And this information made it through bush and his editors? You know Bush, the guy who:

Edited Scientific documents so Global Warming was nothing but a warm summer day?

The guy who attacked the sovereign nation of Iraq, all on the premise of looking for Weapons of Mass-destruction. And after finding nothing allowed a US puppet government to MURDER the previous leader of that country to try and hide their original sin of invading.

Is that the same Bush?

A recent news report mentioned the slowdown in US CO2 growth rates was due to a warm winter and a cool summer, rather than any change in usage or policy.

I am going to aspire very hard all day. By evening, the flab may have disappeared, and the wrinkles vaporized.

CO2 emissions growth rate from fossil fuel combustion in last reported year (2005) is less than 1%.

Yes James, slow down the growth rate, get it to flatten out. We’re on our way.

No, you’re beating the straw dog. We have been doing something. It’s no accident that the US has cut its emissions growth rate practically in half since the 90’s. As evidence I provided this devastating fact earlier;

Power Sector CO2 emissions per unit of electricity produced grew at its largest rate in the 90’s, exceeding 1990 levels. Since 2000 Power Sector CO2 emissions per unit have dropped below 1990 levels. (source: epa ghg emissions inventory 2006).

How’s that for results? That is huge. Read it again Vinnie. That is due to government policies and research agencies (see NREL, Lawrence Livermore) and innovations from universities and the private sector that have been developed over years (see MIT, Utility Co’s). You haven’t been paying attention. You’re getting all of your info from places like thinkregress. You think nothing is being done, when it really is. More needs to be done, but you are ignorant if you think nothing is happening.

Then this from Vinnie,
“Maybe the best way to settle this is you give me a list of the action items that we have taken to achieve the great success you’re talking about.”

Well, if actually read the document that you linked you’d find plenty in there, including the data I provided. But get a little deeper than the summary next time. If that’s too much for you then just refer to table ES-9 in your summary link. And be sure to take in Fig ES-3.

“Studies have shown that we need to act much better than this if we want to stave off the worst effects of global warming.”

Show me a study. Waiting…

“In my more than three decades in the government I’ve never witnessed such restrictions on the ability of scientists to communicate with the public,” says Hansen.

Here’s from another article noting Hansen’s opinion on the topic:

“Global warming is a critical emergency. NASA scientist James Hansen projects that humanity has less than 10 years remaining to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If we don’t a global tipping point will be breached, which will result in catastrophic weather pattern changes. He thinks this climate shift will cause the earth to become a “different planet” not seen since our species evolved.”

From Hansen himself:

“The proposed reduction of vehicle emissions is only a first step, if large climate change is to be avoided. Vehicle emissions must decline even further within a few decades.”

So, sounds like you’re the one being deceptive. And, as easily predicted, your attitude is to minimize the magnitude of the problem.

Do you recommend that we take any action on climate change? Or can we just ignore it as Bush and your other rightie friends would like?

I was able to find the following link from an EPA study. Your argument is basically that we are still increasing the GHG emissions but the slope of the curve is coming down. Maybe in 10-15 years this trend will mean that we’re reducing our GHG emissions. I’m sorry, that’s not very much progress.

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads06/07ES.pdf

Studies have shown that we need to act much better than this if we want to stave off the worst effects of global warming. Sorry, I forgot that you don’t like scientific studies that don’t favor your point of view.

Maybe the best way to settle this is you give me a list of the action items that we have taken to achieve the great success you’re talking about. I’m waiting …..

The US GHG emissions growth curve is flattening, just as Hansen called for. It’s not by accident. That’s an inconvenient fact that you choose to ignore.

You may not work for the oil industry but, like it or not, you are acting just like someone who does.

And my original point still stands – Do you recommend that we take any action on climate change? Or can we just ignore it as Bush and your other rightie friends would like?

You’d be surprised who I work for, I’m an earth scientist that DOES NOT work in the oil industry.

Bluedog chooses a slur for lack of an argument or facts.

BTW, Gore made out big when he helped Occidental purchase Elk Hills in Cali while he was VP. You know he owns Occidental stock don’t you. Of course, it was moved into trust funds for himself and his children before he ran for president. Wise up.

OK, that’s just plain stupid. Exxon just posted the largest quarterly profits in the history of corporate profit reporting. The energy industry is the most profitable industry in America today. Gore’s “profits” on his book, movie and speaking fees are a drop in the bucket compared to the money involved in the perpetuation of fossil fuel energy. Gore may be in the millions. The energy industry profits are in the hundreds of billions. Man, wise up!

I get your point completely. I completely disagree with it and didn’t feel the need to bring it up. I believe, as do most of the climatologists that aren’t in the pay of the oil companies, that mankind is responsible for the increase in CO2 emissions which is causing the recent heating of the earth that we’re seeing.

My point was not to debate your argument. (I would just point you to the many scientific organizations that have taken a position on the above.) My point was that ALL of the arguments by your and your type lead to actions that do nothing, which coincidentally, would help the oil companies continue to make their record setting profits.

I love the tactic of saying that those proposing action on global warming are greedily seeking profits off of the controversy. It’s so obvious that Exxon and company are the ones with the financial ax to grind. (Didn’t Inhofe actually suggest that the Weather Channel was trying to boost their ratings.) It’s so Rovian putting your own faults onto your opponents (like Bush saying the Dems are playing politics).

The planet we should be focusing on is VENUS. Venus is a planet where Greenhouse/Global Warming has gone mad. The thick choking atmosphere retains all the heat/solar energy. That’s why its even hotter then Mercury which is much closer to the sun. We can learn where we may be heading by studying Venus.

I do want to change our dependence on Middle East Oil. That is a problem we can tackle. Global Warming? Follow the money……..Gore is awash in it.