Friends, I apologize…I am going to break a long standing rule and finally speak out on a topic that I have been keenly interested in for a very long time, and that is the topic of Global Warming. As some close associates here already know, mine is more than just a passing interest (some of my friends might tell you I’m obsessed with the topic). I have actually been studying the topic as opposed to forming my opinions based on what I hear on the nightly news.
When I first heard about Global Warming, I only paid it passing interest to be honest, but as I heard more and more about it, my interest increased. Then one day about 3 years ago I heard a certain east coast politician on a talk show insisting that Global Warming was causing increased hurricane activity and strength and that it was only going to get worse in the coming years – all due to Global Warming (and of course us). He was arguing this as a reason we must support the Kyoto Treaty. This was alarming indeed, but being a Senior Analyst, I wanted to see for my self how bad the problem really was. So, I went to the archives of the National Hurricane Center and gathered all of the Hurricane activity records for North America and the Caribbean going back 150 years. Then I plotted the data in several different ways. I plotted each category of hurricane separately, then I plotted “Major” hurricanes all on one chart (Cat 3 and above) and finally, I plotted all hurricane activity combined. What I found was, not only has there not been an increase in hurricane activity in recent years, but if anything the hurricane activity (in terms of strength and frequency) has actually decreased compared to decadal averages. And yes, I have updated my charts with more recent data and it still shows the same thing. But how could this be? After all, the all-knowing, all-seeing IPCC, in their report clearly state that increased hurricane activity is and will continue to increase due to the effects of man-caused global warming. (By the way, unlike many who have opinions on this topic, I have actually read the IPCC “consensus” report on Climate Change). With the last two hurricane seasons being very quite, many in the Global Warming movement have backed off their assertion that global warming is causing increased hurricane activity – now they are hypothesizing that global warming is going to cause a decrease in such activity. How convenient.
Anyway, with this whole Global Warming campaign and the dogma that fossil fuels are evil, and the SUVs are evil, I believe I have been witness to the most effective propaganda campaign in the history of mankind - certainly in my lifetime. Global Warming is more than just an issue now – it is a religion. Those who question its dogma, like myself, are cast aside as heretics or worse.
Nevertheless, it is my opinion that "Man Caused Global Warming," which is the driving force behind the recent nonsense called “Earth Hour” is the biggest hoax ever perpetrated upon mankind. Yes, you heard me right – it is a hoax. I am more certain of this than I have ever been of anything in my life.
That does not mean I think real pollution is “good,” and frankly I resent that implication. What it does mean is I do not believe that C02 is the terrible pollution we are being told it is and it is not causing the earth to turn into a crispy critter. And while it is true that C02 is technically a “Greenhouse gas” it is a relatively insignificant green house gas compared to water vapor which is responsible for much more of the greenhouse effect than C02. If you’re worried about C02 causing global warming, then hold your breath because you produce the stuff with every breath you take.
And while some in this thread have bashed the SUV as being evil and SUV drivers (like my wife by the way) as stupid, consider this: I would be willing to bet that if you put today’s Escalade on an emissions tester with just about any of the older British 4 bangers the folks on this forum drive, you would find that the Escalade, with its computer controlled injection and air-quality systems, produces far less pollution. So if we’re so concerned about pollution, then everyone here just haul your little British cars to the salvage yard.
I keep hearing that the debate is over on global warming. Oh really? When the heck was there ever a debate? I must have missed it. I would love to have a man-to-man debate with Al Gore – I would rip him to shreds – but seriously think about this: have you ever seen Al Gore actually debate his propaganda? The answer is NO, you have not and you NEVER WILL see him in a position where he has to actually defend his BS or even be asked any really tough questions. What you see instead is Gore (And others) going on friendly media venues and making pronouncements that anyone (like myself) who doesn’t buy into the man-caused Global Warming religion (and make no mistake, it is a religion) are akin to people who believe that the Earth is flat.
In an upcoming CBS show, Leslie Stahl (to her credit) attempts a “tough” question by pointing out that a lot of prominent people are not convinced of man-caused global warming, to which Gore responds: “I think that those people are in such a tiny, tiny minority now with their point of view, they’re almost like the ones who still believe that the moon landing was staged in a movie lot in Arizona and those who believe the world is flat,” says Gore. That demeans them a little bit, but it's not that far off," he tells Stahl. Of course Stahl, being the good little Medias foot soldier she is, just accepts Gore’s answer and does not press him or challenge him in any meaningful way. Pardon my language, but what a condescending, self-serving [self-censored]! Understand what Gore is doing here folks - One of the most effective tools that propagandists throughout history have used is the art of marginalizing those who would question the dogma. If you don’t see that is exactly what Mr Gore does with his condescending remarks, then friend, you have blinders on.
Make no mistake; the media is complicit in the perpetration of what I am convinced is the biggest scam in history (a scam which will make people invested in selling Carbon Credits, like Al Gore, very rich). The media will report anything that supports the hoax, but when something or someone comes out that refutes it, the media either doesn’t report it at all, or they downplay it as much as possible, or as in the above example, they marginalize the messenger.
