Poll: Americans are worried about global warming.
By on Mar 12th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Poll: Americans are worried about global warming.
A new Gallup poll finds that a majority of Americans are worried about the effects of global warming, including more powerful hurricanes (69 percent), more common flooding/droughts (67 percent), and rising ocean levels (63 percent). A recent Fox News poll found that 82 percent of Americans believe global warming exists.
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So, I wonder if Fox will now say that 82% of us in the general public are being paranoid and alarmist? Or that we’re falling for the propaganda? I will bet money they’ll do that before the day is over, if they haven’t already.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:24 pmAmericans are worried period. Seven years of fear mongering and Rovian hate politics condition the sheeple to hand their fate over to a Chimp. Time for Americans to grow a spine.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:24 pmI can’t believe there are 18%’ers who don’t believe.
Then again, aren’t the boy-kings approval numbers still in the low 30’s?
March 12th, 2007 at 2:26 pmAdd that to 95% of climatologists.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:26 pmIts one thing to acknowledge another to do something about it – Time to start the changes neccessary- even then targets are never met
March 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pmIt’s odd that Halliburton isn’t choosing to move to a patch of ground higher above sea level than Houston…
March 12th, 2007 at 2:27 pmoh, wait, they might be part of the 25% who don’t believe in climate change…
…never mind…
Cue the trolls who claim that the argument never was about the existence of global warming, but rather, whether or not human activities have been significantly responsible, in 3…2…1…
March 12th, 2007 at 2:29 pmWhy do 82% of Americans hate America?
March 12th, 2007 at 2:33 pmBut, but . . . global warming CAN’T be real . . . it snowed somewhere in the United States this winter! /sarcasm off/
March 12th, 2007 at 2:33 pmI have had green energy for 4 years now …….
http://www.good-energy.co.uk/
and to all the global warming pessimists whether its True or not why should I pump out 600g CO2 for every kilowatt I burn in electricity when I dont need to ????
also every 6 miles in a cheap reliable car produces 450g CO2
Dont fall for Nuclear power produces zero grammes of CO2 but it will have produced 0.012 grammes of high-level radioactive waste per kWh. That will take 24,000 years to become harmless
March 12th, 2007 at 2:34 pmWhere’s Roger_Roger to say “We should do something about Global Warming when Russia, China and India do something?”
March 12th, 2007 at 2:34 pmOk, 82% of Americans believe it exists. Yay!
What percentage of them is actually doing anything about their part of the problem?
March 12th, 2007 at 2:35 pmNo, Americans are worried about catching TV shows, getting a new car, grubbing money, and other things.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:36 pmThe recent early shift to daylight savings time, and the subsequent late return to standard time in the fall;
March 12th, 2007 at 2:46 pmwas lobbied hard for by the golf industry, the barbeque industry and the candy industry.
It was millions of dollars more the golf lobby expected to make selling clubs, balls and greens fees.
The barbeque industry expected to sell more charcoal and barbeques, and the candy industry has been lobbying for years to get the kiddies an extra hour of trick or treating.
#13 – I take it you’re not one of us wastes of space and air called Americans. Just a guess.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:47 pmDo you liberal anti-capitalist, anti-industrialization pro-socialists, ever seen this brand new documentary?
If you are as open-minded as you say you are, take 1.16 hours of your time this evening and view it.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9005566792811497638&q=the+great+swindle
I would be very interested to hear you and Al Gore respond to it
March 12th, 2007 at 2:49 pmBirds and bees dying, flowers blooming in the winter, tornadoes,hurricanes and drought among other things what will it take to convince these bushbots.
March 12th, 2007 at 2:53 pmC02 rising follow rises in temperature, not vice versa.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:17 pmFux nOzze must have gotten the question wrong in the survey or they polled a sh!t load of smart people by mistake!!!
March 12th, 2007 at 3:18 pmhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9005566792811497638&q=the+great+swindle
If you are as open-minded as you say, why not see what these folks have to say. Spare 1.15 hours of your time this evening and watch this BBC documentary.
