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[Michael Larson]

Global Warming Protest

Thousands attend Global Warming protest.

[Wayne B. Wilson]

Originally Posted by mlarson

Global Warming Protest

Thousands attend Global Warming protest.

No matter what that is funny

[Michael Larson]

[Michael Larson]

Japanese scientists cool on theories
Peter Alford, Tokyo correspondent | March 14, 2009

THREE senior Japanese scientists separately engaged in climate-change research have strongly questioned the validity of the man-made global-warming model that underpins the drive by the UN and most developed-nation governments to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

"I believe the anthropogenic (man-made) effect for climate change is still only one of the hypotheses to explain the variability of climate," Kanya Kusano told The Weekend Australian.

It could take 10 to 20 years more research to prove or disprove the theory of anthropogenic climate change, said Dr Kusano, a research group leader with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science's Earth Simulator project.

"Before anyone noticed, this hypothesis has been substituted for truth," writes Shunichi Akasofu, founding director of the University of Alaska's International Arctic Research Centre....................

Dr Maruyama said many scientists were doubtful about man-made climate-change theory, but did not want to risk their funding from the government or bad publicity from the mass media, which he said was leading society in the wrong direction.

[klott]

Even if we stop all release of CO2, it will still be in the atmosphere, because of this.

[Michael Larson]

You just can't make this stuff up. More not in my back yard syndrome.

Sen. Feinstein seeks monument status to keep solar, wind projects off 500,000 Mojave acres

WASHINGTON - California's Mojave Desert may seem ideally suited for solar energy production, but concern over what several proposed projects might do to the aesthetics of the region and its tortoise population is setting up a potential clash between conservationists and companies seeking to develop renewable energy.

[Michael Larson]

Who is going to pay for the CO2 you and your life exhale?........... You


Taxing Carbon designed to fail

Until there is an alternative fuel source, the main theory behind the "Cap and Trade" Tax scheme, is to price fuels, products and services out of your affordability range, to make it so unaffordable, you will have to choose between feeding your family or heating your home in winter. That is this bill's idea of how to reduce emissions.

This is the point, draconian legislation is seriously being considered that stands a very significant chance of failing to meet any of it's stated goals, the height of insanity.

Creating a tax on industry does not help reduce emissions; it is poor reasoning to think that it will. It makes industry just that much more expensive, and that cost is passed on to you.

[Michael Larson]

Co-author of cap and trade bill doesn't even know what's in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcq0...layer_embedded

[Michael Larson]

[Michael Larson]

Waxman-Markey: A completely futile legislative exercise

To assess the climate impact of the Waxman-Markey restrictions, we first have to develop a baseline from which to apply the emissions reductions. In this case, we use the middle-of-the-road emissions scenario (A1B) as developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We then run MAGICC (using its default parameter settings) with the before and after emissions scenarios to produce the projections of future global temperature.
When we do this, here is what we get:

UNITED STATES ONLY:
Year 2050
Warming from 1990 to 2050, A1B; 1.58ºC
Warming from 1990 to 2050, Waxman-Markey U.S.; 1.54ºC
Temperature “Savings” from Waxman-Markey U.S.; 0.04ºC
Percent Warming “Saved”; 2.5%
Year 2100
Warming from 1990 to 2100, A1B; 2.96ºC
Warming from 1990 to 2100, Waxman-Markey U.S.; 2.85ºC
Temperature “Savings” from Waxman-Markey U.S.; 0.11ºC
Percent Warming “Saved”; 3.7%

For the optimists in the crowd who think that the U.S. will not be acting alone, we also ran the case assuming that all the countries that agreed to Kyoto Protocol emissions targets would follow a similar emissions reduction course as the U.S.

U.S. PLUS KYOTO-OBLIGATED NATIONS
Year 2050
Warming from 1990 to 2050, A1B; 1.58ºC
Warming from 1990 to 2050, Waxman-Markey Kyoto; 1.50ºC
Temperature “Savings” from Waxman-Markey Kyoto; 0.08ºC
Percent Warming “Saved”; 5.0%
Year 2100
Warming from 1990 to 2100, A1B; 2.96ºC
Warming from 1990 to 2100, Waxman-Markey Kyoto; 2.74ºC
Temperature “Savings” from Waxman-Markey Kyoto; 0.22ºC
Percent Warming “Saved”; 7.4%

The bottom line here is that we are talking about global temperature savings on the order of one or two tenths of a degree by the end of the century even if the rest of the developed world does the same—values that are virtually meaningless when held against the total projected temperature rise.
Consequently, no matter how you slice it, the Waxman-Markey proposal is a completely futile legislative exercise, in terms of effect on global warming.

[Michael Larson]

[Michael Larson]

EPA Admits Cap-and-Trade Won’t Work

EPA Administrator Jackson confirmed an EPA analysis showing that unilateral U.S. action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have no effect on climate. Moreover, when presented with an EPA chart depicting that outcome, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he disagreed with EPA’s analysis.

“I believe the central parts of the [EPA] chart are that U.S. action alone will not impact world CO2 levels,” Administrator Jackson said.
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) presented the chart to both Jackson and Secretary Chu, which shows that meaningful emissions reductions cannot occur without aggressive action by China, India, and other developing countries. “I am encouraged that Administrator Jackson agrees that unilateral action by the U.S. will be all cost for no climate gain,” Sen. Inhofe said. “With China and India recently issuing statements of defiant opposition to mandatory emissions controls, acting alone through the job-killing Waxman-Markey bill would impose severe economic burdens on American consumers, businesses, and families, all without any impact on climate.”

[Michael Larson]

Coldest day set for July 17, 2009

Record cold predicted for Friday

The Capital Times — 7/16/2009 11:32 am
If you have plans to visit a waterpark on Friday, the trip could be more chilling than thrilling.
Record low high temperatures are forecast for southern Wisconsin on Friday as a very cool Canadian air mass covers the region.
The high on Friday is only expected to be in the low 60s, which would be under the record coldest high temperature in Madison for July 17 of 67 degrees, set in 1900.

[dbolduc]

July 12, 2007 I had spot frost. Aug. 19-22 2007 I had killing frost aka hard freeze. We have had record lows and lower highs for several years now. Any experts have a clue when we also may start enjoying the global warming effect?

[Michael Larson]

Gore can't even catch a break in his own home town.

Coolest July 21 recorded in Nashville as cool wave continues in Tenn.

By Associated Press
7:59 AM CDT, July 21, 2009

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Cool weather has broken a previous low temperature for July 21 in Nashville that was set when Rutherford B. Hayes was president.

When the temperature at the National Weather Service station dipped to 58 degrees at 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday, it wiped out the previous record low for the date of 60 degrees, which was set in 1877.

NWS forecaster Bobby Boyd noted it was the third consecutive morning when Nashville either tied or broke a daily low temperature record.

Temperatures were cool, but did not break records at several Tennessee cities.

Knoxville dropped to 59 degrees Tuesday morning, Chattanooga had 60 degrees, Tri-Cities recorded 58 degrees and Memphis was 69 degrees.