Global Warming

[HisDaughter]

I found those on a news website after I typed in "Al Gore"!  I hadn't seen those ones yet either, but as usual, I couldn't resist sharing them!

[Soldier4Christ]

On Sept 25, 2007 the The Ultimate Global Warming Challenge announced that it raised to $125,000 the cash award to the first person to prove in a scientific manner that human emissions of greenhouse gases will cause catastrophic global climate change. Since that time it was raised again to $150,000 and now all the way up to $500,000 American dollars.

For some odd reason no one has even attempted to come forward to claim this money. In fact the global warming alarmists, with Al Gore in the lead, are running with tales tucked away from this challenge.  With their desire for so much money and the fact they say "The Science Is Settled" I would think that they would have jumped at this chance a long time ago. I guess it tells the truth about their so-called science.

[nChrist]

Al Gore and his fellow-conspirators have not answered this challenge because it would EXPOSE THEIR CON GAME AND MASSIVE FRAUD! I think that the Al Gore Gang needs to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. He can write his next book from PRISON! Numerous CRIMINAL CHARGES most definitely apply, and the CRIMES ARE IN PROGRESS as we speak. Prosecution shouldn't represent much of a problem at all. Organized Crime Statutes should definitely apply since so many people are involved. Organized Crime Statutes also allow the confiscation of money and property gained as a result of crime. Seizure of the assets of the major players might recover the massive sums of money already stolen in one of the largest CON GAMES in history!

[Soldier4Christ]

There are indications that there is a lawsuit pending against Al Gore in regards to the picture that he and many other global warming alarmists have been using of the Polar Bears on an ice flow. The picture was taken by Amanda Byrd and has been used without her permission. The following is the story behind the picture:


Carole "CJ" Williams
January 26, 2008
NewsWithViews.com

Last March, global warming fanatic Al Gore used a picture of two polar bears purportedly stranded on melting ice off the coast of Alaska as a visual aide to support his claim that man-made global warming is doing great harm to Mother Earth. The one he chose, but didn’t offer to pay for right away, turned out to be a photo of a polar bear and her cub out doing what healthy, happy polar bears do on a wave-eroded chunk of ice not all that far from shore in the Beaufort Sea north of Barstow, Alaska.

The picture, wrongly credited to Dan Crosbie, an ice observer specialist for the Canadian Ice Service, was actually taken by Amanda Byrd while she was on a university-related research cruise in August of 2004, a time of year when the fringe of the Arctic ice cap normally melts. Byrd, a marine biology grad student at the time, was gathering zooplankton for a multi-year study of the Arctic Ocean.

Crosbie, who was also on the trip, pilfered the polar bear photo from a shared computer onboard the Canadian icebreaker where Ms. Byrd downloaded her snapshots; he saved it in his personal file. Several months later, Crosbie, who is known as an avid photographer, gave the photo to the Canadian Ice Service, which then allowed Environment Canada to use it as an illustration for an online magazine.

Today that photo, with credit given to photographer Dan Crosbie and the Canadian Ice Service, can be found all over the Internet, generally with the caption “Two polar bears are stranded on a chunk of melting ice”.

It’s a hoax, folks. The bears, which can swim distances of 100 miles and more, weren’t stranded; they were merely taking a break and watching the boat go by when a lady snapped their picture.

On Feb. 2, 2007 Denis Simard, a representative of Environment Canada, distributed that lady’s photo to 7 media agencies, including the Associated Press, and timed it to coincide with the release of the United Nations’ major global warming report in Paris, France on Feb 3rd. When the press called Simard in Paris to ask if it was his picture and could they print it, he says, “I gave them permission because Dan said it was his picture.”

Al Gore saw the picture shortly thereafter and contrived to use it in a presentation about man-made global warming that he staged at a conference of human resource executives on March 22, 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

With an enlarged version of Amanda Byrd’s polar bear picture on the screen behind him, Gore said, “Their habitat is melting… beautiful animals, literally being forced off the planet. They’re in trouble, got nowhere else to go.”

