the period of “global cooling” between 1940 and 1970. It was caused by industrial emissions of sulphate pollutants, which tend to reflect sunlight.

Ding! A way to solve global warming…through pollution!

In other words, we were on the right track all along, and this global warming is really the result of meddling by them darn enviros.

Check this one out!!!
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12343892/can_dr_evil_save_the_world
Romeo13 on March 14, 2007 at 10:48 AM

Interesting article. I love this part

Bill Nordhaus, a Yale economist, worried about political implications: Wasn’t this simply a way of enabling more fossil-fuel use, like giving methadone to a heroin addict? If people believe there is a solution to global warming that does not require hard choices, how can we ever make the case that they need to change their lives and cut emissions?

Lets get this straight. A Yale economist attends a global warming confrence and complains about a possible cheap solution to global warming because then he can no longer use the issue as a reason to convince people to “change their lives“.

My question is, when was the election held that gave these people complete ownership and control of all the carbon on the planet?

TheSev on March 14, 2007 at 2:48 PM

Democrats, always trying to control anything that’s black.

Photoshop…?

The programme failed to point out that scientists had now explained the period of “global cooling” between 1940 and 1970. It was caused by industrial emissions of sulphate pollutants, which tend to reflect sunlight. Subsequent clean-air laws have cleared up some of this pollution, revealing the true scale of global warming – a point that the film failed to mention.

We know industries didn’t slow down production so what was this cooling factor converted into? Was it converted into greenhouse gases the same way our cars began converting the cooling factor into greenhouse gases when they made catalytic converters mandatory?

Their own science blames the environmentalists for global warming.

This can be accomplished by dredging up the silicates (sand) from the beaches along both coasts and spreading them evenly over the surface of America which, I am told, is the main contributer of Global Warming. The silicates have a very high albedo (light reflectivity) and would redirect a significant percentage of sunlight back into space, thus lowering the amount of heat being generated by sunlight absorption. I call this the White America Solution. This would be a relatively inexpensive means to reduce the Mean Global Temperatures in a short time.

Of course, it would also force the Elite Liberals to abandon their summer cottages, but this is a small price to pay and would be appropriate as these rich elites use a proportionally higher percentage of energy and cause an equally proportional increase in the CO2 emissions that, I am told, cause Global Warming.

We need to start a White America Now! movement and we should present this proposal to Al Gore. Since Al is the Voice of Global Warming and is concerned about the increasing global temperatures, I am sure this proposal would meet with his approval and that he would promote it rigorously. Al can be the Face of White America and, when this program is successful, will be know as the Saviour of Mankind.

How do we call this Global Warming campaign a SCAM and FRAUD when it has been accepted as Politically Correct and therefore beyond question? Big surprise, the Left, our biggest weakness, is solidly behind this fraud for the reasons metioned above – not the least of which is to export wealth from the United States in a deliberate effort to weaken our nation.

So, I wouldn’t dismiss the entire documentary for some fudged data….

One reason the temperature drops after a large volcanic eruption is sulphates. Fortunately they’re rather short-lived in the atmosphere.

Mars–

The Mars temperature changes can be explained by “wobbles” in the Martian orbit caused by Jupiter, so it may or may not be a function of the sun.

Lies & Graphs–

Yes, I’m disappointed in the fact some data in the movie was fudged, because it’s a Coulterism. Because a small amount of information was outrageous, people think it’s then OK to toss out everything that was in the movie, even if much of that information is reliable!

There are some very valid points in the movie that still damage the claim to man-made global warming (I discuss this in length over at The Autopsy):

1: CO2 levels lag behind warming. They do not cause the warming, nor do the increased CO2 levels (which persist for decades on average) result in increased planetary temperatures. If that were the case, the increasing CO2 would cause a feedback loop that would make Earth uninhabitable, and that’s the greatest flaw of the Global Warming movement. It has been shown that Earth’s temperature varies, and those variations far outweigh any contribution by carbon dioxide-based warming.

2: The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere is minor, and it’s greenhouse ability is trumped by water vapor. Additionally, CO2 sources come mainly from non-industrial sources. The percentage of man-made gas emitted into the atmosphere through human pollution is tiny.

3: Carbon dixoide-based warming is greatest in dry climates. 3/4 of the planet surface is water and the humidity over those areas makes CO2 based warming insignificant. Essentially, the CO2 based warming over areas of low humidity are resulting in a majority of earthly warming, which means the heat-transfer from those locations is enormous.

4: The effect of cosmic rays on cloud formation is fascinating and has an excellent correlation. Variations in the solar wind that deflect these particles could explain warming variations quite easily.

5: Enforced changes in the global economy to run ‘green’ power will end up harming developing economies, especially those in impoverished nations. Coupled with the ban on DDT manufacture, it certainly seems like environmentalists want to kill all Africans.

6: As for the graphs, the Independent says there are more “widely available” graphs that are better. They don’t explain where these graphs come from. Additionally, the Independent attacks the scientists themselves and their source of funding, a salient point brought up in the movie itself!

7: As for Durkin’s claim that “sun-spots” cause Global Warming– that’s not entirely correct. He doesn’t say sun-spots are the only predictor of global activity.

When sea temperature rises is EMITS CO2… When global temperatures rise, there are more plants worldwide sucking up that CO2…

And as to the aerosol answer to the rise in temp between 40s and 70s? If there idea is correct, than we have a demonstrated CHEEP means of global temperature control.

Check this one out!!!

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12343892/can_dr_evil_save_the_world

I say leave the damn planet alone.

Wiser words have seldom been spoken.

Or written, whatever.

But really…we’re darn puny compared to the planet we live on. At the most we can wreak a minor sort of temporary havoc and the planet will survive. We might not, but the planet will, and since too many of those concerned with “Global Climate Change” couldn’t care less about the people who inhabit the planet, that ought to be just fine with them.

“But we need to take action now, we need to take it collectively, and for the richer nations to support the poorer ones.”

Gore has already stated that some things are not accurate, but the overall conclusion…regardless of the data…is correct. In other words, what “we” (the collective we of global warming) believe is more important than the facts.

That is why a scientific problem, is now a political left/right problem. The leftists do not need facts.

A religion has been established. Funding from the government is now unconstitutional. Hopefully some brave soul will take this to court and prove it has become a religion based on faith and not fact.

I heartily suggest setting aside a bit of time to check it out.
tree hugging sister on March 13, 2007 at 11:23 PM

Thanks!