Posted on 02/18/2010 10:44:01 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Over the last few months, and even again today, very unsettling revelations have come to light about the settled science of man-made global warming. With all of these shoes dropping youd think every member of the U.N.s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) would be barefoot by now.
One thing after another keeps popping up to further discredit the theory of man-made global warming. The IPCCs supposedly definitive report proving the theory riddled with serious errors. The organization has been publicly chastised by everyone from its former chair to the heads of the UKs biggest funder of climate research and Greenpeace UK. One of the worlds top climate change scientists, Prof. Phil Jones, has conceded that theres been no significant warming since 1995; that the medieval period may have been warmer than today; and that hes had trouble even keeping track of raw data crucial to the global warming theory. Yet President Obama still seeks to create a federal office for global warming, and theyre still talking about mandating their cap-and-tax plan that's based on discredited data.
The Obama administrations environmental extremism also shows up in its aversion to oil and gas development. A true all-of-the-above approach to energy would mean allowing oil and gas explorers to drill here and drill now because America has the proven reserves needed to meet our energy challenges. A new industry study reveals that the federal government's current restrictions on oil and gas drilling in Alaska and off the U.S. coastline will cost us $2.36 trillion through 2029. Think of the millions of U.S. jobs we could create, and how much more secure America would be, if we had a true free market approach to energy independence that allowed us to finally drill!
And though I applaud the Presidents newly declared interest in nuclear power, it should be noted that hes merely following through on loan guarantees authorized during the prior administration. Whats more, while the White House now touts the building of new nuclear power plants, its budget inexplicably calls for cutting funding to the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. A real nuclear energy plan requires a strategy for dealing with nuclear waste storage and recycling.
The man-made global warming hysteria isnt based on sound science, and the Obama administrations energy policy isnt based on sound economics. If the climategate revelations teach us anything, its that we need to cool down the rhetoric and fire up our common sense.
- Sarah Palin
Keep it up Josh...
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