending on where it is spewing, it could be. Most places, no.
To totally ignore context is to look foolish.
What about nitrogen fertilizer? It helps plant growth, so dumping it MUST be good...it CAN'T be a pollutant by the claims here. Yet, if you put more onto the soil than the system can handle, it can mean contaminated groundwater or surfacewater that can cause death or eutrophy lakes excessively.
Where is water vapor coming from a smokestack a pollutant? Where is carbon dioxide coming from a smokestack a pollutant?
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