More on global warming
Much has been said recently on the global warming and mankind's responsibility (or not) for it thanks to Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth". I posted about it when the movie first came out and Tracy (over at Anti-Strib) had an interesting conversation on it yesterday.
"The left is getting mighty defensive about Global Warming lately.I got an email from The Liberal Oasis that claims that there is no real debate over global warming and Bush is the only person in the world that hasn't conceded that Al Gore is right."
Well Tracy - here is another person who is not totally sold on the "facts" of global warming as presented to us by the former Vice President...
"Al Gore calls global warming an "inconvenient truth," as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. That's an illusion. The real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and -- barring major technological breakthroughs -- we can't do much about it. This was obvious nine years ago; it's still obvious. " (emphasis mine)
I will not deny that it seems as if the earth is getting warmer. We are having one of our hottest summers on record in Minnesota this year. HOWEVER, global warming (and cooling) is a natural cycle. Remember, once upon a time Minnesota was covered by several feet of ICE. What do you think cause all that ice to receed if not "global warming"? In the 1970's the environmental lobby was all concerned about global cooling that was caused by (you guessed it) man's use of fossil fuels!
The real inconvenient truth is that while global warming is happening we DON'T KNOW what is causing it. However, this we do know. Curbing greenhouse gas emissions will condemn a large portion of the earths population to a lifetime of poverty and starvation.
"From 2003 to 2050, the world's population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion people to 9.1 billion, a 42 percent increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, carbon dioxide) will be 42 percent higher in 2050. But that's too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. Unless we condemn the world's poor to their present poverty -- and freeze everyone else's living standards -- we need economic growth. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050."
Are we really willing to be that selfish? Is that what you are advocating Mr. Gore? You've got yours....you want to prevent others from getting even a small piece of that pie? Don't you care about "economic justice"? It would be interesting to find out the answers to those questions.
"The left is getting mighty defensive about Global Warming lately.I got an email from The Liberal Oasis that claims that there is no real debate over global warming and Bush is the only person in the world that hasn't conceded that Al Gore is right."
Well Tracy - here is another person who is not totally sold on the "facts" of global warming as presented to us by the former Vice President...
"Al Gore calls global warming an "inconvenient truth," as if merely recognizing it could put us on a path to a solution. That's an illusion. The real truth is that we don't know enough to relieve global warming, and -- barring major technological breakthroughs -- we can't do much about it. This was obvious nine years ago; it's still obvious. " (emphasis mine)
I will not deny that it seems as if the earth is getting warmer. We are having one of our hottest summers on record in Minnesota this year. HOWEVER, global warming (and cooling) is a natural cycle. Remember, once upon a time Minnesota was covered by several feet of ICE. What do you think cause all that ice to receed if not "global warming"? In the 1970's the environmental lobby was all concerned about global cooling that was caused by (you guessed it) man's use of fossil fuels!
The real inconvenient truth is that while global warming is happening we DON'T KNOW what is causing it. However, this we do know. Curbing greenhouse gas emissions will condemn a large portion of the earths population to a lifetime of poverty and starvation.
"From 2003 to 2050, the world's population is projected to grow from 6.4 billion people to 9.1 billion, a 42 percent increase. If energy use per person and technology remain the same, total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (mainly, carbon dioxide) will be 42 percent higher in 2050. But that's too low, because societies that grow richer use more energy. Unless we condemn the world's poor to their present poverty -- and freeze everyone else's living standards -- we need economic growth. With modest growth, energy use and greenhouse emissions more than double by 2050."
Are we really willing to be that selfish? Is that what you are advocating Mr. Gore? You've got yours....you want to prevent others from getting even a small piece of that pie? Don't you care about "economic justice"? It would be interesting to find out the answers to those questions.
posted by The Lady Logician at
7:50 AM
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