Of course, after those words were spoken, the audience, being under the impression that polar bears are in imminent danger, gasped with concern and sympathy for the plight of the poor, pathetic polar bear population, whose diet, by the way, can include convenient humans, though attacks, like wolf-human attacks, are said to be rare.

According to Ms. Bryd, when she took the picture, the mother bear and its cub didn’t appear to be in any danger and Denis Simard seems to have backpedaled when quoted by Ontario’s National Post as saying that you “have to keep in mind that the bears aren’t in danger at all. It was, if you will, their playground for 15 minutes. You know what I mean? This is a perfect picture for climate change, in a way, because you have the impression they are in the middle of the ocean and they are going to die with a coke in their hands. But they were not that far from the coast, and it was possible for them to swim.” (The “Coca Cola Polar Bears” were introduced in 1992, and it would seem that Mr. Simard believes polar bears drink it after a swim.)

Al Gore, who was awarded a 2007 Nobel Prize for drawing the world’s attention to the dangers of global warming, as well as a coveted Hollywood Oscar in ‘07 for his documentary “An Inconvenient Truth”, stands to make millions of dollars selling carbon offsets through his London based corporation, Generation Investment Management.

Gore, who apparently can’t tell a polar bear with nowhere to go from one that’s playing on an over-sized and wave-beaten ice cube, offered to pay non-Canadian Amanda Byrd for the use of her photo after the fact.

Perhaps the former University of Alaska-Fairbanks grad student and managing editor of “Mushing Magazine” let the world’s Global Warming Czar off the hook for super-sizing her photo, but others who used it without permission may not be so lucky.

Though she now charges from $500 to $700 for its use, Canadian courts will award photographers as much as $20,000 for each time one of their photos is published without permission, and it’s almost certain that Simard and Crosbie will be paying off Amanda’s school loans.

So there you have the real story about Gore’s endangered polar bears, but there’s more balderdash to come.

It’s predicted that during his January 28th State of the Union address, Pres. Bush will mention the plight of the polar bears whose habitat is purportedly melting due to man-made global warming. Perhaps he’ll surprise the environmentalists and claim otherwise, but either way, shortly after his address, Sec. of the Interior Kempthorne stands ready to announce his decision about whether or not to list polar bears as “threatened” according to Endangered Species Act (ESA) guidelines.

You may think what happens in the artic won’t concern you, but if polar bears are listed as threatened, as the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned them to be, it will substantiate the global warming claim and adversely affect the lives of everyone in the United States.

The claim that global warming is largely man-made is based on computer modeling and supposition, and it’s being used as a manipulative tool to force us to restructure our nation’s industriousness and greatly curtail our personal energy consumption. Moreover, because other countries, i.e. China and India, won’t have the same onus, US citizens will have to mitigate bogus man-made global warming for them, too.

According to information from the American Land Rights Assoc., under the ESA any activity regulated by the Federal Government (i.e. air or water quality) would be subject to further regulation because of claims that “greenhouse gas” emissions have a potentially adverse effect on polar bear habitat.

Virtually everything people do involves fossil fuels and greenhouse gases, and since 85% of our energy comes from fossil fuels, almost every heating, cooling, transportation (including shipping) and electricity decision will be affected. Utility and manufacturing companies will be required to slash CO2 emissions, forcing an increase in prices to cover escalated new costs.

But it won’t stop there. All other sources of carbon dioxide, methane, and other greenhouse gases will also be regulated and restricted by environmental alarmists; bakeries, breweries, chicken and dairy farms, cattle ranches, dry cleaners, auto manufacturers, cement and other industrial facilities, and on and on, ad nauseum.

As their costs go up, so will consumers’ costs to heat and cool homes, drive cars, and clothe and feed their family. And, as costs go up, companies may further reduce their workforces or outsource jobs to other countries so as to stay in business.

