tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post8254406987222615148..comments2008-07-23T01:53:39.700-07:00Jesse Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-24362744721390411312008-07-23T01:53:00.000-07:002008-07-23T01:53:00.000-07:00Global warming in a hoax. Surprised such an enlightened crowd would fall for it.<BR/><BR/>Global Warming is 20 years old. It was 20 years ago that we were first warned about AGW. How much have we warmed since then?<BR/><BR/>BZZZZT. It has actually cooled slightly.<BR/><BR/>CO2 consists of 396 Parts Per Million in the atmosphere. 97% of that comes from natural sources. You know, the carbon cycle. The earth is very busy converting carbon to carbon dioxide and back again. Plants, and the oceans (you know that three quarters of the planet where man does not live) convert co2 to carbon. Plants, and the animals that feed on them diodegrade and release the carbon back into the atmosphere.<BR/><BR/> It is a self regulating system. It is part of why life is possible on earth and why it has persisted for these millions of years.<BR/><BR/> CO2 consists of .03% of the atmosphere. Our 11 molecules of CO2 we are responsible for? .001%<BR/><BR/> You know what is responsible for 90% of global warming? water vapor. Yes, clouds. Why is know one talking about controlling the clouds?<BR/><BR/> For a group of people that seems to be surprisingly agitprop, (hatred of the current government, dislike for both of the current candidates for the leader of the next administration etc) you seem to willingly soak up anything journalists will throw your way.<BR/><BR/> Why are you not still discussing the previous media scares? The population bomb, coming Ice age, Aids epidemic, killer bees, fire ants, ebola virus, Y2K doom, homeless filling our streets (strike that - there was a post) designer flu epidemic of the year, disappearance of the amazon, landfills are full, all the trees disappearing (switch to plastic bags), plastic bags are killing all the fishes (switch back to paper bags)peotrymanthepeacetree.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-69824016548872018942008-07-20T13:05:00.000-07:002008-07-20T13:05:00.000-07:00I apologize for the image of Gore that appeared here originally. Someone apparently hacked the image and modified it to make a smear on Gore. The result was most definitely NOT the image of Gore I wanted to convey on my blog. My apologies that it took me a little while to catch the change.<BR/><BR/>Jesse Jenkins, blogmaster, WattHead - Energy News and CommentaryJesse Jenkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297127385884430247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-983143235605334962008-07-19T13:12:00.000-07:002008-07-19T13:12:00.000-07:00I agree that what he is saying is inspiring. Entrepreneurs and businesses don't need inspiring words, they need realistic, streamlined regulation. <BR/><BR/>Environmentalists and bureaucrats need to refrain from stopping any and every idea that comes along. Governments need to set broad standards and get out of the way. Instead of the government taxing us to death, they need to let the market do what it does best and more tax dollars will roll into the coffers from the profits generated as well as the jobs created.<BR/><BR/>I have read about wind power blocked in Massachusetts and South Texas, water power being challenged in California and clean coal blocked everywhere.<BR/><BR/>Environmentalist need to become part of the solution. Clean abundant energy not only helps the US, it benefits all people around the world. It takes energy to create everything.Mike Mainellonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-30120384520291995282008-07-18T11:41:00.000-07:002008-07-18T11:41:00.000-07:00Thanks for your comment Sean.<BR/><BR/>I agree that a message of energy freedom and tapping into human innovation throughout our society will be SO much more effective than a message chock full of scary and inconvenient truths, sacrifice.<BR/><BR/>I loved the part where he issued this call to "all Americans - in every walk of life: to our political leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, engineers, and every citizen." <BR/><BR/>I also am looking forward to seeing how he fleshes out the details, if he actually does that, or if he leaves it to the next president to do so. As a general rallying cry, his message yesterday kicked ass :)Alishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432912411859224386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15306282.post-34079483121640067882008-07-18T05:32:00.000-07:002008-07-18T05:32:00.000-07:00It seems that Mr. Gore has changed his marketing message. While he still makes multiple claims that are a little hard to substantiate, he doesn't seem to be making the wild claims he did in An Inconvenient Truth (see http://globalwarming-factorfiction.com/2007/10/26/35-inconvenient-truths-the-errors-in-al-gores-movie-part-1-of-5/)<BR/><BR/>Now, Mr. Gore is taking the energy independence tactic. This is much more realistic and more people are likely to make "sacrifices" for the sake of energy independence if we state that we have to break away from the Mideast and destroy their power over us. He seems to put a lot of his reliance on solar energy though and we should probably include nuclear and hydrogen in that discussion.Seanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04320009209670748962noreply@blogger.com