Comments on: Bush Ignores Science, Claims ‘There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:11:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Eric http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-4380964 Eric Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:52:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-4380964 <strong>Eric</strong> Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts ! Eric

Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !

]]> By: Business Plans For Pubs http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-4322640 Business Plans For Pubs Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:24:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-4322640 <strong>Business Plans For Pubs</strong> Your blog makes very interesting reading. I'm sure others will think so too I look forward to reading their comments. Business Plans For Pubs

Your blog makes very interesting reading. I’m sure others will think so too I look forward to reading their comments.

]]> By: Naomi Campbell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-4311980 Naomi Campbell Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:33:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-4311980 <strong>Naomi Campbell</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page...and have to say thanks. nice read. Naomi Campbell

I Googled for something completely different, but found your page…and have to say thanks. nice read.

]]> By: Opinio Juris http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-2020697 Opinio Juris Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:48:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-2020697 <strong>Oops... Pentagon Says Global Warming Is Real...</strong> Apparently, the Bush Administration forgot to tell the Pentagon that global warming is nothing more than a hoax perpetrated by the Left:Climate chang...... Oops… Pentagon Says Global Warming Is Real…

Apparently, the Bush Administration forgot to tell the Pentagon that global warming is nothing more than a hoax perpetrated by the Left:Climate chang……

]]> By: jack meehoffer http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-1585734 jack meehoffer Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:43:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-1585734 Physicist Fred Singer,Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark both have upcomming books (backed with scientific experiments) and argue that global warminng is a natural Phenomenon. Others have also argued this line. If of majority scientists think something (world is flat, man cannot set foot on the moon) that does not make it so and there is very little public debate about this. I'm glad I live in a country where individuals think before participating in a treaty that would allow foreign governments participate in rationing US energy use. Instead of international rationing (good luck getting China to sign on to Kyoto or something similar) why not build something and participate in a joint effort to find alternate sources of energy. By the way, we use the most energy per capita because we can. Physicist Fred Singer,Danish physicist Henrik Svensmark both have upcomming books (backed with scientific experiments) and argue that global warminng is a natural Phenomenon. Others have also argued this line. If of majority scientists think something (world is flat, man cannot set foot on the moon) that does not make it so and there is very little public debate about this.
I’m glad I live in a country where individuals think before participating in a treaty that would allow foreign governments participate in rationing US energy use. Instead of international rationing (good luck getting China to sign on to Kyoto or something similar) why not build something and participate in a joint effort to find alternate sources of energy.

By the way, we use the most energy per capita because we can.

]]> By: Think Progress » SOTU: For The First Time, Bush Mentions Climate Change In The State Of The Union http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-1511789 Think Progress » SOTU: For The First Time, Bush Mentions Climate Change In The State Of The Union Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:34:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-1511789 [...] FACT — BUSH STILL DENIES FUNDAMENTAL CLIMATE SCIENCE: Last February, President Bush claimed there is still “a debate over whether [global warming] is man-made or naturally caused.” There is no real scientific debate over this question. Most recently, the National Academy of Sciences has unequivocally stated that natural causes cannot explain the unprecedented warmth over the last 400 years. Rather, “human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming,” the report states. [ThinkProgress; National Academies Press] [...] [...] FACT — BUSH STILL DENIES FUNDAMENTAL CLIMATE SCIENCE: Last February, President Bush claimed there is still “a debate over whether [global warming] is man-made or naturally caused.” There is no real scientific debate over this question. Most recently, the National Academy of Sciences has unequivocally stated that natural causes cannot explain the unprecedented warmth over the last 400 years. Rather, “human activities are responsible for much of the recent warming,” the report states. [ThinkProgress; National Academies Press] [...]

]]> By: PoliticalTruthWatch.Com » Tony Snow Schools Us On How To Lie. . .Again. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-1057417 PoliticalTruthWatch.Com » Tony Snow Schools Us On How To Lie. . .Again. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 03:41:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-1057417 [...] President Bush has taken very little real action to fight climate change and even refuses to admit that it is manmade. He broke his promise to cap carbon emissions and insists that global warming can be fought through individual “voluntary” programs.Despite being the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States has refused to participate in the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement that assigns mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases. Between 1990 and 2004, emissions of all industrialized countries decreased by 3.3 percent, but in U.S. emissions grew by almost 16 percent in that same period and now accounts for approximately two-fifths of the industrialized world’s greenhouse gases. [...] [...] President Bush has taken very little real action to fight climate change and even refuses to admit that it is manmade. He broke his promise to cap carbon emissions and insists that global warming can be fought through individual “voluntary” programs.Despite being the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States has refused to participate in the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement that assigns mandatory targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases. Between 1990 and 2004, emissions of all industrialized countries decreased by 3.3 percent, but in U.S. emissions grew by almost 16 percent in that same period and now accounts for approximately two-fifths of the industrialized world’s greenhouse gases. [...]

