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The Race Against Global Warming

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:23:33 PM
     Oops!  Sorry, I guess there isn't one anymore.

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The Blue Man Group

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:56:58 PM
     While I am on the YOU TUBE kick, you might as well take a look at this short video from the Blue Man Group and their thoughts on global warming. It's ridiculous of course, but quite entertaining!
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The 1/2 Hour News Hour

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 8:46:39 PM
     If you have never watched The 1/2 Hour News Hour on the Fox News Channel on Sunday nights, here is a small taste. (By the way, they make fun of global warming.)
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The Second Hottest On Record

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:27:43 PM
     If 2007 is shaping up to be the second hottest on record behind 1998, why are all the highest temperature records set so long ago?

Just another thing to think about.  Averaging can be misleading.
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New Jersy's New Climate Chnge Bill

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:00:05 PM
     Let me explain what this bill really means.

1) It shows that New Jersey legislators care about global warming.
2) They have a time frame on when to do it.
3) There are no measures in it on how to do it, so if they don't get it done it isn't their fault.
4) The media will turn it into a great story on how New Jersey is taking a leading role on curbing global     warming.
5) Makes Republicans look evil.
6) Makes Democrats look good.

    Did you notice this bill is all about image?

    Assemblyman Michael Patrick Carroll, R-Morris, criticized the bill for not including "one single specific proposal" to decrease New Jersey's reliance on non-renewable energy sources. A better bill, he said, would encourage the use of radiant heating, hydropower and wind farms.

    Instead this guy will be tied to the whipping post when his re-election comes around for not supporting this useless bill. Image is always better than effectiveness when politics is concerned.

Perfect example here and here.
Maybe I am picking on John Edwards, but I think it is pretty clear he takes the word Image to a whole new level. If he became President and ever had to make a real decision that could effect our every day lives, GOD help us.
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Finding Sea Level Rise Data

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 2:50:08 PM
     When you read global warming stories they always site sea level rise from melting icebergs and glaciers and how it will devastate coastal areas. But try to find statistics on sea level rise on the web and guess what; there aren't any.
While searching I find this one post from Climate Audit. He seems to have had the same problem. But he did find some test satellite data and digitized it into a graph form. According to his graphs, the sea has risen about four and a half centimeters.   Whoa!!! We are doomed!
    But the data only goes back a few years so he uses 1993 as a base line measurement, as if 14 years ago was when the sea level was "normal". 

    And if you want some info from the IPCC, go here. Of course, none of it is useful, but there is some fancy writing on the subject. Note at the bottom of the page the membership they are involved in. Maybe I am a tad bit juvenile but it's still pretty funny. And if you are into be juvenile, go here.

Sorry...just to funny to pass up!

    
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Climate In Crises Concerts

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 1:04:56 PM
     All I want to know is who is performing? Al Gore will be there, but what bands are playing? You would think that if your going to have a big concert for the whole world to see, you would want to showcase the artists playing. But the web site doesn't give any clues to who that might be.

    SOS is the sponsor of this concert, and a brain child of music producer Kevin Wall and former V.P. Al Gore.
Better get your tickets! Do it for the environment, not just for the music, regardless of who performs.
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Defending The Home And Garden Section

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 12:44:21 PM
     The San Francisco Chronicle had to explain themselves for a story in the Home And Garden Section, highlighting a 5,000 square foot house that hardly gets used by the SUV driving, childless couple that live in it.
Do you think the person mad is upset because they waste energy or because those highlighted are wealthy.

    The Chronicle isn't all about big houses though. This article shows us how to have a "green" Fourth of July grilling party. 

    The ultimate outdoor cooking statement would be made by employing a solar cooker that heats up food by bouncing the sun's reflection off mirrors, but unless you've got all day, these devices -- used primarily for camping -- are not feasible for your backyard bash. 

    I have never heard of one of these grills. I don't think I would have time for this thing while camping either.

Here is the Sierra Clubs web page on "Green Grilling", just in case your interested...
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Doom And Gloom

Posted by Average Voter on Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:57:19 AM
     Sometimes these global warming articles are a little over the top. For instance, this one is has fifteen paragraphs of death and destruction. 

    More storms and flash floods may threaten energy infrastructure, roads, railways and ports, it warned.

''Risks for damage and disruption due to storms and floods, but also due to heat waves, fires and landslides, are generally expected to increase,'' it said.

Few parts of Europe are likely to escape the worst of climate change, the EU paper said, warning that the Mediterranean region will lack water while the Alps will see glaciers melt, causing rivers to change course.

Rising sea levels will endanger coastal areas and raise the risk of storm damage. Flash floods will make property damage more likely for densely populated flood plains along major rivers such as the Rhine and the Danube.

The Arctic region will experience greater temperature changes than any other part of the Earth.

    Asteroids and meteors will be more common. Pigs will fly. Hell will "more Likely" be warmer.
Furnace sales will decline. The blanket industry will be decimated. Eskimos will become extinct.
The list could go on and on.

Jeez....

And if you don't feel guilty enough yet for your unabated SUV driving, read this article.

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Europe's Climate Web Site

Posted by Average Voter on Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:34:10 PM
     Found this on the web today. The European Union's "You Control Climate Change" web site. It's all about how people are responsible for the warming climate and what you can do to stop it.

    The climate has and will always vary for natural reasons. Natural causes of this include fractional changes in solar radiation, volcanic eruptions that can shroud the Earth in dust which reflects the heat from the sun back into space, and natural fluctuations in the climate system itself.

