Mark Steyn: What's so hot about fickle science?

Chicago Sun Times ^ | February 4, 2007 | Mark Steyn

[capitalist229]

It is only 150-200 years since the 'Little Ice Age' ended. Of course it's getting warmer !

I'll start taking it seriusly when Babs turns in the keys to her jet.

BUMP

[Puckster]

It was -21 degrees without wind chill in Pine City, MN, this morning. Yes, we had a mild December and most of January, however, September and October were some of the coolest on recored.

[dblshot]

"these people knew that the sacrifices actually did nothing to appease the Gods either - but it sure helped them keep hold of their power-base."

Like good ole Al-pocaylpto Gore!

[NonValueAdded]

If anything, we should be taking steps to hasten Global Warming. After all, it is inoculation against Nuclear Winter and some states are surely taking steps to make that a reality.

[ClaireSolt]

I like his term, eco-chondriacs.

[Tribune7]

ping

[chiller]

I don't think W is taking it seriously despite some bromides from his office.

Worse are the captains of industry that seem to be buckling. I can't figure their angle, since a Kyoto type agreement would tend to cripple our economy....unless they think US taxpayers can foot the bill to clean up something they'd have to pay for later.

[StACase]

I've never seen any attempt to define how much of this alleged change is being caused by NATURAL FACTORS.

There is, you just have to look for it. The "Mainstream Media" certainly isn't going to tell you about it.

Here:

Global Warming: A Chilling Perspective

[Reaganesque]

Bookmarked for later reading.

[COUNTrecount]

So does this mean that Mark won't be voting for Algore to get the Oscar or the Nobel? Just askin'.

[Tax-chick]

It's mighty cold in my house!

[thinking]

As I understand things...the earth's annual inclination, is responsible for the seasonal changes that we, in the higher latitudes, experience....in turn, the moon's position, relative to earth, moderates the inclination, if the moon wasn't in the precise position, that it is presently, the earth would experience greater or less than the 23.45 degrees of inclination, and as a result, the seasonal temperature variation would be greater, or less, dependent on weather the inclination angle increased or decreased....if the angle increased, the northern latitudes, would experience longer, and warmer summers, followed by longer and colder winters....conversely, if the angle decreased, then it would result in long winters, and virtually no summer.....

Laser measurements of the distance between the earth and our moon indicate that Moon, is slowly moving away from earth; as the distance increases, the stabilizing influence of the Moon on earth's annual inclination, will decline, and this decline will result in greater weather fluctuations here on earth

[kellynla]

"And, if you really don't like the global weather, wait half-a-millennium."

Nuff said.

Now we're off to the beach...
Gotta take advantage of this beautiful Southern Cali 80 degree weather before Al Bore predicts a "Global Freeze!" LMAO

GO COLTS!

[Beowulf]

bttt

[dufekin]

The "captains of industry" foresee regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to create barriers to entry for potential competitors. These enormous transnational mega-corporations tend to use their leverage in the deeply corrupt corridors of power to quash competition against their oligopoly. The government might forbid any new carbon dioxide emissions unless the proposed new emitter finds a way to eliminate some offsetting existing emissions, paying whatsoever the existing companies demand. In a more extreme version, the oligopolists profit immensely because the regulation creates insatiable scarcity of their product, enabling them to raise prices without worrying about the potential of competitors or new supply.

[Savage Beast]

Kinda makes you long for the days when Y2K occupied the minds--Oops!--of the mindless "do-gooders".

This is the crux of the matter:

"The question is whether...we need to divert vast resources to a transnational elite bureaucracy so that they can do their best to cripple the global economy and deny much of the developing world access to the healthier and longer lives that capitalism brings."

Yes.

My wife and I owned a large tract of gorgeous, pristine wilderness, teeming with wildlife.

We wanted to keep it in its pristine beauty, permitted no hunting or fishing. We loved the animals. We loved the forest.

We're both vegetarians. We also recycle faithfully, are very conscious of avoiding environmental pollution.

The elite "Environmentalist" bureaucracy got into the act. They wouldn't leave us alone. We fought them for years. I told them that if they didn't leave us alone, we would have to sell the property, and the only person who would buy it would be a developer.

They didn't care. The bureaurocrats wanted CONTROL! They wanted POWER!

We sold it to a group of developers. They razed the forest.

I don't blame them.

The entire blame rests solely on the bureaucrats and the "Environmentalists" who delivered POWER and CONTROL to them!

The wilderness is now destroyed. The forest has been clear cut. The wildlife has been dispersed.

A lovely housing development has replaced the gorgeous, pristine wilderness, teeming with wildlife.

On the bright side, we made lots of money!

However, I said to my wife: "Here we are with all this money, and we are hearbroken." I have still not recovered from my grief over this. I wonder what happened to the animals.

This tale is completely true. It is also a parable. This is what elite "Environmentalists" and bureaucrats will do to the world if we are foolish enough to allow them to seize sufficient POWER and CONTROL.

[bjc]

Yesterday I worked out that we could invite everybody in the world, all 6.5 billion, to RI (approx 2,000 sq miles) to sit and watch the Super Bowl!! Think about it. Makes you wonder exactly how big a problem we are or could possibly be.

This was posted on Drudge:
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=156df7e6-d490-41c9-8b1f-106fef8763c6&k=0

Seems as though the Sun may be behind these temperature fluctuations - cosmic rays and all that. What we need to do is start countering all these messages about man-made climate change with observable facts. Otherwise we are in danger of falling into the giant maw of UN control of our economy and, ergo, our lives.

[nuconvert]

Bump

[bjc]

I love this graphic. Can you provide the source?

[Moonman62]

Well, if smiles are the measure of quality of life, I'm Bill Gates; I'm laughing my head off.

And why is Bono asking Americans to be taxed to send money to them, yet sending none of his own?