Global Warming...New Report...and it ain't happy news

I don't know, miniTAX, when you've been the last time in London - I wonder, how many SUV's you can find within the Congestion Charging Zone.

I thionk I would have been a problem in the 15th century as well.

However the priesthood of political correctitude is far more intolerant than even the Dominicans of an earlier age. And there are no Jesuits among the PC police.

And with the snow pounding the rockies and great plains now, December might not look any better, if the weather in other parts of the world don't offset this dangerous downtrend?

okie wrote:

And with the snow pounding the rockies and great plains now, December might not look any better, if the weather in other parts of the world don't offset this dangerous downtrend?

You didn't look beyond your own nose, didn't you? (Or at the previous links ... warmest year in England .... warmest November in history ..... no snow in the Alps ... )

And it's CLIMATE CHANGE not getting warmer/colder.

Do you ever get the feeling that some of the pro-AGW group, especially the media, WANT it to be true? And yet if you observe their behavior from Al Gore to media types to environmental groups you don't see them altering their lifestyle much--.....

Interestingly, Earth Day is on equinox day, also Lenin's birthday whether by coincidence or not, probably not to some as communist sympathizers love the environmental movement. They see this as a convenient vehicle or wedge to gain support and power in the future.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Russian: Владимир Ильич Ульянов, better known by the alias Lenin (help·info) (Ленин)) (April 22, 1870 - January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, a communist politician, the main leader of the October Revolution, the first head of the Soviet Union, and the primary theorist of Leninism, a variant of Marxism.

The equinoctial Earth Day, also International Earth Day, is celebrated on the vernal equinox to mark the precise moment that spring begins in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. On equinox, night and day are in equal length anywhere on Earth. Therefore, a perfectly vertical pole standing on the equator at noon during equinox will not cast a shadow. At the South Pole, the sun sets and ends a six-month-long day while at the North Pole, the sun rises and hence ending six months of continuous darkness.

The United Nations celebrates Earth Day each year on the vernal equinox (around March 21). On February 26, 1971, UN Secretary-General U Thant signed a proclamation to that effect. At the moment of the equinox, it is traditional to observe the day by ringing the Japanese Peace Bell, a bell donated by Japan to the United Nations.

One thing sure about this issue is there is more to it than the environment.

Interesting link:
http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=3646

Did you ever hear or get the idea that environmental groupps/supportwers exist outside the USA? Started, before you even thought about this term?

Walter writes
Did you ever hear or get the idea that environmental groupps/supportwers exist outside the USA? Started, before you even thought about this term?

Do you ever consider that you're missing the point being made? Or that the Europeans also talk a bigger game than the one they actually participate in just llike Americans do? Do you get up in the morning worrying about global warming and what you can personally do to help stop it?

Do you think those who aren't practicing what they preach might not be really as concerned as they say?

Do you honestly think a huge number of people anywhere in the world are worried enough about global warming to voluntarily significantly change their lifestyles?

Do you really think it is okay to shut down the debate and close off funding for anybody who isn't accepting the conventional wisdom re AGW?

Foxfyre wrote:

Walter writes
Did you ever hear or get the idea that environmental groupps/supportwers exist outside the USA? Started, before you even thought about this term?

Foxfyre wrote:

Do you ever consider that you're missing the point being made? Or that the Europeans also talk a bigger game than the one they actually participate in just llike Americans do? Do you get up in the morning worrying about global warming and what you can personally do to help stop it?

Yes.

Foxfyre wrote:

Do you think those who aren't practicing what they preach might not be really as concerned as they say?

Yes.

Foxfyre wrote:

Do you honestly think a huge number of people anywhere in the world are worried enough about global warming to voluntarily significantly change their lifestyles?

Yes.

Foxfyre wrote:

Do you really think it is okay to shut down the debate and close off funding for anybody who isn't accepting the conventional wisdom re AGW?

Well, that would be an idea ...

Next couple of questions, please.

And yet if you observe their behavior from Al Gore to media types to environmental groups you don't see them altering their lifestyle much--maybe they buy a smaller or hybrid car--but that seems to be pretty much it. (Gore doesn't even do that.)

Foxfyre wrote:

And yet if you observe their behavior from Al Gore to media types to environmental groups you don't see them altering their lifestyle much--maybe they buy a smaller or hybrid car--but that seems to be pretty much it. (Gore doesn't even do that.)

That's interesting. What kind of car does Gore drive?