I would be interested in hearing the viewpoints and facts which debunk this video. Thx.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:19 pmIf you are as open-minded as you believe you are, why not take 1.15 hours of your time this evening and watch this documentarty.
I would be interested in reading intelligent posts with regards to the documentary’s viewpoints.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
Ok, 82% of Americans believe it exists. Yay!
What percentage of them is actually doing anything about their part of the problem?
Comment by Zooey — March 12, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
Good question! I can’t speak to the % of them doing anything, but, a few weeks ago, using a post from one of the readers here, I calculated my carbon footprint and then contracted to buy offsets. I now make a monthly payment for my bad habits until I can get my habits in line, so to speak. We can all improve. My goal is to leave the grid but that’s gonna be a long stuggle here where I live.
I hope others do the same.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:26 pmComment by Flood guy
I don’t read links from trolls that post multiple times the same garbage, just saying…..
March 12th, 2007 at 3:27 pmComment by Flood guy — March 12, 2007 @ 3:19 pm
Wow…took 50 minutes this time. Looks like the trolls are overworked.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:36 pmI believe it 99% of scientist who believe in global warming now. But what do they know. They believe in evolution too.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:37 pmOf course it doesnt. Just like evolution doesnt. In any case, jesus will fix it. But if you are not part of the sheeple you will drown. Repent before the sky falls in and the waters swallow you up. And be sure to vote republican while you wait for the end.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:43 pmwhy I am I considered a troll because I posted? Also my post came up a 2nd time for a reason I’m not quite sure. I tried once and it didn’t show so I tried a 2nd time, not knowing that there was some delay. What’s the problem with that?
Now back to the post, if that’s your only response (non-substantive) that’s fine also. At least I know how you feel, ie void of a “real” reply.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:53 pmComment by wayne — March 12, 2007 @ 3:27 pm
I believe floodguy is linking to the BBC documentary called something like “The Global Warming Swindle” that ran on BBC last week. It is supposed to be the counter to “An Inconveniant Truth”
I will make time to watch it in the next few days, just as I will finally watch Gore’s flick. I will compare and contrast the two, just to be open minded.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:56 pmI will make time to watch it in the next few days, just as I will finally watch Gore’s flick. I will compare and contrast the two, just to be open minded.
Comment by hacker bob
You haven’t watched Gore’s film yet? You should watch his first.
March 12th, 2007 at 3:59 pmHacker Bob, thanks! I’m not a troll, I just posted for some feedback as what would people now think after seeing it, knowing that they also so Al Gore’s.
Love to see something tomorrow or within the week regarding this documentary.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:02 pmIt is more then time we do something about this problem. There is no bigger problem facing the global community. The EU has pledged to reduce their emmissions by 20% by 2020 and will go to 30% if other countries join them. There is no question we need to join them and actually push for a larger reduction in the neighborhood of 40% IMO. This will send a strong message that Global warming is a real issue and a very important one. Once we step up in a big way, it opens the door for us to demand that China, Russia, and India actually REDUCE their emissions instead of there 600%+ projected increase. These 3 countries alone are destroying our world. Greenhouse gas intensity studies show they produce only 0.5 GDP per emission while we produce 2.118 GDP per emission. To put it in an easy to see light:
RUSSIA, China, India
Global GDP Output: 7%
Global Emissions: 25%
USA
Global GDP Output: 25%
Global Emissions: 24%
If we finally step up and announce we are planning a massive reduction, it will open the door to demand these countries at least meet USA standards. If they did, it would reduce global emissions by over 18%. In perspective, the USA and the EU both reducing their emissions by 30% is only a 7.5% Global emission reduction. As you can see, we are in big time trouble. Not only are those 3 countries horrible polluters, they are planning HUGE increases. China alone is projected to increase their emissions by over 600% by 2025 which would yeild a net gain in Global emissions even if the EU and the USA reduced theirs by 30% each. Add Russias 60% projected increase and India’s 90% and you can see a bad situation coming.