However, natural causes can explain only a small part of this warming. The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that it is due to rising concentrations of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by human activities.


    Scientists don't really have a clue why the temperature is going up but they are all in agreement that it must be humanities fault.    

    And if you are wondering if they teach climate change in their schools, here is the answer.

And look at the trouble France is in with the E.U. courts!   Below:

France: Commission confirms its decision of March 2007 to refer France to the Court for a second time over nitrate pollution of surface water in Brittany
Read more (IP/07/954)
 
Polluters!
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The Governator and Tony Blair

Posted by Average Voter on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 11:04:19 AM
     Arnold said the other day in Britain that California could show the federal government how to tackle climate change and not harm the economy. 
    According to this article California's economy has been in trouble for several years. But that's what you get when Democrats run your state for several consecutive years. Tax and spend liberals in California still spend more than they tax, so they tax more, but they keep banking on more projects that they can't afford with the new tax.  
    I suspect California will get what it wants being Nancy Pelosi is heading up the House these days. And all the new tax increases congress is trying to push down the pipe, you can bet there will be huge dollars given to California to tackle what ever issues they feel the need to address.
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The Climate and Tuition

Posted by Average Voter on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:42:20 AM
     Rocky Mountain News columnists Vincent Carroll suggests that while Colorado tuition rates are climbing, those same colleges are spending time and money trying to be more green.

    If higher ed has this much time and resources to invest in holding the line on greenhouse emissions, maybe it’s time for a similar effort concerning tuition. After all, “even when adjusted for inflation, tuition and fees have risen 24 percent at four-year public universities, 11 percent at private four-year colleges, and 17 percent at public two-year institutions over the past five years . . . .” notes a recent report called Making Opportunity Affordable, funded by the Lumina Foundation for Education. “Meanwhile, the amount of money that colleges and universities spend to provide education to their students also is rising faster than consumer prices and health-care costs.” 

    A better example of waste is what Universtiy of Colorado is spending on that lunatic Ward Churchill. On Churchill's web site, other obviously lunatic professors are defending him. 

    Just another example of how anything the government runs is broken. let them start managing some sort of environmental policy within their own grounds, and they will make a mess of that too and spend a ton of money doing it.
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Is It Really Green?

Posted by Average Voter on Monday, June 25, 2007 7:29:10 PM
     This article is pretty funny, and truthful at the same time. It talks about Home Depot and it's marketing campaign to offer more environmentally sound products. But what the vendors are offering is the same products, just new labeling and marketing.
    I have seen so many products at several different stores that have green labels and big gold stars and  packaging saying "Good for the environment" or "Made from recycled paper".  What I have seen more of than anything else is all the new products with organic in the name. Just how many of those products do you think  really are "organic"? 
     For instance, the next time you need bath towels, go to Target and get the organic ones. Or how about that organic chair you have been wanting. Even Darpa, the defense based contractor for the government has got an organic product; the Organic Air Vehicle II.

There are so many ways to be nature freindly!
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Society Of Environmental Journalists Playbook

Posted by Average Voter on Monday, June 25, 2007 11:01:38 AM
     If you want the game plan on how to drown out global warming deniers, then the SEJ's guide to climate change is for you.

Their vision and mission statement is interesting:
 
Mission

The mission of the Society of Environmental Journalists is to advance public understanding of environmental issues by improving the quality, accuracy, and visibility of environmental reporting.

Towards that end, SEJ provides critical support to journalists of all media in their efforts to cover complex issues of the environment responsibly. Through combined efforts of board, staff, members, and appropriate partners, SEJ offers unique educational programs and services for working journalists, educators, and students, including annual and regional conferences; daily EJToday news service; quarterly SEJournal; biweekly TipSheet and other publications; SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment; members-only listservs; mentoring program; website-based resources; and a lively membership network of journalists and academics.

especially since they simple think that anyone who doesn't believe in man-made climate change is not worth wasting print on.

    Debra J. Sanders from the San Francisco Chronicle highlights the story.
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The Energy Bill

Posted by Average Voter on Monday, June 25, 2007 10:25:00 AM
     Senators are trying to hammer out a feasible energy bill, but those evil republicans keep getting in the way.
But this New York times editorialist is just not happy with those republicans.

    There were, of course, disappointments. A threatened Republican filibuster killed an amendment requiring the nation’s utilities to produce 15 percent of their electricity from wind and other renewable energy sources. Surrendering to the whiny protests of an industry that is already favorably taxed and awash in profits, the Republicans also blocked a $32 billion package which would have raised taxes on oil and gas companies and poured the proceeds into alternative fuels. 

    Of course, you can tax the heck out of the oil companies all you like, but who really ends up paying for that tax? You and me at the pump. They are not going to shed their profits to pay for this tax. And those big profits are helping those (me included) who own stock in their companies. I get paid. Call it a rebate at the pump if you like. Tax them, and the shares drop, and all of us share holders pay twice, once at the pump and secondly in our shares. 

    Many scientists believe that the worst consequences of global warming can be avoided only if emissions are reduced by 50 percent or more by mid-century — a target that is unlikely to be reached unless the government places a stiff price on carbon that, in turn, drives major new investments in cleaner technologies. 

    And then lets tax carbon. We just can't seem to get enough taxes from this writer. There has got to be a better way to reduce are dependency on oil and clean up are environment without taxing us to death. I don't have the answer, but we certainly can find a way that can balance a clean environment with a stable economy.
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