]]> By: Think Progress » Snow: President Bush Has ‘Actually Taken The Lead’ On Climate Change http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-1055251 Think Progress » Snow: President Bush Has ‘Actually Taken The Lead’ On Climate Change Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:04:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-1055251 [...] President Bush has taken very little real action to fight climate change and even refuses to admit that it is manmade. He broke his promise to cap carbon emissions and insists that global warming can be fought through individual “voluntary” programs. [...] [...] President Bush has taken very little real action to fight climate change and even refuses to admit that it is manmade. He broke his promise to cap carbon emissions and insists that global warming can be fought through individual “voluntary” programs. [...]

]]> By: Dear Kitty. Some blog :: USA: cartoon contest on war on science by George W Bush and other politicians :: June :: 2006 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-993635 Dear Kitty. Some blog :: USA: cartoon contest on war on science by George W Bush and other politicians :: June :: 2006 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:48:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-993635 [...] ‘We hope these contests encourage amateur and professional cartoonists alike to express concern–through humor and art–about the impact of the abuse of science on our safety, health and environment.’ [...] [...] ‘We hope these contests encourage amateur and professional cartoonists alike to express concern–through humor and art–about the impact of the abuse of science on our safety, health and environment.’ [...]

]]> By: Political News » Bush Ignores Science On The Cause of Global Warming http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-754539 Political News » Bush Ignores Science On The Cause of Global Warming Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:34:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-754539 [...] This morning, President Bush was asked whether he believed global warming was a �real and significant threat to the planet.� Bush claimed there is still a real debate over the cause of global warming. Video included.read more | digg story Digg this [...] [...] This morning, President Bush was asked whether he believed global warming was a �real and significant threat to the planet.� Bush claimed there is still a real debate over the cause of global warming. Video included.read more | digg story Digg this [...]

]]> By: Chaespot on Global Warming » Blog Archives » Global Warming Problem - … Global Warming Is a Problem ” … http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-717922 Chaespot on Global Warming » Blog Archives » Global Warming Problem - … Global Warming Is a Problem ” … Thu, 10 Aug 2006 01:56:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-717922 [...] is REAL and it is a SERIOUS PROBLEM. … Similar Pages Archived in The Problem | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top OfPage [...] [...] is REAL and it is a SERIOUS PROBLEM. … Similar Pages Archived in The Problem | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top OfPage [...]

]]> By: chaespot.com » Blog Archives » Hottest On Record - Entry Archive. Global Warming (II) Good comments, and http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-691474 chaespot.com » Blog Archives » Hottest On Record - Entry Archive. Global Warming (II) Good comments, and Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:02:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-691474 [...] Think Progress ” Bush Ignores Science, Claims There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming Bush Ignores Science, Claims There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming. This morning, President Bush was asked whether he believed global warming was a “real and significant threat to the planet.” … said consistently that global warming something is a serious problem. There is a … [...] [...] Think Progress ” Bush Ignores Science, Claims There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming Bush Ignores Science, Claims There Is A Debate’ Over The Cause of Global Warming. This morning, President Bush was asked whether he believed global warming was a “real and significant threat to the planet.” … said consistently that global warming something is a serious problem. There is a … [...]

]]> By: Michael http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-660370 Michael Fri, 07 Jul 2006 12:42:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-660370 Remember, Gore came in Second. That is because he had 8 years to fix global warming, and is now showing the world his failures...... Gore should stick to inventing the internet and leave the global warming to science. Remember, Gore came in Second. That is because he had 8 years to fix global warming, and is now showing the world his failures……

Gore should stick to inventing the internet and leave the global warming to science.

]]> By: Simon Cowell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-645097 Simon Cowell Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:05:15 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-645097 #103 and #108 Okay - Memphis Minnie and Sexion - back to basics: From the findings of EPICA ( European Project for Ice Coning in Antartica ) " Experiments conducted on Antartic ice cones indicate carbon dioxide is at its highest level during the past <strong>650,000 years."</strong> In addition - " <strong>CO2</strong> is about <strong>30% higher</strong> than at <strong>any time</strong> and <strong>methane</strong> is <strong>130% higher</strong> than at <strong>any time;</strong> and the rates of increase are absolutely exceptional: for <strong>CO2 - 200 times faster than at any time in the last 650,000 years."</strong> This is a fact. No different than me telling you that France beat Spain today in World Cup competition or that the Yankees beat the Braves yesterday in baseball competition. In addition, I would be interested in hearing your arguments as to how CO2 being 30% higher than anything seen in the last 650,000 years is "irrelevant" - given CO2's key role in the envirionment. Or how almost anything that is 30% higher than anything seen over 650,000 years is "business as usual." The same goes for a rate of increase for a key environmental determinant that is <strong>200 </strong><strong>times</strong> faster than anything seen in the past 650,000 years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4467420.stm or Google "CO2 'highest for 650,000 years' " "Richard Black" "BBC News" #103 and #108

Okay – Memphis Minnie and Sexion – back to basics:

From the findings of EPICA ( European Project for Ice Coning in Antartica )

” Experiments conducted on Antartic ice cones indicate carbon dioxide is at its highest level during the past 650,000 years.”