Blue collar, poor, and fixed income families will be hit the hardest, but everyone’s jobs and cost of living will be affected. However, the likes of Al Gore and other elitists will still be flying around in private jets and cashing in on their investments in a newly created multi-billion dollar alternative energy industry and carbon offset scheme designed to supposedly mitigate the man-made global warming scam.

Just as Gore’s endangered polar bear picture was a hoax, so is the assertion repeated by politicians and global warming/climate change criers that “2,500 scientists of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) agree that humans are causing a climate crisis”.

According to an article authored by John McLean and Tom Harris, published in the Dec. 14th Canada Free Press, only 600 of the 2,500 IPCC scientists reviewed the specific multi-chaptered report related to the possibility of man-made global warming adversely affecting the environment. Of those 600 scientists, 308 made comments, but only 62 reviewed and made comments regarding the critical Chapter 9 related to man and his activities being the primary cause of climate change. Of those 62, fifty-five are said to have a serious vested interest, which leaves very few credible IPCC scientists out of the 2,500 who supposedly agree that global warming is manmade.

Virtually hundreds, if not thousands, of qualified and well respected scientists who have studied global warming and its causes and effects disagree with the IPCC scientists who were hand-picked by the notoriously corrupt United Nations organization to come to a consensual agreement regarding global warming. However, for the most part, those who disagree are being ignored by mass media, appointed bureaucrats, and our elected government officials.

The truth of the matter is that the man-made global warming fear factor is based on little but computer modeling, conjecture, hype, contrived hysteria, and the desire of bureaucrats, politicians and radical greenies to eliminate the use of fossil fuels and gain control of people’s lives. Regardless, SB-2191, a bill to lower the boom on “greenhouse gas” emissions and people, is pending in the Senate.

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[Soldier4Christ]

It’s you or the polar bears, folks, and you’re out of time. Call the White House, the Interior Department and your Congressmen now and politely tell them you do not believe man and his activities are the principal cause of global warming; that you do not want polar bears listed as threatened and do not want regulatory Senate Bill-2191 passed.

[nChrist]

It’s you or the polar bears, folks, and you’re out of time. Call the White House, the Interior Department and your Congressmen now and politely tell them you do not believe man and his activities are the principal cause of global warming; that you do not want polar bears listed as threatened and do not want regulatory Senate Bill-2191 passed.

By the way, the numbers of polar bears have INCREASED dramatically over recent years. It is NOT TRUE that their numbers are decreasing. This is yet ANOTHER CONVENIENT LIE!

[HisDaughter]

Every adult in Britain forced to carry 'carbon ration cards?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1021983/Every-adult-Britain-forced-carry-carbon-ration-cards-say-MPs.html


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Every adult should be forced to use a 'carbon ration card' when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy, MPs say.

The influential Environmental Audit Committee says a personal carbon trading scheme is the best and fairest way of cutting Britain's CO2 emissions without penalising the poor.

Under the scheme, everyone would be given an annual carbon allowance to use when buying oil, gas, electricity and flights.

Anyone who exceeds their entitlement would have to buy top-up credits from individuals who haven't used up their allowance. The amount paid would be driven by market forces and the deal done through a specialist company.

MPs, led by Tory Tim Yeo, say the scheme could be more effective at cutting greenhouse gas emissions than green taxes.

But critics say the idea is costly, bureaucratic, intrusive and unworkable.

The Government says it supports the scheme in principle, but warns it is 'ahead of its time'.

The idea of personal carbon trading is increasingly being promoted by environmentalists. In theory it could be used to cover all purchases - from petrol to food.

For the scheme to work, the Government would need to give out 45million carbon cards - each one linked to a personal carbon account. Every year, the account would be credited with a notional amount of CO2 in kilograms.

