Global warming doesn't exist, does it? Biggest problem facing our planet
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 09:50 AM
Heat Wave Blamed for 11 Deaths in Phoenix
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 10:15 AM
mirror, on Jul 19 2005, 05:22 PM, said:
I have read studies that have shown a strong correlation between population and CO2 levels over the last 10,000 years. In the last 200 years, the world population has risen from 1 billion to 6 billion, thanks largely to the increased food production created by fossil fuels. Seems to me that the population is the problem - not the fuel. If you really want to do something about global warming then invent some nasty smallpox like virus that will wipe out 90% of the population. The last time a large drop in CO2 levels occurred was in the 1500s when smallpox wiped out the native americans. Before that, CO2 dropped when the black plague hit Europe.
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 10:15 AM
— Winston Churchill
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 11:08 AM
Canuck E Stan, on Jul 19 2005, 05:47 PM, said:
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 11:40 AM
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Your poll presumes that the respondant wants to solve global warming. Not necessarily a valid assumption.
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 12:30 PM
mirror, on Jul 19 2005, 08:52 PM, said:
Heat Wave Blamed for 11 Deaths in Phoenix
Are we talking about the same global warming that was a "crucial problem" which would cause "humankind to perish" and required immediate attention 35 years ago?
I assume the 11 deaths in Phoenix from the heatwave is your evidence, well not too long ago I recall an ice storm in Quebec that killed people. Perhaps the globe is actually freezing and this warm spell is a red herring.
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 12:35 PM
mirror, on Jul 19 2005, 11:03 PM, said:
Over the last 100 years with the population of the planet going from 2 Billion to 6 billion and the advent of industry the temperature of the planet has increased a staggering ALMOST 2F. I'd say it's not a problem.
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 12:42 PM
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 12:57 PM
If people were supposed to be panicking 35 years ago, shouldn't the environment be dramatically worse and not actually improving as reports show?
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 01:05 PM
cybercoma, on Jul 19 2005, 08:29 PM, said:
If people were supposed to be panicking 35 years ago, shouldn't the environment be dramatically worse and not actually improving as reports show?
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 01:07 PM
Global warming is real and under way...
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Posted 19 July 2005 - 01:18 PM
Responding To Global Warming Skeptics
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-- Prominent Skeptics Organizations
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Global Climate Coalition
[ http://www.globalclimate.org/index.htm ]
Founded in 1989 by 46 corporations and trade associations representing all major elements of US industry, the GCC presents itself as a "voice for business in the global warming debate." The group funded several flawed studies on the economics of the cost of mitigating climate change, which formed the basis of their 1997/1998 multi-million dollar advertising campaign against the Kyoto Protocol. The GCC began to unravel in 1997 when British Petroleum withdrew its membership. Since then many other corporations have followed BP s lead and left the coalition. This exodus reached a fevered pitch in the early months of 2000 when DaimlerChrysler, Texaco and General Motors all announced their exodus from the GCC. Since these desertions, the GCC restructured and remains a powerful and well-funded force focused on obstructing meaningful efforts to mitigate climate change.
Spin: Global Warming is real, but it is too expensive to do anything about. The Kyoto Protocol is fundamentally flawed.
Funding: Corporate members (industries, trade associations etc.)
George Marshall Institute [ http://www.marshall.org ]
This conservative think tank shifted its focus from Star Wars to climate change in the late 1980s. In 1989, the Marshall Institute released a report claiming that "cyclical variations in the intensity of the sun would offset any climate change associated with elevated greenhouse gases." Though refuted by the IPCC, the report was very influential in influencing the Bush Sr. Administration s climate change policy. The Marshall Institute has since published numerous reports downplaying the severity of global climate change.
Spin: Blame the Sun. The Kyoto Protocol is fatally flawed.
Affiliated Individuals: Sallie Baliunas, an astrophysicist from Harvard; and Frederick Seitz.
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My goodness look who is behind these naysayer organizations. Once again good ole corporate America.

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