CO2sceptics News Blog | Biden Wrong on Global Warming

In short, the AGW theory is based on assumptions about a science that is poorly understood and in its relative infancy. It relies upon inappropriate use of parametric simulations based on assumed feedbacks that cannot be scientifically verified or validated. And, to top it all, the theory is rendered invalid by multiple inconsistencies with observed reality! (no greenhouse warming signal, polar cooling, global cooling since 2002, ocean cooling, sea level drop due to ocean cooling, etc.)

Yet Biden, for reasons best known to himself, believes this theory wholeheartedly!

If Biden is so committed to such an obviously flawed theory (where has he been since 2002 when temperatures began dropping?), does he have the objective intellectual capacity to deal with less obvious issues?

In a word, no.

Bob Webster
Editor, Publisher, WEBCommentary

REGULATING GLOBAL WARMING: EXPANDING THE AUTHORITY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY | National Center for Policy Analysis

Human activities are only responsible for about one-quarter of one percent of the total greenhouse effect, which is the moderation of the Earth's temperature due to the absorption of the sun's radiation by atmospheric gases, says Berg:

* Human activities contribute 0.28 percent to the greenhouse effect.
* Natural greenhouse gas emissions -- including ocean biologic activity and decaying plants -- contribute 4.72 percent.
* Water vapor accounts for 95 percent of the greenhouse effect.

Attempting to reduce such a small fraction of the factors that contribute to the overall greenhouse effect will be extremely costly and ineffective.

Furthermore, the proposed EPA rule would result in an unprecedented expansion of the EPA's power, giving them the authority to regulate nearly every sector of the economy and personal decisions about housing and transportation. These sweeping regulations would cause energy prices to rise, but would be futile because of their negligible impact on the overall concentration of greenhouse gases, concludes Berg.

Source: Amanda Berg, "Regulating Global Warming: Expanding the Authority of the Environmental Protection Agency," National Center for Policy Analysis, Brief Analysis, No. 164, October 2, 2008.