Every time someone makes a purchase of petrol, energy or airline tickets, they would use up credits. A return flight from London to Rome would, for instance, use up 900kg of CO2 credits, while 10 litres of petrol would use up 23kg.

MP Tim Yeo MP, says the scheme could be more effective at cutting Britain's greenhouse gas emissions

Mr Yeo, chairman of the committee said personal carbon trading rewarded those with a low carbon footprint with cash.

'We found that personal carbon trading has real potential to engage the population in the fight against climate change and to achieve significant emissions reductions in a progressive way,' he said.

'The idea is a radical one. As such it inevitably faces some significant challenges in its development. It is important to meet these challenges.

'What we are asking the Government to do is to seize the reins on this, leading the debate and coordinating research.'

The Government is committed to cutting CO2 emissions to 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010.

The Climate Change Bill going through Parliament aims to cut emissions by 60 per cent by 2050. The Government has said it backs the idea in principle, but it is currently too expensive and bureaucratic.

Environment Minister Hilary Benn said: 'It's got potential but, in essence, it's ahead of its time. There are a lot of practical problems to overcome.'

A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report into the scheme found it would cost between £700million and £2billion to set up and up to another £2billion a year to run.

Tory environment spokesman Peter Ainsworth added: 'Although it does have potential we should proceed with care. We don't want to alienate people and we want everyone to be on board.'

But critics say the idea is deeply flawed. The scheme would penalise those living in the countryside who were dependent on their cars, as well as the elderly or housebound who need to heat their homes in the day.

Large families would suffer, as would those working at nights when little public transport is available.

It would need to take into account the size of families, and their ages. There is huge potential for fraud.

Matthew Elliott of the Taxpayers' Alliance said the cards would be hugely unpopular. 'The Government has shown itself incapable of managing any huge, complex IT system.' he said.

How The Scheme Would Work

Every adult in the UK would be given an annual carbon dioxide allowance in kgs and a special carbon card.

The scheme would cover road fuel, flights and energy bills.

Every time someone paid for road fuel, flights or energy, their carbon account would be docked.

A litre of petrol would use up 2.3kg in carbon, while every 1.3 miles of airline flight would use another 1kg.

When paying for petrol, the card would need to swiped at the till. It would be a legal offence to buy petrol without using a card.

When paying online, or by direct debit, the carbon account would be debited directly.

Anyone who doesn't use up their credits in a year can sell them to someone who wants more credits. Trading would be done through specialist companies.

[HisDaughter]

Under the scheme, everyone would be given an annual carbon allowance to use when buying oil, gas, electricity and flights.

666

[Soldier4Christ]

Citizens fire back
with carbon 'belch'
Americans pledge to boost emissions,
wage war against proposed CO2 tax

Thousands of Americans are pledging to fire up their charcoal barbecue grills, bask in the infinite glow of numerous incandescent light bulbs, shun recycling of any kind and take spontaneous road trips in gas-guzzling vehicles to increase their personal carbon output – all in protest of the Senate debate over a bill calling for a "cap-and-trade" system.

Grassfire, one of the nation's fastest-growing grassroots organizations, has declared June 12 Carbon Belch Day and is enlisting citizens to expel more than 100 million pounds of CO2 to combat climate alarmist propaganda and to take a stand against a "$1.2 trillion carbon tax."

"We wanted to point out the absurdity of the climate alarmism of Al Gore and others who want to make us feel bad for just about everything we do and rally people for the battle over the carbon tax which is now underway in the Senate," Grassfire president Steve Elliott told WND. "We really plan to engage lots of citizens who have been under carbon-footprint guilt for far too long and give citizens an opportunity to make a statement that we reject climate alarmism. We're not going to stand for this carbon tax."

The Lieberman-Warner bill, named after sponsors Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. John Warner, R-Va., calls for imposed limits on U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions beginning in 2012. President Bush opposed the bill, saying it could create as much as $6 trillion in new costs on the American economy, though he has not threatened to veto it.

