The global warming scam

Melanie Phillips ^ | 09 January 2004 | Melanie Phillips's Diary

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[djf]

3 degrees below zero in Boston last night, coldest ever since 1875.

Thirty four degrees below zero in Saranac Lake (near Albany) New York.

[sauropod]

read later

[neverdem]

Just heard on the news that Tony Blair is imploring Bush to act on global warming. Agitprop.

[neverdem]

Ping

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

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[coloradan]

Bump

[Egon]

Dear God,

Please send some global warming up here to Minnesota.

Thanks!

[11B3]

Bookmarked. Thanks for posting this - every single bit of ammunition to use on the enviros is appreciated. They certainly don't stand up well to truthful science.

[djf]

You have my sympathies. It did get down to ten degrees here in Seattle last week, the coldest I've seen it in about 12 years. Still, that ain't no -34!!

[Robert A Cook PE]

There are FOUR edges to the "global warming" scam that the enviro's and international socialists are using (1) to attack Bush (in general), the US (in particular) and capitalism (in general).

First: Is the climate warming? Answer: Maybe. Some data says, some is inconclusive. Previous data from the 70's would have indicated we faced a cooling crisis!

Second: What is causing that warming?

We don't know for sure. Previous cycles could NOT have been caused by man, and current CO2 levels DON'T support the warming that (might have) happened already, so we don't know.

Third: Is the US's part of these CO2/freon/methane gasses causing the increase - if the increase is occurring at all? Answer: We don't know, since we don't know if they are the cause. Further, just because some of the gasses are admittedly from the US-econmy, that's only a small part of the total gasses.

Four: Is the US- economy part of these discharges, if controlled by the anti-capitalist Kyoto treaty, going to make a difference in global warming?

And, what EVERYBODY who is using the global-warming excuse ignores - is "If a small rise in fuel and gas cripples the economy, what is the EXREME limit in economic output mandated by our competitors going to do to the economy?

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP - JUNK SCIENCE ALERT

[DelaWhere]

Maybe we should get Kyoto bunch to address the
36 coalfield fires on a total of 826 hectares scattered along the northern and southern sides of Mt. Tianshan (Heavenly Mountain) in China, burning 10.03 million tons of coal. These fires have been burning for more than 100 years and annually put out more CO2 than all US cars and light trucks do.
Then if we put out the Centralia Pennsylvania fire, we would reduce the CO2 equivalent to all heavy trucks too...
Hey, I can keep my 2 SUV's !!!

[Egon]

I'm not sure I understand the problem.

The global warming people have a WAY inflated estimation of the effect we humans can have on a global level. If they're correct, it should be very easy to come up with an imaginative solution.

I propose the following:

The entire country of Britain can plan a chili cook-off for the middle of summer....at noon. At a pre-arranged signal, everyone can aim their collective asses at the sun... and fart!

The resulting shift in the earth's orbit around the sun should offset the effects of global warming nicely. Additionally, thousands of bean farmers will instantly see black ink on their budgets.

[DaGman]

"...carbon dioxide, supposedly the culprit, makes up such a tiny fraction of the atmosphere that even if it were to quadruple, the effect on climate would be negligible;..."

Why does Ms. Phillips have to say this? CO₂ makes up 21% of the atmosphere, hardly "a tiny fraction".

[djf]

All it takes is one good volcanic burp to put millions of tons of CO2 in the air. But CO2, IMHO, is not the cause of weather extremes. The cause is a heating up of the upper atmosphere, caused mainly by air travel. This puts a damper on the normal vertical displacements.

[djf]

I believe CO2 is only about 3 percent.

[Beck_isright]

Kyoto is nothing more than the 3rd wave's way of introducing the PC version of socialism into the world. THANK GOD the Russians and US have held the line thus far.

[Egon]

Why does Ms. Phillips have to say this? CO2 makes up 21% of the atmosphere, hardly "a tiny fraction".

You're thinking of oxygen.

Introduction to the Atmosphere: Background Material