In addition -

” CO2 is about 30% higher than at any time and methane is 130% higher than at any time; and the rates of increase are absolutely exceptional: for CO2 – 200 times faster than at any time in the last 650,000 years.”

This is a fact. No different than me telling you that France beat Spain today in World Cup competition or that the Yankees beat the Braves yesterday in baseball competition.

In addition, I would be interested in hearing your arguments as to how CO2 being 30% higher than anything seen in the last 650,000 years is “irrelevant” – given CO2’s key role in the envirionment. Or how almost anything that is 30% higher than anything seen over 650,000 years is “business as usual.”

The same goes for a rate of increase for a key environmental determinant that is 200 times faster than anything seen in the past 650,000 years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4467420.stm

or Google

“CO2 ‘highest for 650,000 years’ ” “Richard Black” “BBC News”

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-644159 Seixon Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:29:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-644159 <em>Go to the White House web page and search for the phrase “global warming.” As of last Saturday, there was nothing. No results. Zip. Zero. Zilch. He doesn’t care about this issue AT ALL.</em> How about "climate change"? 279 hits. Don't play games. Go to the White House web page and search for the phrase “global warming.” As of last Saturday, there was nothing. No results. Zip. Zero. Zilch. He doesn’t care about this issue AT ALL.

How about “climate change”? 279 hits. Don’t play games.

]]> By: Hippie with a pistol http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-643902 Hippie with a pistol Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:35:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-643902 #104 Your link tells us: "Because there is considerable uncertainty in current understanding of how the climate system varies naturally and reacts to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, current estimates of the magnitude of future warming should be regarded as tentative and subject to future adjustments." Climate change is cyclical. Human activity creates CO2 but so do increasing temperatures. #104
Your link tells us:

“Because there is considerable uncertainty in current understanding of how the climate system varies naturally and reacts to emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols, current estimates of the magnitude of future warming should be regarded as tentative and subject to future adjustments.”

Climate change is cyclical. Human activity creates CO2 but so do increasing temperatures.

]]> By: Seixon http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-643886 Seixon Tue, 27 Jun 2006 16:20:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-643886 And Think Progress takes the quote from the NAS report out of context for the third time... And Think Progress takes the quote from the NAS report out of context for the third time…

]]> By: JJ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-643778 JJ Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:20:05 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-643778 Zooski: Unfortunately that's par for the course these days. Aphrodite: Here's a good overview of climate change from the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/04/climate_change/html/climate.stm Aphrodite: Maybe even you can have something intelligent to contribute some time. You seem awfully uninformed for someone naming themselves after a Woody Allen gig... Zooski: Unfortunately that’s par for the course these days.

Aphrodite: Here’s a good overview of climate change from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/04/climate_change/html/climate.stm

Aphrodite: Maybe even you can have something intelligent to contribute some time. You seem awfully uninformed for someone naming themselves after a Woody Allen gig…

]]> By: zooski http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-643741 zooski Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:05:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-643741 MA wrote: <em>Dear Faiz - I don’t doubt VILE man’s contribution to green house gases. BUT I have FIVE words for you : Mt. Pinotuabo &&& Mt. St. Helens. GO BACK and look what those volcanic eruptions did to the ozone layer.</em> MA, are you purposefully trying to muddy the discussion or do you simply not understand that green house gases (CO2 primarily) and ozone depletion are separate issues? MA wrote: Dear Faiz – I don’t doubt VILE man’s contribution to green house gases. BUT I have FIVE words for you : Mt. Pinotuabo &&& Mt. St. Helens. GO BACK and look what those volcanic eruptions did to the ozone layer.

MA, are you purposefully trying to muddy the discussion or do you simply not understand that green house gases (CO2 primarily) and ozone depletion are separate issues?

]]> By: Thomas J http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/comment-page-3/#comment-643554 Thomas J Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:13:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/06/26/bush-debate-climate/#comment-643554 Memphis Minnie, Get back to Graceland. You are ignorant. Man has had a huge effect on the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. If you refuse to believe it, go look for Elvis-- he is alive and living in Washington, DC. Memphis Minnie,

Get back to Graceland. You are ignorant. Man has had a huge effect on the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. If you refuse to believe it, go look for Elvis– he is alive and living in Washington, DC.

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