Demand more from the President and Congress now. Bush is failing completely and congress continues to treat this problem with kiddie gloves. The nominal crap they propose is meaningless. We need a large change now and we need to DEMAND that China, Russia, and India join us. If they don’t, it is time to severely fine every export to make up the difference. We could at least use that money to somewhat offset these stinky polluting countries.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:02 pmIt’s obvious the general public want the terrorists to win because they want to get out of Iraq, are stupid fools and don’t realize global warming is a hoax, are socialists and want socialized medicine, are engaging in class warfare because they want higher taxes for the rich, are protectionists, want the economy to fail because they’re hostile to outsourcing.
Stupid stupid public, what do they know, let the elites run our lives and control all our money.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:03 pm…a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right…
—Thomas Paine—
March 12th, 2007 at 4:04 pmGood to see the Fear Mongering is working.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:06 pmRogerx2…
March 12th, 2007 at 4:12 pmI have seen you post these figures before, there is one that I am curious about:
The figure of the USA producing 25% of global GDP
What does GDP consist of?
Is it just food, raw materials, and manufactured goods, or would it include all business transactions, such as money manipulation, stock shuffling, paper wealth, etc.?
#31..
March 12th, 2007 at 4:14 pmIs this quote something you saw on the wall behind Chainee’s desk?
Comment by Zooey — March 12, 2007 @ 3:59 pm
Hey, I am working on it. Cheerleading has taken up alot of time this season. I do promise to watch Gore’s first.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:14 pm#33 GDP figures calculate all Goods and Services produced. That has been how they always calculate GDP sir. This is the same for every country in the world.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:21 pmIt’s odd that Halliburton isn’t choosing to move to a patch of ground higher above sea level than Houston…
oh, wait, they might be part of the 25% who don’t believe in climate change…
…never mind…
Comment by Raven — March 12, 2007 @ 2:27 pm
Yeah but just in case they’ll be surrounded by desert. What a bunch of jerks.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:24 pmwhy I am I considered a troll because I posted?
Love to see something tomorrow or within the week regarding this documentary.
Comment by Flood guy — March 12, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
No you’re considered a troll because you’re a troll. And we’re not here to answer your questions. You want to know what’s in the documentary, go watch it. If you don’t then shut up and stop acting like you give a shit. That makes you unhappy, who cares?
March 12th, 2007 at 4:33 pmI see that my perfectly good comment disappeared for no apparent reason.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:35 pmShane…
March 12th, 2007 at 4:39 pmNational Geographic magazine had an article a few months back about Dubai, some great pictures….
They are building housing developements out into the ocean by using sand fill…
Some of the developements have the shapes of palm trees and Arabic script.
Bizarro, not to mention highly stupid…
We could at least use that money to somewhat offset these stinky polluting countries.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
Why are you posting this here. Did all the neocon sites boot you off. You are a Republican Roger go tell your people what to do. I’m sick of you lackie boot lickers telling us what we should do. Go talk to your people. Tell them what to do. You want to troll around here fine but don’t go giving orders. You’re in a position to demand NOTHING around here.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:39 pmFrankly I have no intention of explaining to people who don’t believe in evolution anything about global warming. They wouldn’t understand anyway. And they’re not going to do a damn thing about it. You want change put up or shut up. It’s your party that doesn’t believe it it.
GDP figures calculate all Goods and Services produced. That has been how they always calculate GDP sir. This is the same for every country in the world.
Comment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 4:21 pm
Figures don’t like but LIARS figure. Well we have the biggest liars ever in the administration so if they’re providing the percentages who knows?
March 12th, 2007 at 4:42 pmComment by Raven — March 12, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
That was in Dubai? I remember seeing the pictures, but couldn’t remember where it was. Beautiful, but stupid for building on.
Wait
Sand fill, Halliburton HQ…Hmmm
Hey, Halliburton, I found the PERFECT location for your new Office building in Dubai.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:42 pmThank you Rogerx2, it was as I suspected.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:44 pmGoods (a paltry trifle these days, and shrinking fast) and ah, yes, services…
So, is the bulk of emissions, as a result of our prodigous GDP; the result of manufacturing and producing goods, or is it the cigar smoke from congressional offices and corporate boardrooms?
