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2011-02-11 Science & Technology

~~Global Warming~~ ~~Climate Change Global~~ Climate Disruption Follies

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-02-11 08:55|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

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~~Global Warming~~ ~~Climate Change~~ Global Climate Disruption Follies

Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2011-02-11 09:14|| 2011-02-11 09:14|| Front Page Top

#2 How many freaking blizzards have to hit Washington before the "global warming" lemmings finally decide it isn't getting warmer?

James,

I just don't know but I've worn out two snow blowers this winter getting my car out of the garage.

Karl,

I suppose we have to have a freaking glacier grind down the Capitol Mall before these idiots in Washington get a grip.

Posted by James Carville/Karl Rove 2011-02-11 11:10|| 2011-02-11 11:10|| Front Page Top

#3 the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere comes to LESS than one percent, just how can so little heat up so much?

Posted by pikestaff 2011-02-11 11:32|| 2011-02-11 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Global Warming is NOT science, it's religion and the "Believers" will fight tooth and nail to NOT listen to Facts.
Facts are irrelevant to belief.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2011-02-11 11:47|| 2011-02-11 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Dear James and Karl,

Redneck is correct. As in any religion the dogma explains everything. Global warming, in the dogma, creates cold waves, heat waves, floods, droughts, sea level falling or rising. It's one stop shopping for those whose real agenda is simply power over everything.

Posted by Alan Cramer 2011-02-11 12:00|| 2011-02-11 12:00|| Front Page Top

#6 The other part of the AGW religion never spoken of by either side is efficacy. Given that a large spike in manmade CO2 emissions have been going on since about 1700 and given that the putative effects took a couple of centuries to be noticeable, is there anything the human race could do that would reverse the trend. Even if all manmade CO2 emissions ceased immediately, the trend, if it exists, would most likely continue for decades if not centuries.
The AGW theories so far advanced also beg the question of what factors contribute the most to warming, factors like solar & geothermal energy and fluctuations in the earth's magnetic field, none of which are affected by human activity.
Global warmism is religious fanaticism, not science.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-02-11 16:21|| 2011-02-11 16:21|| Front Page Top

#7 "Global warmism is religious fanaticism, not science."

With the emphasis on the fanaticism, AH. >:-(

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-11 18:13|| 2011-02-11 18:13|| Front Page Top

#8 CO2 makes up about 0.035% of the atmosphere. That is about 350 parts per million. MOST of the CO2 comes from decaying plant matter; man-made CO2 is a very small fraction of the total CO2.
And, CO2 does not go into the atmosphere and stay there building up forever. Despite what the EPA says, CO2 is not pollution. It is a vital plant food. Much of the CO2 is absorbed by plants, and by the ocean. Plants grow better with a CO2-enriched atmosphere, and they absorb more.

Besides, the major greenhouse gas is water vapor. However, trying to cut the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere does not give the same opportunities for power that CO2 does.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-02-11 18:59|| 2011-02-11 18:59|| Front Page Top

#9 CO2 does not CAUSE warming, it is a lagging indicator. Correlation is not causation, and the Warmers have yet to prove any causality in any way other than a model, and their models fail to replicate real-world historical behavior, and have utterly failed to reflect current conditions when given recent historical data.

PEOPLE STOP ACCEPTING THAT CO2 ***CAUSES*** Global Warming/Change. Demand proof, and counter with CO2 levels historically rising in RESPONSE to warming periods.

Posted by OldSpook 2011-02-11 23:48|| 2011-02-11 23:48|| Front Page Top

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