The Myth of Greenhouse Gases

Newsmax ^ | Feb 23, 2005 | Phil Brennan

[spectrout]

Listen up. This is very important. The global warming fanatics have fingered rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), a so-called greenhouse gas alleged to be in the process of shoving the planet into a global microwave and raising sea levels to the point where the world's coastal regions will be submerged.

They blame the rise of CO2, now about 370 parts per million and rapidly climbing, on us evil humans for using fossil fuels, driving SUVs and barbecuing frankfurters on our backyard grills. They ignore the proven fact that over millions of years, every time CO2 levels have risen above 200 parts per million, an ice age has occurred.

Some 19,000 of the world's scientists and experts on climatology have signed declarations saying that blaming rising CO2 levels on mankind is garbage – junk science at its worst – and they insist that all the available evidence proves their contention.

Now comes Robert W. Felix, who in his book "Not by Fire but by Ice" argues persuasively that it is not global warming but ocean warming that is pushing CO2 levels through the roof. Moreover, those skyrocketing levels of CO2 are bringing on a new ice age, which is sitting at our front door right now.

According to Felix, the oceans are warming as the result of widespread underwater volcanic activity, which he thoroughly documents. He adds that "We've forgotten that this isn't the first time our seas have warmed. Sea temperatures also shot upward 10º to 18ºF just prior to the last ice age. As the oceans warmed, evaporation increased. The excess moisture then fell to the ground as giant blizzards, giant storms and floods (Noah's Deluge type floods), and a new ice age began." And he warns, "The same thing is happening today.

[Species8472]

I live in Alaska. Yes, some glaciers are retreating. Right here where I sit at my desk was covered with 2000 feet of Ice 5000 years ago. Our current phase of global warming has been going on since the last ice age, long before the arrival of man.

Our world is a constantly changing system, it is not static and will continue to change. Our challenge as human beings is to learn how to adapt and survive.

[Slicksadick]

Global Warming: Methane Could Be Far Worse Than Carbon Dioxide
Environment

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Methane gas, abundantly trapped as a half frozen slush in the northern hemisphere's tundra permafrost regions and at the bottom of the sea may well be a ticking time bomb, says geologist John Atcheson in an article published by the Baltimore Sun in December last year. Methane is about twenty times stronger as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Since arctic warming seems to procede faster than expected, there is a real danger that deposits of methane and similar gases trapped in normally frozen ground, may thaw out and "belch" into the atmosphere, wreaking havoc with our computer simulations of global warming.

From here.
http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2005/02/01/global_warming_methane_could_be_far_worse_than_carbon_dioxide.htm

[Sam Cree]

Does Robert Felix actually have any credibility? I know he has a book, but I had thought him to be a flake. Newsmax I know is lacking in credibility.

[xp38]

That is pretty much the way I look at it. It may be happening or it may not. But of all the things to worry about in this world it ain't one that keeps me up at night. As to two day accuracy I am sure it is less accurate than 1 day. The further timewise out the prediction the less accurate the weathermen get.

[spectrout]

"Does Robert Felix actually have any credibility? I know he has a book, but I had thought him to be a flake. Newsmax I know is lacking in credibility."

I don't know

Here's his bio at http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guests/225.html

"Robert Felix, a former architect, became interested in the ice-age cycle back in 1991. He spent the next eight and a half years, full-time, researching and writing about the coming ice age. He then concentrated on spreading the word. Robert’s book, "Not by Fire but by Ice" has achieved international acclaim with readers around the world. Today, Felix continues his research, and is more firmly convinced than ever that the next ice age could begin any day. In fact, he believes it has already begun."

[AaronInCarolina]

Does Robert Felix actually have any credibility? I know he has a book, but I had thought him to be a flake. Newsmax I know is lacking in credibility.

The book reviews seem to be pretty convincing from people who sound important. I would like to read the book myself.

"Not By Fire, But By Ice" Book Reviews