More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent (Global warming merged)

There:




We told you all along.

[Digital_Trucker]

Who was it that said global warming was a bad thing?

[Diopos]

Nope... It only proves that our grandgrandgrand-mothers were very modest and our daughters are very...popular?:hmm:

I prefer the term "progressive"

[Raptor1]

Does this thing has a regular schedule in which it comes up, or does it just pop at random intervals?

Originally Posted by Raptor1

Does this thing has a regular schedule in which it comes up, or does it just pop at random intervals?

You mean other threads making fun of topics done to death?
Dunno. Requires basic humor to recognize these, I suppose

[TDK1044]

The picture also sums up sales trends in the US auto industry.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Bewolf

You mean other threads making fun of topics done to death?
Dunno. Requires basic humor to recognize these, I suppose

No, I meant that picture (I saw it quite a few times on this forum, I think, I know I did at least once)

[August]

Yeah that has to be one of the most posted pictures in the forum but that's ok because it is still funny...

[Sailor Steve]

Agreed: it is quite the oldie, but still quite the goodie!

[SUBMAN1]

I wonder how the UN and Al Gore are going to respond to this one? Their own are even giving them the finger this time! Paying attention Skybird? Still beleive what the UN tells you? Still believe what the NOAA and NASA is spoon feeding you? Hahahaha!

http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.c...0-274616db87e6

-S

POZNAN, Poland - The UN global warming conference currently underway in Poland is about to face a serious challenge from over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe who are criticizing the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore. Set for release this week, a newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report features the dissenting voices of over 650 international scientists, many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN. The report has added about 250 scientists (and growing) in 2008 to the over 400 scientists who spoke out in 2007. The over 650 dissenting scientists are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers.....

[SUBMAN1]

I forgot to mention - this is from our own Government this time. I'm quite curious how you are going to discredit them, but I'll be watching....

-S

[Stealth Hunter]

We know that:


• Average temperatures have climbed 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit around the world since 1880, much of this in recent decades. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has confirmed this.

• The rate of warming is increasing. The 20th century's last two decades were the hottest in 400 years and possibly the warmest for several millennia, as shown by climatology scientists. The United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports that 11 of the past 12 years are among the dozen warmest since 1850. This statistic was likewise confirmed by NASA.

• Average temperatures in Alaska, western Canada, and eastern Russia have risen at twice the global average, according to the multinational Arctic Climate Impact Assessment report compiled between 2000 and 2004. Once again, NASA investigated and confirmed this.

• Arctic ice is disappearing at an alarming rate, and the region may have its first completely ice-free summer by the year 2040 or even earlier. To add to this, polar bears and other native species are already suffering from the sea-ice loss.

• Glaciers and mountain snows are rapidly melting. For instance, Montana's glacier park now has only 27 glaciers, compared to the 150 that existed in 1910. In the Northern Hemisphere, thaws a week earlier than usual and freezes end a week later than usual.

• Coral reefs suffered the worst bleaching since 1998 (when they're destroyed by stress from temperature change), with some areas seeing bleach rates of 70%. Scientists expect these sorts of events to increase in frequency and intensity in the next 50 years as sea temperatures rise causing the currents to change.

• An upsurge in the amount of extreme weather events (such as heat waves and tropical storms) has come with the climate changes.



We also know that:



• Industrialization, deforestation, and pollution have greatly increased atmospheric concentrations of water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, all of which are greenhouse gases.

• Humans are putting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere faster than plants and ocean algae can absorb it.

• These gases persist in the atmosphere for years, so that even if such emissions were reduced or completely eliminated today, it would still not cause global warming to immediately cease.

• Scientists have proven that natural cycles in Earth's orbit can alter the planet's exposure to sunlight, which may explain part of the current trend.


We're not entirely to blame, but we are accelerating the process. We do need to pay more attention to what we dump into the world, because if we don't, we're in trouble. Global warming is not some elaborate hoax conjured up by the scientists so they can obtain more money, but it's certainly not our fault alone as some claim. That's the simple fact of it.

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Paying attention Skybird? Still beleive what the UN tells you? Still believe what the NOAA and NASA is spoon feeding you? Hahahaha!

That's kind of ironic, given that you believe the "facts" some of these websites "spoonfeed" you...

[SandyCaesar]

I agree with Stealth Hunter.

While natural trends may have something to do with all this, is it really inconceivable that humans haven't been worsening the situation? I'll agree that we humans probably aren't the sole cause, but I disagree with the assertion that we have nothing to do with it.

Besides, considering the environmental damage that we are already pumping out, doesn't it make sense to reduce it, even if it turns out that global warming is overestimated?

[PeriscopeDepth]

I wouldn't start trembling with excitement just yet buddy...

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

this is from our own Government this time.

-S

Not entirely true, to put it charitably. It's from Jim Inhofe's press blog, the minority leader of the Senate's Environment and Public Works. As the blog release says:
"Set for release this week, a newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report."

Note the US Senate Minority Report part. This report is the view of just one side of the aisle on the E&PW committee.

From Mr. Inhofe's Wikipedia entry

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

He is among the most vocal critics of global warming in Congress.[1] Inhofe often cites the Bible as the source for his positions on various political issues.[2]

Saying that this report represents the official US government's view on the issue is blatantly false.

PD