Elliott said, "We wanted to time Carbon Belch Day around the debate of that bill so we could rally people and have a platform to talk about this issue."

Grassfire provides a "Carbon Belch Calculator" with a checklist of activities citizens can take part in to celebrate their independence from climate alarmist-imposed blame. Suggestions include the following:

    * Super-cool your house (turn A/C down 5 degrees)
    * Don't recycle glass/plastic/aluminum/newspapers for one day
    * Take a plane trip
    * Eat meat with at least two meals (steak dinner a bonus)
    * Mow your lawn with gas-powered mower
    * Leave two light bulbs on for entire day
    * Hang/light one string of Christmas lights
    * Host a barbecue with lots of friends – charcoal (11lbs/hr) or gas (5.6lbs/hr)
    * Drink beer
    * Watch television
    * Light a campfire
    * Do partial load of laundry
    * Take an 8-minute shower
    * Leave computer on 24 hours
    * Drink bottled water

Elliott said Grassfire took research that climate alarmists put together to create the calculator. The organization has already surpassed its goal with 108,566,729 pounds of carbon emission commitments, and Elliott is planning for an even larger response.

"It shows that there are many tens of thousands of citizens who don't accept climate alarmism and who are not going to sit by quietly as Congress imposes another tax on the American people," he said. "We just want to see this continue to grow as we rally people in opposition to what the climate alarmists are doing."

Grassfire cites Britain's Environmental Audit Committee plan to implement a card system and require citizens to punch in when they pay for gas, plane tickets or household energy as reason for concern in the U.S. The organization warns, "Don't think for a minute that 'carbon ration cards' won't find their way to the Democratic-controlled Congress, especially when all the presidential candidates are pushing climate alarmism."

Elliot said Americans should break free of carbon footprint guilt and refuse to go along with "a huge government program with a huge government tax."

He encourages concerned citizens to sign a pledge stating, "I will do my best to increase my CO2 output and unleash a Carbon Belch on the planet. I do this with no fear or concern that I am destroying the planet. In fact, I think a good Carbon Belch can be healthy now and again."

Internet forums were ablaze with reactions to the Carbon Belch Day announcement. The following are responses to Grassfire's proposal:

    * Thanks for the heads up. I'll see how many things I can leave on at home that day while I take the old jalopy for a long, aimless ride.

    * Very mature everyone. Let's waste resources and pollute just to prove how immature and proud of our ignorance we are. Way to fit the stereotype of the dumb, arrogant, wasteful American. Fortunately, as you all get older won't have to put up with your 19th century ignorance. I just hope that you North Shore Nancies etc. don't screw up the world much more before we are rid of you.

    * Why not just have a barbecue in the middle of the week and have some old-fashioned fun? June 12 is a great day for a barbecue. I can smell the meat cooking, and PETA getting HOT over this, along with the global warming extremist pundits. Those guys have gone too far anyways … let's get some balance back!

    * That's messed up … Thank people like that for record high energy prices and climbing rates of environmental quality related health issues like asthma.

    * ["Sad" climate alarmists:] I'll light a candle for you on June 12 (In fact, I'll light a whole bunch of candles for you).

[Soldier4Christ]

I think that I'm going to make a big pot of baked beans on the grill also.

 

[nChrist]

I think that I'm going to make a big pot of baked beans on the grill also.

 

       

That sounds like a good idea for all of us, but I do think we need to add some hot polish sausage to those beans.

[Soldier4Christ]

Polish sausage sounds alright but not the spices. I think that I would prefer some homemade brats.

[HisDaughter]

I don't live anywhere that I can do any of these things, but don't count me out!  I'll EAT a can of beans and let the gases emit! 

[HisDaughter]

I don't live anywhere that I can do any of these things, but don't count me out!  I'll EAT a can of beans and let the gases emit! 

I know, I know...spoken like a true lady!

[Soldier4Christ]

I know, I know...spoken like a true lady!