Bizarro, not to mention highly stupid…
Comment by Raven — March 12, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
We can only hope Halliburton is built on one of these landfills.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:44 pmZooey ?
Can you tell I’m in a bad mood today?
I seem to have lost my sense of humor.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:47 pmSo, is the bulk of emissions, as a result of our prodigous GDP; the result of manufacturing and producing goods, or is it the cigar smoke from congressional offices and corporate boardrooms?
Comment by Raven — March 12, 2007 @ 4:44 pm
It could be all the hot stinky emissions, tainted with bullshit, coming out of Fox News and the Republican Party.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pmMe in post #11
Roger_Roger in Post #30
Wow, I am getting good at this stuff. I should have my own blog. Oh wait, I do (I should post something new).
I would hate to be that predictable. Repeating the same bullsh!t day in and day out.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:50 pmShane :No you’re considered a troll because you’re a troll. And we’re not here to answer your questions. You want to know what’s in the documentary, go watch it. If you don’t then shut up and stop acting like you give a shit. That makes you unhappy, who cares?
I saw both documentaries, and since this article was relevant, I posted to see what others thought of the BBC documentary? How is that being a troll? I’m curious to know what people thought of it? I’m not a scientist nor a politican.
But of course, you don’t want know nor do you apparently want to watch it. I guess having a mind fed with from only one perspective is all you can mentally handle.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:53 pm#41 Why would you assume I don’t believe in evolution? I believe in evolution 100%. I just find it disturbing to see a debate about Global warming that doesn’t focus on the largest problems and the largest possible reductions. What is it with this crowd and treating global warming as a poltical tool? Why would anyone want to except or leave China and India out of a Global warming discussion? You do realize that the USA its emissions by 50% and it wouldn’t matter without those countries following suit, right?
We are talking about the largest global problem man has ever faced and you want to use it for political power gains and ignore the largest looming threat.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:56 pmfor others more open-minded that Shane…
we’re all for reducing foreign oil dependancy, reduction polution, diversifying energy production, energy efficiency and conservation; however, how can some of us be so convinced of a viewpoint after watching this documentary, and “expect” the rest of society to believe the same, while calling those who do not agree, as deniers, as heretics or simply as bushbots (like someone posted earlier?)
And if Shane can’t handle a post like this, show some class and ignore it.
March 12th, 2007 at 4:58 pmFlood guy, the BBC documentary is B.S. It has no credible scientific backing. Clowns like Richard Lindzen have zero credibility.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:00 pmFlood guy, let me spell it out for you: the consensus in the scientific community regarding the general outlines of global warming theory is absolutely overwhelming, and this consensus is close to what Al Gore presents in his film. It bears no resemblence whatsoever to the BBC documentary, a propaganda piece constructed around the ramblings of a handful of discredited blowhards and wackos.
There are a few people in medicine still who claim that AIDS isn’t caused by HIV, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Which view do you want to take your chances with?
March 12th, 2007 at 5:04 pmHere’s a link in which MIT professor Carl Wunsch, who was duped into participating in the ‘dcoumentary’, rips it a new one.
Dr. Wunsch is about a straight-shooter as you will find.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:04 pmI would be for the UN proposing a Global reduction mandate that would force every country in the world to a 30%-40% mandate. I would also be for a mandate saying that every country needs to achieve a 3.5 GDP per emission goal by 2020 as well. That type of greenhouse gas intensity mandate would force the use to reduce emissions by roughly 35% and would bring us to EU standards. Furthermore, it would force China to reduce emissions by well over 200% which would get them back in line with the Global community. These proposals seem fair and would certainly kill much of Global warming.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:08 pmWell I WAS and environmental biology major in college. And I understand how legitimate science functions. Do you remember when Bush’s guy who was debunking global warming for the administration was found to be a non-scientist political appointee.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:13 pmDidn’t think so.
Roger Roger,
I actually agree with you (!) re #30. But you haven’t addressed the fairness issue, which is that over time the US has generated a huge amount of emissions with which we’ve developed our economy, much more than what China and India have done historically.
