I'm listening to science Friday on Talk of the Nation. They're doing an earth day special and talking about global warming. It's pretty depressing.
I've got to had it to the republicans. They were right. I remember a speech Dubya made a long time ago, right after he ditched the Kyoto treaty. He had the five remaining scientists that were not convinced that global warming existed lined up and he said something along the lines of, "Well if it turns out that global warming is real, there's nothing we can do about it and hey, would it be great if farmers in Canada could grow bananas." -- yes indeed and people in NY could swim to work. But he's right. Apparently if we immediately stopped all emitting green house gases if would take decades or centuries for it to even out. That sucks. thank god that Atlanta is about 1000 ft above sea level, But if you've never been to see New Orleans you better while you can.
I've got to had it to the republicans. They were right. I remember a speech Dubya made a long time ago, right after he ditched the Kyoto treaty. He had the five remaining scientists that were not convinced that global warming existed lined up and he said something along the lines of, "Well if it turns out that global warming is real, there's nothing we can do about it and hey, would it be great if farmers in Canada could grow bananas." -- yes indeed and people in NY could swim to work. But he's right. Apparently if we immediately stopped all emitting green house gases if would take decades or centuries for it to even out. That sucks. thank god that Atlanta is about 1000 ft above sea level, But if you've never been to see New Orleans you better while you can.
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In the last century, the world has increased an average of one degree.
Go wet your panties, 'cause man, one degree, that's makin' me scared.
The global warming measurements that support GB ALL were taken on land. Measurements taken on land are ALWAYS warmer than the actual earth's temperature. More accurate measurements are taken in the air, and those measurements do not point to global warming at all. We have less of those measurements (but PLENTY for a supported hypothesis) because the balloons are more expensive and usually are torn apart.
Glaciers are melting, yes, but only the glaciers that are moving closer to the equator. We actually have a high enough percentage of ice covering the world (can't think of the number off the top of my head, the project was last semester) to put us in an ICE AGE. Not a bad one, of course, but we are in an ice age.
http://www.junkscience.com/news/robinson.htm
http://www.envirotruth.org/myths.cfm
http://www.abd.org.uk/green_myths.htm
I lost my favorite site about it...
Please tell me that you're not going to listen to a republican for your scientific news. Gore? Really, you're going to go by what Gore says? (the first politician to use global warming as vote fodder)