TeenageRepublican
10-28-2007, 10:07 AM
ROSEN: Al Gore's ignoble Nobel
Here's a prediction: Someday, when future generations look back on the Great Global Warming Panic of the early 21st century and Al Gore's 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (for fanning global warming hysteria with selective propaganda and gross exaggerations), Gore's award will be regarded as even more preposterous than Yasser Arafat's Nobel for bringing peace to the Middle East.
Yes, there's been a modest increase in mean global temperatures over the last hundred years, about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Big deal. And most of the warming in the 20th century occurred from 1900-1940, when man-made greenhouse gases were even less of a factor. The impact of human activity continues to be overwhelmed by myriad other variables, most of which we don't fully understand or have the ability to accurately predict.
Water vapor accounts for 95 percent of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; CO2 accounts for about 4 percent. And humans contribute about 3 percent of that 4 percent. Since two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered by water, maybe the U.N. should engineer a massive global landfill project to soak up the oceans - funded, of course, by U.S. taxpayers. Even if we squander trillions on feasible greenhouse gas mitigation, we'll only achieve minor reductions at the margin. Minor reductions of a minor influence.
This is insanity fueled by mass hysteria.
Climate change is a natural and age-old phenomenon on this planet, predating humanity by millions of years. Ice ages have come and gone, long before industrialization and SUVs. Solar activity dwarfs all other factors. Picture a huge medicine ball side by side with a BB gun pellet. That's the relative size of the sun to the Earth. It's a grand conceit that the activity of relatively microscopic humans on that BB has any significant impact on climate change. And who says today's climate is the optimal one? As it changes, we'll adapt. Marginally warmer may be better.
Read More Here:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_5726145,00.html
My thoughts:
Go, Mike, go! His columns and radio show are awesome and entertaining. He's always pissing off the left by saying the obvious. The only problem I have with him is that he's Pro-Choice. Which ticks me off, big time. But to everything else he's a hardcore conservative.
Here's a prediction: Someday, when future generations look back on the Great Global Warming Panic of the early 21st century and Al Gore's 2007 Nobel Peace Prize (for fanning global warming hysteria with selective propaganda and gross exaggerations), Gore's award will be regarded as even more preposterous than Yasser Arafat's Nobel for bringing peace to the Middle East.
Yes, there's been a modest increase in mean global temperatures over the last hundred years, about 1 degree Fahrenheit. Big deal. And most of the warming in the 20th century occurred from 1900-1940, when man-made greenhouse gases were even less of a factor. The impact of human activity continues to be overwhelmed by myriad other variables, most of which we don't fully understand or have the ability to accurately predict.
Water vapor accounts for 95 percent of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere; CO2 accounts for about 4 percent. And humans contribute about 3 percent of that 4 percent. Since two-thirds of the earth's surface is covered by water, maybe the U.N. should engineer a massive global landfill project to soak up the oceans - funded, of course, by U.S. taxpayers. Even if we squander trillions on feasible greenhouse gas mitigation, we'll only achieve minor reductions at the margin. Minor reductions of a minor influence.
This is insanity fueled by mass hysteria.
Climate change is a natural and age-old phenomenon on this planet, predating humanity by millions of years. Ice ages have come and gone, long before industrialization and SUVs. Solar activity dwarfs all other factors. Picture a huge medicine ball side by side with a BB gun pellet. That's the relative size of the sun to the Earth. It's a grand conceit that the activity of relatively microscopic humans on that BB has any significant impact on climate change. And who says today's climate is the optimal one? As it changes, we'll adapt. Marginally warmer may be better.
Read More Here:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/opinion_columnists/article/0,2777,DRMN_23972_5726145,00.html
My thoughts:
Go, Mike, go! His columns and radio show are awesome and entertaining. He's always pissing off the left by saying the obvious. The only problem I have with him is that he's Pro-Choice. Which ticks me off, big time. But to everything else he's a hardcore conservative.