10 Years To Save The Planet

The Sun ^ | 1/30/2007 | Lachlan Cartwright and Beth McLoughlin

[Night Hides Not]

A new worldwide movement backed by celebrities, musicians, politicians and business leaders is aiming to reverse the effects of global warming over the next decade.

Global Cool launched in London and LA today and is calling on one billion people to reduce their carbon emissions by just one tonne a year, for the next 10 years

[mbynack]

I'm sure all these celebrities are going to give up their 20,000 sq foot mansions, limos, private planes, unnecessary travel, etc. to support this. They couldn't possibly expect the rest of us to ride bikes to work while they continue their opulent lifestyles.

[engrpat]

I will file this with the warnings of the '70s that said the oceans would be dead in 10 years and we would freeze to death. Guess if one story doesn't work then try a new one.

[joeystoy]

Brilliant. So these geniuses will all unplug their cell phone chargers. Then, then ten years from now when the planet doesn't burn to a cinder they'll all pat themselves on the back and take credit for saving the world.

Back in the 60's Paul Ehrlich described the game plan for the professional prophets of doom: Predict a catastrophe that will happen in ten years. Ten years is the key. It's soon enough to be alarming, bur far enough away so that when it doesn't happen nobody remembers what you said.

[evad]

As I sit here shivering in 6 degree weather, I say "Bring it on"!!!

My exact words as I was golfing in December.

[John W]

Damn, our Super Bowl Champions may not even want to come home.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Back in the late 80's early 90's, Ted Danson said we only have ten years left......

[rogue yam]

This article might be a lot of things (probably not), but it is certainly not breaking news.

[bondjamesbond]

And if you can't trust Ted Danson, who can you trust?

[Thermalseeker]

Danson, paging Ted Danson.....

[rbg81]

Exactly--its all about the $$. Money for scientists who toe the party line. $$ for advocacy groups & lobbyists. No doubt $$ for reporters who help spread this propaganda. And, coming soon, $$ from emissions taxes on developed countries that will end up G-d knows where.

When all is said and done, Global Warming (GW) is all about wealth transfer from rich nations to poor ones. It is the perfect vehicle because most of the population has been scared to death by apocalyptic GW predictions over the past 15-20 years. Now, any hurricane or weather anomaly (no matter how minor or explainable) is being attributed to GW. A few weeks ago they were even blaming El-Nino weather patterns on GW. They will use it to tax developed nations into reducing emissions (which won't happen) and use the $$ to fund elaborate Third World projects run by UN bureaucrats (who are incompetent at everything but lining their own pockets).

Further, GW will never go away. The science is so flimsy and the datasets are so tremendous that "findings" can be twisted any which way. None of these taxes will (in the end) have ANY effect on the weather. Furthermore, you are starting to hear calls to criminalize intellectual dissent on this issue in the scientific community. Heretics may eventually be jailed, or at least turned into pariahs who cannot get funding or jobs. The whole thing is very scary.

That being said, we may INDEED be in the middle of a slight warming trend. But if we are, it is most likely natural & caused by that biggest emissions producer: the Sun. Even so:: so what? If its in the 40s in Jan instead of in the 20s, my emissions (& heating bill) are going to be reduced anyway.

[whitedog57]

EVEN IF THIS IS TRUE, it is not the USA that is the problem. It is our socialist "friends" China, Brazil, India, etc., that are the massive polluters. The Kyoto Accord is simply a way to derail American economic growth and transfer it to our Third World neighbors.

[onyx]

Of course. LOL-LOL-LOL

[MortMan]

Is Chicago THAT cold? ;-P

[Vision]

I remember around 1990 when Ted Danson was on TV saying if we didn't do something that day, the oceans wouldn't exist as we know them in 2000.

There's something about 10 years the liberal kooks like.

[darkwing104]

Isn't that nice. Tell the Celebrities to do it with their own money, not mine.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Exactly. I mean, he played a bartender on TV. What other qualifications do you need to discuss climatology?

[Eagle of Liberty]

Interesting information on the history of the global warming debate:

http://aip.org/history/climate/Public.htm

[bondjamesbond]

It is our socialist "friends" China, Brazil, India, etc., that are the massive polluters.

Uncontrolled coal mine fires in China emit more CO2 than ever US car and truck East of the Mississippi River.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Oh, good one. I second that.

[4yearlurker]

I like going to the libraries and second hand stores in my area looking through all the old books. Some of the titles crack me up: "The Coming Depression of the 1980's, World War lll in the 1990's, etc..... Yeah, these authors had it right. That's what I think of when I see this 10 year global warming/doom crap! Just another dusty book on the shelf.