Re: OT: Global Warming? New Data Shows Ice Is Back

Wasn't talking about "man-made" GW. But "people" do really believe this -
just not enough of them and espeicially not the right ones. It isn't
cynical to say that as long as profits are threatened by taking anti-GW
efforts, none will happen. One very simple thing that everyone can do,
without affecting their lifestyle, is to dump all gasoline/diesel/propane
home & garden appliances in favour of electrically-driven ones. Lawn
mowers, garden tractors, leaf blowers, edge trimmers - etc., etc. (For my
fellow dwellers in climates with snow I specifically exempt snow blowers!)

PL


tim <TimJ@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:35:24 -0600, tlmfru wrote:

Well, if you think "global warming" is just a red-flag "loaded phrase",
let's hear your answer to the question:

Glaciers, sea ice covers, and ice caps are melting all over the world.
(Not
all of them, but most - over 70%, I'd say). See the February issue of
Scientific American. If it's not global warming that's causing all
this,
what is?

PL


If people believe Man Made Global Warming is true, why don't they do
anything effective about it? The Kyoto protocol will have a negligible
effect, and there has been little progress on a replacement treaty. A
reduction of 80-90% in carbon emissions by industrialized nations would be
required. This is what is needed to produce an overall 50% reductions
because 3rd world emissions are rising rapidly. To put this level of
reductions in context, 10% of your household electricity consumption
consists of appliances on standby.

If people really believed this, we would see radically different
behavior. Eg a massive switch to nuclear for electricity and
nuclear-generated hydrogen for transport. Greenhouse taxes to create the
right incentives across the economy.

Tim


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