So the question (that I don’t know the answer to) is how to distribute future emissions rights among the various parties. I would argue it’s hardly fair to cap India and China at a certain emissions/per capita that is much, much lower than what we enjoy today, or what we would enjoy even if we cut our emissions in half. Perhaps what we need to do is back into a single emissions per capita target (and I think at the end of the day it really must be per capita), and all agree to shoot toward that? Of course that will allow India and China to increase emissions from present (though emissions/GDP is high for them, emissions per capita is still low b/c they are still poor), but the idea would be to go forward in a sane manner.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:14 pmFlood guy isn’t the first commenter here or elsewhere on the internet to promote this bogus “documentary”, and I find it interesting how he does so in a way similar to other commenters. Somehow I get the feeling that there is some astroturf marketing going on for this propaganda piece.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:14 pmrandom test comment
March 12th, 2007 at 5:16 pmComment by Roger_Roger — March 12, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
Yeah lets go tell China what to do. They want to hear from us like we want to hear from you.
YAWN
March 12th, 2007 at 5:16 pmI do promise to watch Gore’s first.
Comment by hacker bob
:-)
March 12th, 2007 at 5:20 pmZooey ?
Can you tell I’m in a bad mood today?
I seem to have lost my sense of humor.
Comment by Shane
Either way Shane, you kick ass. :D
March 12th, 2007 at 5:21 pm#57 Emissions per capita is a bad idea since emissions are linked to output not population. Setting rate on a per captia basis destroys every country that produces the worlds needed goods and would be a very bad idea. That would actually discourage “clean” production. In fact, the EU would look very dirty by those standards when in fact they are some of the cleanest countries in the world. We need to reward countries for solid GDP to emission rates. The EU bounces around a 3 GDP per emission standard right now and is looking to hit 3.5 or better. If the USA, China, and the rest also were forced to go for a 3-3.5 GDP rate, Global warming wouldn’t even be an issue.
I do agree that America got a chance to build itself before this crisis was observed, but to simply allow these countries to massively increase their emissions because we “feel bad” is not the answer. Global warming is a problem, a HUGE PROBLEM, today. Allowing China to forecast a 600%+ emission increase is ridiculous beyond belief. That type of increase will produce more emissions then what the EU and hopefully the USA will plan to cut. This is why I would shoot for a UN mandate that links emissions to GDP. This would allow China to grow all they want, except they would have to do it in a clean way. This site is filled with answers on how to grow your economy cleanly, why can’t they? Why can’t we?
I am a firm believer that alternative energy can and will work. If it can work for us, it certainly can work for them. Why do we allow them to produce 1 new coal power plant every 3-4 days? Why can’t they produce solar, nuclear, and wind power instead? Nothing would stop China or the rest from continued growth. They would just have to do it in a clean earth friendly way like everyone else. We either work together as a global community or we die together IMO.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:26 pmGlobal Warming Expedition to North Pole Cancelled Due to Cold and Frostbite
NewBusters ^
Global Warming Expedition to North Pole Cancelled Due to Cold and Frostbite Posted by Noel Sheppard on March 12, 2007 – 16:53. Folks, you can’t make this stuff up. However, I sincerely beg all readers to properly stow potables, combustibles, and sharp objects before proceeding further. An expedition to the North Pole to bring attention to global warming was cancelled due to the extraordinarily cold weather. I kid you not. As reported by the Associated Press Monday (emphasis mine throughout): The explorers, Ann Bancroft and Liv Arnesen, on Saturday called off what was intended to be a 530-mile trek across…
March 12th, 2007 at 5:41 pmGore just should say that OBL is behind Climate Change. There goes the 100% we need.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:48 pmyou extremists need this global warming issue to stay alive because being anti-war isn’t too glorifying.
you girls are close-minded and politically driven.
time and data will show you were all full of it.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:48 pmfrom DRUDGE REPORT:
March 12th, 2007 at 5:50 pm
random test comment
Comment by VerbalKint — March 12, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
Your comments get lost but Roger_Rogers get through just fine.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:52 pmI suspect the problem is you’re not tedious enough.
Perhaps you need to sound more “trollish” and then they’ll all get through.
