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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 15, 2007 20:02:33 GMT -5
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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 18, 2007 21:16:11 GMT -5
I’m sorry I haven’t written my account of the climate change lecture and discussion yet. I’ve been a little under the weather lately. In the meanwhile, here are some interesting articles: Kilimanjaro's ice set to lingerBy Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News, Vienna Recent concerns that climate warming would rob Mount Kilimanjaro of all its glaciers within 20 years are overly pessimistic, say Austrian scientists. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6561527.stmGlobal warming may spur wind shear, sap hurricanesBy Jim Loney Tue Apr 17, 6:02 PM ET MIAMI (Reuters) - Global warming could increase a climate phenomenon known as wind shear that inhibits Atlantic hurricanes, a potentially positive result of climate change, according to new research released on Tuesday. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070417/sc_nm/weather_hurricanes_shear_dc_1 Scientist says cremation should meet a timely deathWed Apr 18, 10:30 AM ET SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian scientist called Wednesday for an end to the age-old tradition of cremation, saying the practice contributed to global warming. news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070418/lf_afp/lifestylewarmingdeath_070418143046U.N. Council Hits Impasse Over Debate on WarmingBy REUTERS, April 18, 2007 UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Reuters) — Britain and China faced off on Tuesday in the first United Nations Security Council debate on climate change, with Britain pushing the issue and China saying the 15-member body had no competence to deal with it. The British foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, who presided over the meeting, argued that the potential for climate change to cause wars made it an issue for the Security Council, the most powerful United Nations body, but one that has a mandate to deal only with international peace and security. www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/world/18nations.htmlThe Power of GreenBy Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times Magazine, April 15, 2007 This is an interesting article exploring the political and economic implications on the world of “going green”. It also has something interesting to say about nuclear power plants in the US and the barriers to building more. www.nytimes.com/2007/04/15/magazine/15green.t.html?em&ex=1177041600&en=bee4ce25af3accba&ei=5087%0A
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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 19, 2007 22:02:46 GMT -5
Here are two interesting links Post global on Climate Change (A section on the Washington Post website where people can comment and discuss various questions) THE QUESTION People jump on America for dragging its feet on global warming; what about developing countries like China, India and Brazil? Will this "planetary emergency" bring rich and poor nations closer together or drive them further apart? Posted by Zakaria, Ignatius & Ahn newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/index.html?hpid=opinionsbox1Here’s a website with some information on Michael Crichton and global warming, along with some information on the book by S. Fred Singer and Dennis T. Avery, Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007: www.friesian.com/crichton.htm
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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 20, 2007 22:24:39 GMT -5
Here’s an interesting article critiquing An Inconvenient Truth. I found it at www.climateaudit.org “Convenient Fibs about an Underlying Truth: Al Gore’s Tortured Brief on Climate Change’s Causes, Effects, and Solutions” By Caleb Stewart Rossiter (Assistant professor, School of International Service, American University) October 11, 2006 academic3.american.edu/~rossiter/Convenient%20Fibs.html
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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 25, 2007 14:36:50 GMT -5
Climate Change News: Here’s an article about how, at a correspondents' dinner, Sheryl Crow and Laurie David “unsuccessfully tried to change the thinking of Karl Rove”. What is most telling about the encounter is this quote from David: "I honestly thought that I was going to change his mind, like, right there and then."
Whatever one may think of Karl Rove, he is a very smart man. For David to think she could so easily change his mind, reflects her lack of understanding of the complexity of climate change, and her lack of respect for the intelligence of those who disagree with her on the issue. Rove Debates Warming With Crow, DavidBy JOHN HEILPRIN, The Associated Press, Washington Post, Sunday, April 22, 2007; 4:20 PM www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/22/AR2007042200359.htmlAnd also from the Washington Post: Growing Number of Americans See Warming as Leading ThreatMost Want U.S. to Act, but There Is No Consensus on HowBy Juliet Eilperin and Jon Cohen, Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, April 20, 2007; Page A20 www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/19/AR2007041902527.html?hpid=topnewsA third of Americans say global warming ranks as the world's single largest environmental problem, double the number who gave it top ranking last year, a nationwide poll shows.
In the new poll, conducted jointly by The Washington Post, ABC News and Stanford University, most of those surveyed said that climate change is real and that they want the federal government to do more about it. But the survey also shows there is little public agreement about the policies the United States should adopt to address it.From Climate Audit: The climatologists and their tormenting spiritsSaturday 21 April 2007 Trouw, Section Letter en Geest page 4/5 home.casema.nl/errenwijlens/co2/joepengels_trouw.htm(Scroll down for the English translation) Climate experts and skeptics are locked in a meaningless “so-not so” game, thinks science editor Joep Engels. The debate must according to him be lifted to a higher level and deal with the real problems. “Because there may be a large scientific consensus about the basic principles of the greenhouse effect, beyond that uncertainty rules and opinions are divided”.
