Posted on 03/16/2009 5:37:40 PM PDT by I got the rope
The scare: In March 2009, Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber, director of a grandsounding pressure-group called the Potsdam Institute for Climate ImpactResearch, said that global warming of 7 Fahrenheit degrees would wipe out all but1 billion of Earths 7 billion human population.
Mr. Schellnhuber said, In a very cynical way, its a triumph for science, because at last we have stabilized something namely the estimate of the carrying capacity of the planet fewer than 1 billion people. The planet, of course, is somehow currently carrying seven times that number.
The previous month, Dr. James Hansen of NASA had predicted that global warming would raise sea level by 75 meters equivalent to 246 feet.
The truth: In every respect, Mr. Schellnhubers outlandish prediction is as absurd as that of Dr. Hansen. It lacks any credible scientific foundation. We may dispose of Dr. Hansens prediction in the single, withering sentence of Mr. Justice Burton in the High Court of England and Wales in October 2007, condemning Al Gores suggestion that sea level would imminently rise by less than one-twelfth of Dr. Hansens flagrant prediction
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Oh crap! Who will fill the 400 million US jobs the stimulus bill is going to create?
lol.
isn’t that the way they say we need to go to save the world anyway?
The conclusion is a hoot.
Somebody has to bury them.
23 years ago, AIDS was going to wipe out most of humanity unless urgent action was taken (according to leftist nitwits).
2 Peter 3
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Perfect. What better way to reduce anthropogenic CO2 output?
Party like its 1999.
Do we get to pick which billion survive?
Can you imagine being the billion left? Taxes would be a b^&ch.
That's a lot of blame per person!
Could it be handled?
Bring it on. I'm at 5500 feet. I look forward to driving two hours south on 395 to go sailing on Mojave Bay.
> The previous month, Dr. James Hansen of NASA had predicted that global warming would raise sea level by 75 meters equivalent to 246 feet.
Fantastic. Surfing in San Diego has been disappointing lately..
Unless the Aliens show up!
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