Posted on 05/12/2005 9:25:58 AM PDT by MikeEdwards
Global warming "solutions" would devastate poor people and countries
Recent articles about global warming in ultra "progressive" Mother Jones magazine reflect a meltdown in fundamental principles of science, economics, ethics and democracy.
The Earth has warmed slightly since the Little Ice Age ended 150 years ago, and humans today are no doubt exerting some influence on our climate. But aside from computer-generated worst-case scenarios about temperatures, storms, melting Arctic icecaps and rising sea levels, there is little to support theories of calamitous global climate change.
Models and clamorous claims of climate catastrophe are not evidence, especially when satellite and weather balloon data show only slight atmospheric warming. So MJ writer Chris Mooney offered a new tactic.
ExxonMobil Corporation’s "products and policies are a slow-moving assault on poor people of color," who are "on the front lines of climate change," he asserted.
Thousands of companies produce or burn fossil fuels to power our modern societies. Why single out ExxonMobil? Because the company has not been bullied into agreeing that a climate emergency exists, believes more research is needed, and supports public policy institutes that likewise perceive no evidence of a looming planetary disaster.
Scary stories about a climate Armageddon are based on extreme predictions that temperatures could increase 6 to 10 degrees Celsius (11 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century. But most scientists and models say a 1 or 2 degree increase is far more likely.
It’s not climate change that will hammer people of color — but the purported solution to this hypothetical problem: raising energy prices (through taxes), to "persuade" us to use less energy. . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
Computer Models. "Garbage in, Garbage out."
There is no such things as global warming. It's just another money scam Canadian Liberals are a big part of it, considering the grandfather of this scam, Maurice Strong, sits in the office right next to Paul Martin.
Do you remember during the Clinton administration, there was a huge heat wave in the south, many elderly died, and some government agency bought thousands of A/Cs for poor people?
I thought that was the Democrats motto?
"But most scientists and models say a 1 or 2 degree increase is far more likely."
And those guesses are't based on scientific fact either.
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