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tmorr37
11-30-2008, 10:53 AM
When the Warmest in History Isn't

David Bellamy — an Australian botanist who was involved in some 400 TV productions, only to see his TV career go south after he questioned global warming orthodoxy — wrote in The Australian last week, "It's not even science anymore; it's anti-science." Bellamy notes that official data show that "in every year since 1998, world temperatures have been getting colder, and in 2002 Arctic ice actually increased." Exhibit B: Richard S. Lindzen, the MIT Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, recently wrote, "There has been no warming since 1997 and no statistically significant warming since 1995."

Such findings rarely are reported, even as, Marc Morano, communications director for the Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee told me, "Scientists keep coming out of the woodwork" to challenge the so-called consensus. "It's almost like a bandwagon effect."

The Global Warming Petition Project urges Washington to reject the Kyoto international global warming pact as there is "no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate." So far, The Politico reports, more than 31,000 scientists have signed it.

http://www.creators.com/opinion/debra-saunders.html

geowhiz
11-30-2008, 11:34 AM
Then this is bad news for Shell Oil and others who are banking on Arctic Ocean melt to continue melting at record rates in order to bring in oil platforms and start drilling. Somehow I think the engineers, geologists, chemists and other "non-scientists" who work for these major oil companies would disagree with your article.

http://crosscut.com/2008/11/24/science-environment/18654/


Here's a quote in the article..

“The Arctic is undergoing major shifts due to climate change, Earthjustice noted in a press release. “Summer sea ice is retreating rapidly — reaching record lows during the past two summers. The changes raise major concerns about the survival of wildlife — such as the polar bear — that call the Arctic home. In spite of these dramatic changes, the Bush administration charged ahead opening this fragile environment to oil and gas activity, without following environmental laws.”

Fisherman
11-30-2008, 11:37 AM
Al Bore: "Folks. This summer, it's going to be hotter than it's been, all... year... long." :fubar: :swear: :angry:

geowhiz
11-30-2008, 11:42 AM
Where I live it WAS the hottest summer on record, only beating last year's summer.

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10036305?source=rss

Midnight Tide
11-30-2008, 01:25 PM
It was kind cold and rainy where I was - COME ON GLOBAL WARMING!

Rob N.
11-30-2008, 02:05 PM
All,

Global Warming is an urban legend propogated by people with a leftist agenda. Scientist believing that Global Warming is not supported by science signed an open letter to the United Nations own Ban Ki Moon. Those that believe in Global Warming including Al Gore, John McCain, and Barry Soetoro are wrong.

Thanks,

Rob N.