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Post by Kahlessa on Apr 29, 2007 23:02:51 GMT -5
Climate Change News:Carbon-Neutral Is Hip, but Is It Green?By ANDREW C. REVKIN, NY Times, April 29, 2007 www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/weekinreview/29revkin.htmlChecks and Balances in Climate AssessmentA Guest Weblog By Hendrik Tennekes, April 24, 2007 climatesci.colorado.edu/2007/04/24/checks-and-balances-in-climate-assessmentGlobal Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins?by Gregg Easterbrook, The Atlantic Monthly, April 2007 Climate change in the next century (and beyond) could be enormously disruptive, spreading disease and sparking wars. It could also be a windfall for some people, businesses, and nations. A guide to how we all might get along in a warming world www.theatlantic.com/doc/200704/global-warmingAs the World WarmsGregg Easterbrook talks about his cover story, "Global Warming: Who Loses—and Who Wins?" and the unexpected by-products of climate change. www.theatlantic.com/doc/200703u/global-warmingSome Convenient TruthsRunaway global warming looks all but unstoppable. Maybe that’s because we haven’t really tried to stop it By Gregg Easterbrook, The Atlantic Monthly, September 2006 www.theatlantic.com/doc/200609/global-warming
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dudleyb
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Post by dudleyb on Apr 30, 2007 14:41:37 GMT -5
Consider the entire life cycle of a tree... seed, growth, death, decay, compost, seed, etc. Is it net +/-/0 for carbon? Think about it?
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Post by Space Monkey on May 3, 2007 9:18:17 GMT -5
Ok this takes the cake. Did you hear? Al Gore's book is going to be put in hotel rooms instead of the bible-places considering themselves a "green" establishments, like the Gaia Hotel, in Napa Valley, Ca. LOL
Sorry I've been MIA around here, I caught this cruddy flu from my husband and step daughter. blah!
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Post by Kickup on May 3, 2007 13:55:23 GMT -5
Consider the entire life cycle of a tree... seed, growth, death, decay, compost, seed, etc. Is it net +/-/0 for carbon? Think about it? Well, I don't think this is true for carbon. Unless you're splitting atoms. Doesn't it just change form? As in matrix? So....... your point is.......? P.S. what everyone doesn't see at the bottom of Dudley's alter ego pic is the beaker of black gooey stuff bubbling up and over. I'll bet Wrinklestein has fled Operation Paperclip and remnants of the Secret Police are chasing him to get him on their payroll.
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Post by Kahlessa on May 3, 2007 14:04:04 GMT -5
Ok this takes the cake. Did you hear? Al Gore's book is going to be put in hotel rooms instead of the bible-places considering themselves a "green" establishments, like the Gaia Hotel, in Napa Valley, Ca. LOL Sorry I've been MIA around here, I caught this cruddy flu from my husband and step daughter. blah! Hope you're feeling better, Space Monkey. As for Gore's book, if I found that in a hotel room, I'd drop kick it into the hallway. As someone on Climate Audit said, another example of environmentalism as religion.
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dudleyb
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Post by dudleyb on May 4, 2007 12:17:50 GMT -5
Speaking of replacing the Bible with Al Gore's book in hotel rooms, here's another story:
I have a friend who's a Christian and has been for years, comes from a solid Christian home (of the Southern Baptist persuasion), is heavily involved in a respected prison evangelistic ministry, speaks at prayer breakfasts and men's meetings, etc. You'd think he had some sort of solid foundation. Whatever!? Proudly displayed on the bookcase in his living room, along with numerous "Christian classics" and various translations of the Bible, is a copy of Darwin's masterpiece on racism, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life," bound in glorious full grain leather, with gilded edges, and satin ribbons to hold your place so you can quickly open to your favorite inspirational passage, presumably during your time of prayer--I'm not exactly sure prayer to whom, Darwin himself or perhaps Molech?
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Post by Kahlessa on May 10, 2007 6:41:32 GMT -5
More climate change links: David Suzuki vs. Michael CrichtonBarbara Kay, National Post, Wednesday, February 21, 2007 Last Thursday, environmentalist guru David Suzuki stormed out of a Toronto AM640 radio interview with host John Oakley because Oakley dared to suggest that global warming might not be the "totally settled issue" Suzuki insisted it was. www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=55f4dc45-f308-4b34-80af-011a0cf38fedGlobal Warming: Not the End of the World as We Know ItBy Olaf Stampf, Der Spiegel, May 07, 2007 How bad is climate change really? Are catastrophic floods and terrible droughts headed our way? Despite widespread fears of a greenhouse hell, the latest computer simulations are delivering far less dramatic predictions about tomorrow's climate. www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,481684,00.html (For some reason, this link didn't get hyperlinked in its entirety. It seems to stop when it hits a comma. Copy and paste the link instead of clicking on it. )
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Post by Lukaran on May 18, 2007 14:50:47 GMT -5
Ok this takes the cake. Did you hear? Al Gore's book is going to be put in hotel rooms instead of the bible-places considering themselves a "green" establishments, like the Gaia Hotel, in Napa Valley, Ca. LOL I read a new phrase the other day: Gorebal warming. There's a big difference between global warming and Gorebal warming.
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Post by Kahlessa on May 18, 2007 18:08:32 GMT -5
I read a new phrase the other day: Gorebal warming. There's a big difference between global warming and Gorebal warming. Yeah, one's a lot of hot air!
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Post by Kickup on May 24, 2007 1:00:24 GMT -5
Gorebal warming? I love it!
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