64. Comment by Patrick1 — March 12, 2007 @ 5:41 pm
Come on Peadic1 even YOU aren’t this stupid. Are you?
March 12th, 2007 at 5:54 pmyou extremists need this global warming issue to stay alive because being anti-war isn’t too glorifying.
you girls are close-minded and politically driven.
time and data will show you were all full of it.
Comment by Charlie Horse — March 12, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
He typed and then all we heard was bubble, bubble glug, glug as his house went under water. He will not be missed.
March 12th, 2007 at 5:56 pmRR has raised his issue before and even with the same post as in #30. This ignores the fact that wages in China, India and Russia are significantly lower. That is the reason that you can find a desktop system in the $400 range, monitor included today and Bill Gates and Michael Dell each get $100 for their contribution. Another $80 goes to the developer of the CPU. This means that 30% of the GDP is in China’s pocket and the other 70% goes to the United States. I am ignoring the profits that go to Japan and Korea for the memory chips as I have no handle on that.
If you take the case of Halliburton, the disparity gets even worse. That company’s business model is sinful. To put a Halliburton employee on site, insures Halliburton a 100% markup on the cost of placing that individual there and then, a 15% profit rider. That means that Halliburton gets about 57% of the action and almost the entire cost factor is included in the United States GDP.
It also ignores the fact that these countries make up over 50% of the worlds population where the US only makes up 7%. This means that each United States citizen uses about eight times as much energy as citizens of those countries while mainly producing only services.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:01 pmShane, time and data my little girl, time and data.
NY TIMES PLANS TUESDAY HIT ON GORE, NEWSROOM SOURCES SAYE ‘Scientists argue that Gore’s warnings are full of exaggerated claims and startling errors’…
March 12th, 2007 at 6:02 pmPediatrick1 is a little boy.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:08 pmtime and data will show you were all full of it.
Comment by Charlie Horse — March 12, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
I wish you were right for the sake of the future, but all my scientific training and experience tells me otherwise.
March 12th, 2007 at 6:17 pmVerbalKint, then why not watch the Great Global Warming Swindle without any political prejudices? Or is that asking too much from an extremist?
March 12th, 2007 at 6:36 pmTo let you folks know that I did not cook the books – (GIG is short for a billion.)
March 12th, 2007 at 7:01 pmPopulation of China (2006 US census Bureau) – 1.314 GIG
Population of India (2006 US census Bureau) – 1.095 GIG
Population of Russia (2006 US census Bureau) – .143 GIG
Total for three countries – 2.552 GIG
Population of US (2006 US census Bureau) – .298 GIG
2,552 (GIG citizens in three countries)/.298 (GIG citizens in US)*
24% (Energy use by three countries)/25%(Energy use by US) = 8.16 times energy used on a per-citizen basis.
VerbalKint, then why not watch the Great Global Warming Swindle without any political prejudices? Or is that asking too much from an extremist?
Comment by Charlie Horse — March 12, 2007 @ 6:36 pm
Because I already know in advance that it is propaganda, so why bother? I don’t read the National Enquirer for news, either. By the way, on calling me an extremist, nice job setting up a straw man and projecting in the same breath.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:08 pm“You haven’t watched Gore’s film yet? You should watch his first.
Comment by Zooey — March 12, 2007 @ 3:59 pm”
WHY?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:29 pm#78 – michael,
March 12th, 2007 at 7:31 pmSo you will have the insight to buy property in Denver – soon to be beachfront.
In my #76, the labels “(Energy use by three countries)” and “(Energy use by US)” need to be inverted. The math is correct, I just swapped the labels.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:35 pmWell Roger, the only way we can impact our emissions is by reducing the burning of fossil fuels. That’s not going to happen as long as we keep building coal power plants. We have to build nuclear power plants. Like France has done to generate almost 90% of their energy. China, Japan, India, Australia and England are all building more nuclear power plants. We should be, too.
Otherwise, all this talk about reducing global warming is just talk.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:36 pmWHY?
