Global Warming

[Soldier4Christ]

"Unprecedented" snowfall expected in Oklahoma
"Near blizzard conditions" - "Possibly crippling"

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - A POWERFUL LATE-SEASON WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF OKLAHOMA AND NORTHERN TEXAS FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA... AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR-BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.

STORM-TOTAL SNOWFALL COULD REACH UNPRECEDENTED LEVELS FOR SO LATE IN THE SEASON... AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD VIRTUALLY SHUT DOWN MANY PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA BY SATURDAY.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUFFALO...ALVA... CHEROKEE... MEDFORD... PONCA CITY...ARNETT... WOODWARD... FAIRVIEW... ENID... PERRY... CHEYENNE...TALOGA... WEATHERFORD... CLINTON... WATONGA... KINGFISHER...ELK CITY...SAYRE

THIS WINTER STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A PARTICULARLY SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY CRIPPLING WEATHER EVENT IN NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA... WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF A FOOT OR MORE... AND STRONG WINDS LEADING TO MAJOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING ALONG WITH NEAR-WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.

SNOW IS FORECAST TO BEGIN FALLING OVER FAR NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE WATCH AREA... WITH SIGNIFICANTLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN FAR
NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA.

[nChrist]

All of this Al Gore global warming sure is cold.

I would hope that most realize that the CAP AND TRADE CON-GAME is a FRAUD, and CRIMINAL CHARGES can be filed. Here's the rest of the secret:  THIS IS HOW THEY PLAN TO PAY FOR THE SWITCH TO SOCIALISM AND COMMUNISM. It really doesn't matter that it will cripple and/or BANKRUPT nearly everything required for JOBS. In our current situation, NOTHING COULD BE WORSE TO IMPLEMENT. Other things in the AGENDA are almost as BAD! Try adding on SOCIALIZED MEDICINE AND SOCIALIZED WORK FORCES. NOBODY wins (IN THIS COUNTRY) except people like GEORGE SOROS. There are OBVIOUSLY more winners in the COMMUNIST WORLD! In the meantime, start saying GOODBYE TO FREEDOM, RIGHTS, THE RULE OF LAW, AND THE CONSTITUTION!

[Shammu]

All of this Al Gore global warming sure is cold.

[Soldier4Christ]

Turn on your lights!
Exclusive: Joseph Farah urges opposite action to tonight's 'global warming' ritual

From 8:30 to 9:30 tonight, lights will be turned off all over the world – from the Eiffel Tower to the Great Pyramids of Giza to the decadent marquees of Las Vegas and Broadway.

So be it.

The occasion is "Earth Hour" – organized by the World Wildlife Fund to persuade world leaders, as if they needed any more persuading, to take of what's left of your money and use it to cool off the planet.

I have a better idea.

Be sure to switch on every light in your home between 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. tonight as a way to protest this madness.

Let me start at the beginning.

Man-made global warming is a hoax – a fraud being perpetrated on people worldwide as part of a power grab by elitists determined to steal what remains of your personal freedom.

It's not science. It's raw politics.

No amount of man-made activity, certainly not illuminating lights, is going to cause even the most infinitesimal heating of the planet.

Further, the real science shows the planet is no longer warming for any reason whatsoever! The temperature of the Earth is actually cooling slightly, and has been for about five years.

Warming and cooling of the planet are natural cycles that have occurred from the beginning of time. Ask any scientist. In fact, these cycles occur on other planets where there is no life and no industry. How does Al Gore explain that?

But worse than the lie is the insidious strategy behind it. You are being indoctrinated to believe in this fraud so you can be more easily manipulated – so you won't squeal quite as loud when your wealth is confiscated, so you won't object when you're told (or your children are told some day) that the population must be limited to save the planet, when you're told that means you can't have any more children.

That's where this plot leads.

Many are falling for it – in spite of all the evidence to the contrary.

"Global warming" is taught like a religion in your schools. And that's just what it is – it's a throwback to pagan Earth worship.

"Global warming" is taught as a way of life in your colleges and universities.

"Global warming" is preached as fact in your new media.

"Global warming" is stealthily propagated as a real threat in your entertainment – including in the best show on television, Fox's "24."

"Global warming" is, in fact, the new name for global control of the populace. It's the new name for worldwide fascism. It's the new excuse for communism or whatever name you choose for the coming tyranny.

Don't be fooled.

Don't participate.

Don't believe it.

Don't fall for it.

Resist.

You can begin tonight by turning on your lights when your less-informed, easily led neighbors are going dark.

Make a statement.

Let there be light tonight.

Evil loves darkness, so it's no surprise that some very evil people are promoting it once again. Don't be seduced.

Don't be like the sheep led to slaughter.

Fight back.

Think!

Do you really believe this hoax?

On what basis?

