Please, please don’t drink the Kool-Aid
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The language of science, like that of the United Nations, is by nature cautious and measured. That makes the dire tone of the just-released final report from the fourth assessment of the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a network of thousands of international scientists, all the more striking. Global warming is “unequivocal.” Climate change will bring “abrupt and irreversible changes.” The report, a synthesis for politicians culled from three other IPCC panels convened throughout the year, read like what it is: a final warning to humanity.
“Today the world’s scientists have spoken clearly, and with one voice,” said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, who attended the publication of the report in Valencia, Spain. A Last Warning on Global Warming - TIME
Now, if you want to send this to a few dozen of your closest friends, you won’t hear a squeak from me.
Perhaps a whimper…
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Steve Higgins
November 21st, 2007
at 9:55am
Go to this link for a refreshing break from doom-and-gloom bad science.
Go to this dilbert link for an analogy of the doom-and-gloom Global Warming religion.
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/dilbert-20071031.html
Bill in Racine
November 21st, 2007
at 11:20am
Sorry - but last I checked, the “scientific” panel on global warming at the IPCC did not consist entirely of scientists. Many of them had no degree or specialty regarding anything to do with science.
Are these the same scientists who “unequivocally” claimed that we were headed for a global ice age back in the 70’s?
I’m really getting tired of all of the chicken littles running around squawking their heads off.
There is an old saying - “When you believe in nothing, you will fall for anything”. I think this is exactly what is happening in our world today. We have no sense of common sense anymore. Everyone is too busy jumping at every little thing. The fad right now is “global warming” - in a few years when we the doom-sayers find out that this is just a bunch of horse hockey, they’ll find something else to glom onto.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for saving money on things like my electric bill, my gas bill, etc. But so many of the things that these tranzis want is to take over and control everyone and everything.
There is a great book “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming” - I’d suggest everyone read this book and find out just how out of wack the IPCC and all of the other fear mongers are.
And just to point out to those who never heard/read the REAL story of Chicken Little - the sky was not falling and it wasn’t aliens. (As was told in the recent animated movie). This had all to do with a dopey little bird who got hit on the head by an acorn and started screaming that the sky was falling, causing everyone else to go into a panic.
Hmm - now THAT version of the story sounds amazingly familiar doesn’t it?
teqjack
November 22nd, 2007
at 12:09am
While I do believe warming is happening, please note the IPCC “Report” you find in the news is actually the political overview, for politicians rather than scientists, and does not hew all that closely to the actual report.
Bill Webb
November 27th, 2007
at 10:04pm
Denial ain’t a river in Africa.
I wonder if the pooh-pooh crowd have read as much quality material supporting climate change as they have material debunking it? If you don’t give both sides equal time and study, then your opinions aren’t worth — as Calvin Coolidge famously remarked — a bucket of warm spit.
(And yes, I have. Both sides. Despite a background that includes teaching meteorology to pilots, I felt I owed the issue that much attention. Climate change won in a walk.)
Sean
November 28th, 2007
at 12:35pm
Perhaps real scientist who are not connected to any government agency or UN connected may help you decide.
Go onto youtube and type in “Global warming-doomsday postponed.”
A 5 part effort by real scientist who have NO agenda for political or grant reasons.
OK. If you’ll go here and read all that’s available. Fair enough?
(You can read, can’t you? I don’t think they’re on YouTube. Serious scientists usually aren’t.)