Comment by michael — March 12, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
If global warming does not exist, why was I still harvesting outdoor tomoatoes on CHRISTMAS DAY?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:46 pmNuclear alone won’t be nearly enough. We need a Marshall Plan/Manhattan Project scale endeavor to explore all practical alternative sources of energy that do not emit greenhouse gases, or do so in much lower quantities than fossil fuels. This includes wind, ocean, and solar-based energies. Anyone who proposes a single techology as the solution, be it nuclear, biofuel, or whatever doesn’t grasp the enormity of the problem.
March 12th, 2007 at 7:49 pm“If global warming does not exist, why was I still harvesting outdoor tomoatoes on CHRISTMAS DAY?
Comment by hacker bob — March 12, 2007 @ 7:46 pm”
So, just because you harvested some tomatoes on Christmas day you think this country should spend billions of dollars to do what?
March 12th, 2007 at 7:50 pmThere are breeder reactor technologies that produce less waste than the uranium/graphite modulated water-cooled designs. The problem is that plutonium is a direct by-product of these designs. Since plutonium can be easily refined to bomb grade material – those particular cycles are frowned upon. On the plus side, plutonium is far easier to modulate than even fuel grade uranium. The difficulty in building a plutonium bomb is not setting off the reaction, but in containing it until it gets really nasty. Fat Boy (the plutonium bomb) was fat because the vessel containing the reaction was lots of high tensile steel surrounding a thin copper jacket.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:04 pmWHY?
Comment by michael
The Master Debater (TM) at his best.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:01 pmThe Master Debater (TM) at his best.
Comment by Zooey — March 12, 2007 @ 9:01 pm
You have to remove the “De”, before that’s fully accurate ;)
March 12th, 2007 at 9:34 pmSo, just because you harvested some tomatoes on Christmas day you think this country should spend billions of dollars to do what?
Ooo, ooo, ooo…I know!!! Kill brown people???
March 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmOh, no, sorry, that would be hundreds of billions. I guess I failed your test, Mikey.
March 12th, 2007 at 9:51 pmI anxiously await teh rapture to take believers like me to the promised land and leave everything else in the hot hot underworld.
March 12th, 2007 at 10:44 pm#90 – michael,
March 12th, 2007 at 10:50 pmYou are in for a Hell of a disappointment.
regardless of why our climate is changing (and we know it is) Would’nt our planet just be more beautiful if we lived green?
March 13th, 2007 at 12:22 amI anxiously await teh rapture to take believers like me to the promised land and leave everything else in the hot hot underworld.
Comment by michael — March 12, 2007 @ 10:44 pm
Underworld? BAHAHAHAAH, now that’s funny! We have a 15 billion year old universe, and you think the supreme being put a place of eternal punishment in the mantle of the little blue marble here?
And we all thought Mighty Anorexia was st*pid!!!!
BAHAHAAHAHA, you’re such a funny little p*tz!
March 13th, 2007 at 1:04 amHey, Mikey,
March 13th, 2007 at 3:02 amSince you are apparently alive (though perhaps brain dead) and well, why don’t you answer my question posted two days ago on another thread about what illustrious graduates your supposedly superior private high school education produced?
So, just because you harvested some tomatoes on Christmas day you think this country should spend billions of dollars to do what?
Comment by michael — March 12, 2007 @ 7:50 pm
No just like the levees in Louisiana. We think the government should not heed warning now so they can spend 50 times as much to repair the damage later. After all theres more money for cronies if you just wait.
March 13th, 2007 at 11:35 am85. Comment by WaltTheMan — March 12, 2007 @ 8:04 pm
Thanks for the great post. You are my GO To GUY when I have a technical question.
March 13th, 2007 at 11:37 amNOT ONLY BELIEVE IN GLOBAL WARMING EXISTING, IT DOES EXIST IN REALITY, FOR CHRISSAKES, NO MATTER WHAT LYING SACKS OF repugnant-repub rightwingnut crank fudge-pachyderm SHIT like Crichton, Inhofe, Sensenbrenner SAY OR DO–THEY ARE ALL WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG AND THE SOONER THEY ADMIT THEIR LIES AND FOOLISH RESISTANCE, THE BETTER OFF AMERICA WILL BE, GODDAMN IT!!!!!
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