Environmental Stewardship News Round-Up (cont.)
The following items are the continuation of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation Newsletter, July 2, 2007:
19. Debunking global warming alarmism
by Mark Corcoran
[Editor’s note: Nothing new or brilliant here, just a nifty, quick summary of inconvenient facts for GW alarmists to deal with.--ECB]
Here are some “inconvenient truths” – There is no scientific consensus on global warming. Climate is always changing, with or without man. Hurricanes are not getting worse; our tendency to build houses in their path is getting greater. Many big businesses lobby for global warming policies that will increase their profits… and our costs.
The Medieval Warm Period was significantly warmer than temperatures today and was a golden age for agriculture, innovation and lifespan. The media ignore evidence that would deflate global warming fears and exaggerate that which cuts “their way.” The media have alternated between global cooling scares and global warming for a century. The South Pole is getting colder. Not a single hurricane hit the US in 2006. We have just emerged from the Little Ice Age. The early twentieth century warming was more rapid than the modern warming, in between which was a cooling. Many climate experts doubt the media-proclaimed global warming alarmism.
It is the Greens who seek to censor science and intimidate dissent and debate. Just a couple of truths you should know.
In an article at Fast Company (interesting in its own right for explaining how he remade himself after the 2000 election from failed politician to highly successful businessman), Al Gore, champion of environmentalism, said, “For whatever reason, the business world rewards a long-term perspective more than the political world does.”
Pardon me, but, can this really be an environmentalist? Aren’t environmentalists fond of claiming that businessmen never think farther ahead than the next quarterly report?
That’s not the only line in the article that raises an eyebrow. Later Gore says, “The line between news and entertainment is blurred”--apparently oblivious to his own contribution through his “documentary” film An Inconvenient Truth.
And then there’s the report that “Current TV [of which Gore is a part owner] is making money, about a 10% margin on cash flow.” Profit margins lower than that in the petroleum industry have been called obscene. When will environmentalists condemn Current TV’s profits?
Then there’s the reference to Generation Investment Management, another of Gore’s new business ventures. It handles carbon offsets and carbon trading, markets driven by the global warming fears Gore promotes. Recall that Gore’s Nashville home uses 20 times as much electricity as the average American home. Gore excuses himself by saying he buys carbon offsets. It’s understandable if he doesn’t mention the company from which he buys them--Generation Investment Management.
And finally there’s this paragraph:
Hmmm. You don’t say?
Related item:
21. Gore promotes 7-point pledge for other people to stop global warming
But remember: he won’t pledge to bring his own residential energy use down from 20 times that of the average American household.--ECB
22. Briefly Noted
Giant ancient penguins liked it hot
Study shows strong links between solar variability and climatic changes
Nearly three-fourths of public believe global warming is natural, not manmade
Climate alarmists fail to claim record cold and snows in South Africa & Australia as evidence for global warming
Portland teens make a musical global warming plea
Global warming threatens to dry up the Ganges and endanger a species of Hindus
Go vegetarian: Stop global warming
Solar shield could be quick fix for global warming
Gloom and doom in a sunny day
Composting waste contributes to global warming
19. Debunking global warming alarmism
by Mark Corcoran
[Editor’s note: Nothing new or brilliant here, just a nifty, quick summary of inconvenient facts for GW alarmists to deal with.--ECB]
Here are some “inconvenient truths” – There is no scientific consensus on global warming. Climate is always changing, with or without man. Hurricanes are not getting worse; our tendency to build houses in their path is getting greater. Many big businesses lobby for global warming policies that will increase their profits… and our costs.
The Medieval Warm Period was significantly warmer than temperatures today and was a golden age for agriculture, innovation and lifespan. The media ignore evidence that would deflate global warming fears and exaggerate that which cuts “their way.” The media have alternated between global cooling scares and global warming for a century. The South Pole is getting colder. Not a single hurricane hit the US in 2006. We have just emerged from the Little Ice Age. The early twentieth century warming was more rapid than the modern warming, in between which was a cooling. Many climate experts doubt the media-proclaimed global warming alarmism.
It is the Greens who seek to censor science and intimidate dissent and debate. Just a couple of truths you should know.
In an article at Fast Company (interesting in its own right for explaining how he remade himself after the 2000 election from failed politician to highly successful businessman), Al Gore, champion of environmentalism, said, “For whatever reason, the business world rewards a long-term perspective more than the political world does.”
Pardon me, but, can this really be an environmentalist? Aren’t environmentalists fond of claiming that businessmen never think farther ahead than the next quarterly report?
That’s not the only line in the article that raises an eyebrow. Later Gore says, “The line between news and entertainment is blurred”--apparently oblivious to his own contribution through his “documentary” film An Inconvenient Truth.
And then there’s the report that “Current TV [of which Gore is a part owner] is making money, about a 10% margin on cash flow.” Profit margins lower than that in the petroleum industry have been called obscene. When will environmentalists condemn Current TV’s profits?
Then there’s the reference to Generation Investment Management, another of Gore’s new business ventures. It handles carbon offsets and carbon trading, markets driven by the global warming fears Gore promotes. Recall that Gore’s Nashville home uses 20 times as much electricity as the average American home. Gore excuses himself by saying he buys carbon offsets. It’s understandable if he doesn’t mention the company from which he buys them--Generation Investment Management.
And finally there’s this paragraph:
[Gore’s geekiness] helps explain why, despite the interest from so many Democrats in his political aspirations, he seems genuinely distanced from the idea of running for President--at least for now. “What politics has become,” Gore explains at one point during our discussion, “is something that requires a kind of tolerance for artifice and manipulative communications strategies that I just find I have in very short supply. I just don’t have the patience for things that seem to be greatly rewarded in today’s political system.”
Hmmm. You don’t say?
Related item:
21. Gore promotes 7-point pledge for other people to stop global warming
But remember: he won’t pledge to bring his own residential energy use down from 20 times that of the average American household.--ECB
22. Briefly Noted
Giant ancient penguins liked it hot
Study shows strong links between solar variability and climatic changes
Nearly three-fourths of public believe global warming is natural, not manmade
Climate alarmists fail to claim record cold and snows in South Africa & Australia as evidence for global warming
Portland teens make a musical global warming plea
Global warming threatens to dry up the Ganges and endanger a species of Hindus
Go vegetarian: Stop global warming
Solar shield could be quick fix for global warming
Gloom and doom in a sunny day
Composting waste contributes to global warming
Comments
#1 2007-07-03 08:06 (Reply)
So did you sign the Live Earth Pledge for all of your hot air? Or is hating Al Gore over caring for this planet more important to you? And FYI he has finally gotten the zoning permisdion he was waiting for to install solar panels on his roof which are now there and to complete the renovations to his home. How about you?
#1.1 2007-07-03 15:52 (Reply)
Tired of hot air? You cite nothing substantive to respond to anything in the post; you respond with nothing but emotion to a reasonable argument.
My friend, all that’s happening here is an attempt to cool off some of the hot air coming from your side of this debate.
As regards Al Gore - I don’t think anyone here hates him. But a lot of people consider him to be quite hypocritical and very misguided on this issue.