When Al Gore was out touring with his slide show about global warming, he used a picture of some Polar Bears hanging out on some pieces of floating ice. “They’re literally being forced off the planet…got nowhere to go,” Gore breathlessly pronounced – and the skulls full of mush in his audience let out gasps of sympathy for the poor Polar Bears who seemed to be stranded. The AP, New York Times, and many others, published the same picture as “proof” of the effects of global warming. But I’ll bet you a doughnut that you didn’t hear the truth about that picture in the mainstream media. What truth?
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And speaking of media, I’ll bet most of you heard about it when that Weather Channel info-babe Heidi Plume pronounced on her Blog that any meteorologist who doubts man-caused GW should have their credentials revoked…that got a lot of airtime. But I’ll bet not many of you heard much in the media about the fact that the actual Founder of the Weather Channel, Paul Coleman, has written a letter with his opinion that it (man-caused global warming) is a big scam…his opinion doesn’t fit the template, he’s a heretic, so we won’t here much about that in the main stream media. Likewise I’m sure you heard of the trip that a bunch of Congress members took to Greenland to see first hand the ravages of Global warming, but I’ll bet you have not heard much about the fact that the Ice Flow between southwest Greenland and Canada is at its greatest level in 15 years…bet you haven’t heard that .
While we hear daily about “Climate Change” (and by the way, have you noticed that its not being referred to as Global Warming much any more, but rather they are using the all-encompassing term “Climate Change”) I’ll bet you have not heard much about the more accurate NASA satellite data that now shows there really has been no warming since the global peak in 1998. Far from having risen, global temperatures have in fact stabilized and in some cases even cooled. I’ll bet you haven’t heard much about that little inconvenient fact…it doesn’t fit the template.
Look, I’m not some anti-environment nut who wants to see the planet destroyed. I am a Senior Systems Analyst who does not happen to buy into the hype and the sky-is-falling scenarios that we are being fed. Nor do I buy the hype that fossil fuels are evil. We would not be enjoying the standard of living we do today were it not for fossil fuels and that is a fact. And NO that doesn’t mean I’m against looking for alternative fuels, but while we research those alternatives, and allow the free market to work, we should be drilling everywhere we know there is oil so as to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and maybe even bring the price down while we hunt for the elusive replacement (and by the way Saudi only accounts for 16% of our oil imports – Canada is the largest imported of oil to the US – I’ll bet most people don’t know that). Drilling can be done without destroying the environment. The environmentalists told us that the Alaska Pipeline would harm the Caribou – it did not, in fact it helped them. They told us that drilling at Prudhoe Bay would harm the wild life – it didn’t.
And speaking of drilling…a few years ago the Dept of Interior put on their web site actual pictures of the area in ANWR being considered for drilling. The environmentalists and certain Congress members on a certain side of the isle, screamed bloody murder and insisted that the pictures be removed from the web site. They claimed that to show the public the actual locations being considered was being “too political,” I kid you not. Do you get that – how does that make you feel to know that some people in your government do NOT want you to see the facts when serious issues are being considered? Why were they insistent the pictures be removed? Simple – because they showed the truth that, unlike the rolling hills and “Sound of Music” valleys being portrayed by the environmentalists against drilling, the actual area was the featureless, barren, mosquito-infested costal plains north of the Brooks Range…and a very tiny portion of the massive ANWR area at that.
And speaking of the Global Warming Pied-Piper, while Mr Nobel Prize is out and about preaching to me and you about how we should lower our standards of living, he has been exposed as one of the biggest wasters of energy on the planet, flying around on his Gulf Stream private jet and living in a huge mansion with nearly $30,000/year utility bills (and that's just one of his homes)! Oddly enough, our much-maligned President lives a far more energy conscious lifestyle at his Ranch in Texas than Al Gore even comes close to. Yes, it’s true:
Tale of Two Houses.
NOTE: I don’t care one tiny bit what people think of Bush or Gore, but it does look like Gore could learn a thing or two about conservation. But not to worry – Gore is offsetting his energy gulping lifestyle by purchasing the snake-oil otherwise known as Carbon credits – a device invented by PT Barnum I’m sure!
Look folks, as I stated before, one of the most effective methods to shut down debate on any topic is to marginalize those who do not agree with you. Call them names and pronounce that they are crazy – shout it from the rooftops and get a compliant media to front for you. That is exactly what Gore has done, to great effect I fear, with the media’s help. Gore is about to embark on a massive $300 Million propaganda campaign to "educate" us all about Global Warming. Many Hollywood luminaries (some of whom actually graduated high school) are going to be part of this massive campaign - so you are either going to drink Al's Koolaid, or you are going to think for yourselves and recognize the propaganda for what it is. I hope you do the latter.
In conclusion, I am certain that the whole man-caused global warming “religion” is completely bogus. The fact that a lot of unwitting and otherwise intelligent people are led by the nose to believe this nonsense makes me sick to my stomach. I have read the report and I see so many flaws it isn’t even funny.
Someone in this thread chided us that we are ignoring that "pesky science." Well, here's a news flash folks - what is in the IPCC report is not science – it is anti-capitalist, agenda driven propaganda – and a lot of otherwise intelligent people are being sucked in by it. And that is very very sad. Consensus IS NOT SCIENCE! Other than this, I really have no opinion on the topic.
By the way, the following four videos present another point of view that you will seldom, if ever, hear. View them with an open mind.
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