Saturday, April 18, 2009

'Save the planet' rhetoric soars to crazy new heights - Christopher Booker, Telegraph
Truly these days, in more ways than one, are we moving towards a new dark age. Fortunately, however, the latest available data show the downward trend in global temperatures continuing, At least the one thing we don’t need to worry about, it seems, is global warming.
Local reps opposed to cap-and-trade proposal | ohio, proposal, jordan - Local News - LimaOhio.com
"We could lose manufacturing jobs left and right," said Rep. Bob Latta, R-Bowling Green. "It kind of looks like the Obama administration has declared war on Ohio and Indiana. I'm concerned because we've got to keep people working. We want to keep people here."
Report on Arrakis: US environment agency deems CO2 a health risk
I'm telling you, the government will tax us for breathing out C02. Who were the scientist hacks that the government contracted for the study? Carbon dioxide is part of many natural cycles it is not a pollutant. There is no scientific evidence that proves C02 is a pollutant. NONE!
Radical Ways to Cool the Planet | Newsweek International Edition | Newsweek.com
As forecasts for global temperatures grow increasingly dire, scientists are taking a serious look at an idea once considered crazy: reengineering the atmosphere.
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The idea of engineering climate isn't new. In 1965 a report fell on President Lyndon Johnson's desk exploring ways to manipulate climate to compensate for a rise in temperatures. (Oddly enough, the report never mentioned cutting emissions.) The idea made the rounds in scientific circles over the next decades, but by the 1990s it had disappeared from discussion, mainly because policymakers were trying to build a consensus for emissions cuts. "It became so un-PC we couldn't talk about it," David Keith, a physicist at the University of Calgary, told a TED conference in 2007. "It just sank below the surface; we weren't allowed to speak about it."

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