oh brother…

who cares? al gore’s son got arrested yesterday. lets freak out and bash him like we did when the bush girl got in trouble. Somehow, i dont see that happening in the this liberal media world we live in. global warming is a farce. they use every possible situation (its hot, its rainy, its cooler) to back the cause. dumbasses.

When will this lame trend go away? My fingers are getting all shitty from using 1 square of TP.

mmw, your media rant makes very little sense. if global warming is a all farce, think for a second, what incentive would scientists have to make up theories about global warming? To scare us? Is it because they are “liberal” and want to promote the causes of the liberal media and liberal population. I don’t think so. What’s the harm if we as a people begin taking precautions and reducing our energy consumption?

“global warming is a farce.”

You might want to inform virtually every climate scientist in the world of this startling development.

Moron.

jks, you are an idiot. Scientists are not blaming global warming on people. Al Gore and Hollywood are the only ones doing that. The earth goes through cycles, and there is nothing we can do to prevent global warming or another ice age. When you get your information from a movie, you really look like a fool.

you are so right, lick me. scientists aren’t blaming global warming/climate change/the book of revelation on people. it’s the CO2 our factories and automobiles produce that 100% of them believe are directly responsible. that is a fact, my friend. but no worries: who needs science when you’ve got the bible?

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS! quit acting like this is something new. i am waiting for someone to “discover” that cigarette smoking is bad. i think it is a good cause, but the people backing it are so transparent that it makes the whole concept retarded. by the way, the forefather of modern meteorology has gone on record as saying the this is a big ass farce. and sigh, dont be so blind. yeah, the co2 is not helping. but it is not the main cause. that would be nature and her endless cycle. go sniff your farts and get in your hybrid because i am sure you are living the the greenest life possible.

If the co2 isnt helping then why is it so bad to cut down on it a little? Science should never be politicized…

Global Warming is real. There’s obvious signs and our government needs to quit ignoring it. I think it’s great that Al Gore is taking a stand to benefit the population. Plus, it’s great that great bands like AFI, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the Police are playing, it makes people in tune to the cause, and it rewards with great music.

“Scientists are not blaming global warming on people. Al Gore and Hollywood are the only ones doing that.”

How can you be so stupid? Do you read anything besides the Drudge Report? Get your news from anyone besides Rush Limbaugh and Fox News?

Not only does EVERY SINGLE scientist studying global warming say humans are at least partially responsible, EVEN PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS SO! (read below) YOU’RE TOTALLY UNINFORMED. GET A CLUE! GET A LIFE! READ A NEWSPAPER!

White House report says people cause global warming
13:10 27 August 2004
NewScientist.com news service
Maggie McKee

The effect of humans on global warming in recent decades, according to a US government report (Image: Meehl et al, J. Climate, and Folland et al, Geophys. Res. Lett.)
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People are responsible for the spike in global warming in the last 30 years, says a new US government report. The verdict, long accepted by most scientists, has encountered resistance from the Bush administration in the past, prompting experts to question if the president will now enact policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

The report, titled Our Changing Planet, is part of a regular series that summarises recent and planned climate change research by 13 government agencies. It was released on Wednesday with a covering letter to Congress signed by the president’s secretaries of commerce and energy, along with his science adviser.

The document reports that global warming in the first half of the 20th century, estimated at 0.2°C above pre-industrial temperatures, “was likely due to natural climate variation”, including increased solar activity.

But the approximate 0.5°C rise over the second half of the century, most pronounced in the last 30 years, can only be explained when factors related to human activity, such as carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, are taken into account.

Simulating change

“There’s nothing else we can blame it on, really,” says Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, where computer simulations produced the result. “If we don’t put the changes in carbon dioxide into our models, we don’t get global warming out.”

Thomas Graedel, an industrial ecologist at Yale University, has reviewed the US government’s climate change research strategy and says the report’s acknowledgment of a human influence on global warming is encouraging.

“Well over 98% of scientists competent in this area would agree with that,” he told New Scientist.

But when a 2002 US government report to the United Nations drew the same conclusion, President Bush “pulled back” from the document, says biologist Anthony Janetos. He is director of the global change program at The Heinz Center, a non-profit environmental policy think-tank, which has some ties to Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of presidential candidate John Kerry.

“The big question is what effect this will have on climate policy,” Janetos told New Scientist. “The administration has been pretty consistent in saying they believe in voluntary actions [to cut greenhouse gas emissions]. I haven’t seen any indication they’ve changed their mind, but if they had, that would be big news indeed.”

Trenberth agrees, saying Bush’s policy thus far has been to “take whatever nature throws at us, whether it’s Hurricane Charley or droughts or the melting of permafrost” – events that global warming can intensify.

“Bush has said that if we do something about emissions, it will hurt the economy,” Trenberth continues, and suggests developing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power. Others experts have lobbied the government to regulate carbon dioxide through the Clean Air Act.

Administration officials could not be reached for comment, but James Mahoney, assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere, said in a statement released with the report: “This research will help decision makers and managers in the US and other countries evaluate and respond to climate change.”

this could go back and forth for ages! lets not be lazy and wasteful human beings, ok?

@jks,

‘mmw, your media rant makes very little sense. if global warming is a all farce, think for a second, what incentive would scientists have to make up theories about global warming?’

Grant money.

@what makes

you too are an idiot. there is a TON of grant money coming from conservatives desperate to find a reputable scientist who will say global warming is not happening or not a result of human behavior and THEY CAN’T FIND ONE. (I said reputable — there are a few crackpots out there). Honestly, this is UNIVERSALLY accepted in scientific circle… why do people INSIST on denying it for political reasons? It’s not a political issue, it’s a HUMAN one and we all need to help change things or very real consequences will be fel by all of us and even more by our children. I really wish we could put partisanship aside and just work together to make this better.

hey sanity, where do you get your news? bill maher or some ass backwards newspaper like the enquirer? Your stupid fucking jokes about the right are pointless to the conversation. this is why most people will not believe this crap, because it comes from douche bags like you. for every single piece of evidence you wrote down, there is just as much evidence to refute it. sy, your right, we do need to at least try and cut back on pollution. it doesnt hurt anyone to try. BUT QUIT FUCKING TELLING EVERYONE HOW CATASTROPHIC AND NEW THIS IDEA IS. Because sanity, you are following a pussy that couldnt even beat that retard you so despise in the white house today. this is nice, but if a more conservative type conned this “idea”, you would be ripping it too. but, it doesnt matter who claims it, its bullshit anyways.

MMW: I didn’t make any “jokes” — i cited specific sources, which is more than you did. that “retard” president knows more than you: humans are responsible for global warming. can we all just agree that scientists know what the fuck they’re talking about and work on a solution?

That’s the stupidest video short i’ve ever seen. I don’t care if you’re for or against the green movement they could have at least not hired a squirrely, saliva dribbling moron to past together a cut-rate video collage, making the whole thing look like a strange mix between a joke and a 12th grade enviro-tard’s film project

sorry correction *paste* not past

Military industrial oil cartels led by short term greed need to cash in their poker chips and invest in the next wave of power generation.Renewable resources……………..!!