Saturday, November 29, 2008

Al Fin: Glaciers Grow, Earth Cools, People Grumble
Because of economic hard times, Obama himself may find it difficult to persuade many US legislators to pass suicidal climate regulations, despite his political party holding overwhelming control of Congress. If so, he will bypass Congress and use presidential powers via the executive branch to institute energy-starvation policies via the EPA. The more likely scenario is that enough members of Congress can be bought with pork, so as to provide Obama's anti-CO2 jihad with Congressional cover.
The Strata-Sphere » World Cools On Man-Made Global Warming
The dirty little secret within the Church of Al Gore/IPCC is that the masses will pay a very heavy price to battle the mythical man-mad global warming, and the rich have sufficient money to insulate themselves with minimal effort. The whole cap-and-trade scheme is a way to make the masses pay for the excess of the ridiculously wealthy.
The Associated Press: Obama buzz felt at global climate talks
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — The president-elect won't be there, but an Obama buzz will crackle through the conference hall when negotiators gather Monday for a final push toward a sweeping new global warming treaty.

"America is back," says Sen. John Kerry, underscoring that Barack Obama's election signals a U.S. intent to regain a leadership role on climate change.

"After eight years of obstruction and delay and denial, the United States is going to rejoin the world community in tackling this global challenge," said the Massachusetts Democrat, in line to become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Obama, who enters office in January, would likely need a year to prepare domestic legislation enabling Washington to commit to a new climate treaty.

Nonetheless, delegates anticipate a new U.S. approach that will kick the talks into a higher gear next year.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not one of the powers that would be (Goreites) will ever admit they're wrong, not even if a growing glacier were to run right into the back of their head. There’s too much money at stake and too many overblown reputations in jeopardy to risk rocking the warming boat.