Wednesday, May 27, 2009

[People with an insane fear of Co2] like what they see in Obama's justice pick - NYTimes.com
Sotomayor -- who was the lone Democratic nominee on the three-judge panel -- did much of the questioning of both sides and indicated in her comments that she believes there may be a need for regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

"I have absolutely no idea about the science of global warming," she said at one point during the hearing. "But if the science is right, we have relegated ourselves to killing the world in the foreseeable future. Not in centuries to come but in the very near future."
Heat-resistant Corals Ignore Climate Change Threats | The Resilient Earth
Among the many catastrophes that are to befall our world due to global warming, the imminent demise of coral reefs is one of the worst. According to climate change proponents, as waters warm the ocean's reefs will bleach out and die, leaving the seas aquatic deserts, devoid of life. Now comes news that scientists have discovered live, healthy corals on reefs already as hot as the oceans are supposed to get 100 years from now, according to IPCC predictions. Looks like the corals didn't read the IPCC reports.
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Like all the other hype that surrounds global warming, the demise of the world's coral has been greatly exaggerated. Once more the puffed-up, overwrought reports from the IPCC have been shown for what they are: committee generated collections of half truths and wild speculation buttressed by poor science and guesswork. I have never seen so many people, claiming to be scientists, so seemingly bent on destroying science's reputation with the public. I fear we will not soon recover from this regrettable episode—and a whole generation of young people will turn their backs on science and engineering, dismissing them the work of charlatans and frauds.

Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and, above all, stay skeptical.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

"...we have relegated ourselves..."

Total collectivist thinking (and that is heading to the supreme court????):
"we" are killing "our" planet, so "we" must act now...

How about individuals making free individual decisions in free markets?
Can't have that!!! individualism is killing our planet, someone from top down has to decide what everybody can and cannot do...

Anonymous said...

Wow- 50% Great Barrier Reef and Bahamanian reefs dead.............and there's no inquiring? Please remove finger from sphinctur!

Anonymous said...

Fortunately, she uses the construction: 'If the science is right'. Yep, there's the rub.
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