Do you really believe carbon dioxide leads to a warmer planet? There is no evidence to suggest it. Further, man is responsible for producing only a tiny portion of the carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. And carbon dioxide is not a pollutant, as you are being told. It is a naturally occurring gas that is vital to the support of life on the planet.

Use your brain.

Turn on the lights.

[Soldier4Christ]

Global warming pictures of the day. These were just taken this morning.

[Rhys]

Global warming is defined as a Long-Term increase in global average temperatures, particularly night-time temperatures. Long term means hundreds of years.

A cold year, or even a cold decade, doesn't disprove global warming.

Scientific data overwhelmingly supports global warming:

Atmospheric CO2 increases:
http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/datasets/mauna/image3b.html

Global Average Temperature 1850 - 2008:
http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/comparison.html

Yes, there has been a slight decrease in the last few years, but this is likely due to the sunspot cycle (see below) and will reverse a few years after the cycle resumes. It is a reprieve that buys us some time, but not a reason to dance on the grave of global warming. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-03/pronouncement-global-warming%E2%80%99s-demise-thin-ice

Even the Bush administration admitted the reality of global warming http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-bush.html.

Much of the so-called research that debunks global warming comes from the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, a small institute which has no scientists qualified in meteorology or climate and whose methods are extremely questionable (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine). Their petition naming 19,000 "scientists" who oppose global warming pretended to be endorsed by the National Academy of Scientists, although they had never heard of it, and only a few dozen who did sign had anything to do with climate research. In other words, it was an attempt at fraud by people who claim to be Christians.

While I am not going to speak to how much global warming is caused by man, NOAA estimates about 60% is. That means it might still take place without us, but at a much slower pace. There is no good reason not to do what we can to slow it down. Being good stewards of the earth God gave us demands it.


The Maunder Minimum  http://solarscience.msfc.nasa.gov/SunspotCycle.shtml

Early records of sunspots indicate that the Sun went through a period of inactivity in the late 17th century. Very few sunspots were seen on the Sun from about 1645 to 1715 (38 kb JPEG image). Although the observations were not as extensive as in later years, the Sun was in fact well observed during this time and this lack of sunspots is well documented. This period of solar inactivity also corresponds to a climatic period called the "Little Ice Age" when rivers that are normally ice-free froze and snow fields remained year-round at lower altitudes. There is evidence that the Sun has had similar periods of inactivity in the more distant past. The connection between solar activity and terrestrial climate is an area of on-going research.

[Soldier4Christ]

Global warming is defined as a Long-Term increase in global average temperatures, particularly night-time temperatures. Long term means hundreds of years.

A cold year, or even a cold decade, doesn't disprove global warming.

Nor does a warm year or decade prove global warming especially when records have been falsified by NASA's Jim Hansen to indicate warmer temperatures that actually exist. The records have omitted most if not all of the Siberian area that is extremely cold. They were also caught placing Sept 2008 temps in place of Oct 2008 temps. See the following link for other problems in the temperature records given by these organizations, especially the series on How not to measure temperature  http://wattsupwiththat.com/

more on this:

http://surfacestations.org/

Scientific data overwhelmingly supports global warming:

Atmospheric CO2 increases:
http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/datasets/mauna/image3b.html

Global Average Temperature 1850 - 2008:
http://hadobs.metoffice.com/hadcrut3/diagnostics/comparison.html

CO2 levels for Mauna Loa area does not give CO2 levels for the entire world. Going by ice core samples CO2 levels were much high many years ago than they are now yet it was also at a time that the entire earth was much colder. CO2 levels have nothing to do with generating warmer or colder temps.

Yes, there has been a slight decrease in the last few years, but this is likely due to the sunspot cycle (see below) and will reverse a few years after the cycle resumes. It is a reprieve that buys us some time, but not a reason to dance on the grave of global warming. http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2009-03/pronouncement-global-warming%E2%80%99s-demise-thin-ice

Even the Bush administration admitted the reality of global warming http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0530-bush.html.

All this indicates is that this is cyclical in nature not a trend toward warming. btw Bush is no expert on this either however he did push it back toward the shelf instead of relying totally on warming garbage.

Much of the so-called research that debunks global warming comes from the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine, a small institute which has no scientists qualified in meteorology or climate and whose methods are extremely questionable (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Oregon_Institute_of_Science_and_Medicine). Their petition naming 19,000 "scientists" who oppose global warming pretended to be endorsed by the National Academy of Scientists, although they had never heard of it, and only a few dozen who did sign had anything to do with climate research. In other words, it was an attempt at fraud by people who claim to be Christians.

There are many other reputable Climatologists and Meteorologists that do dispute global warming in the aspect that it is given as non-cyclical or caused by man.

http://icecap.us/index.php/go/experts

http://wattsupwiththat.com/

While I am not going to speak to how much global warming is caused by man, NOAA estimates about 60% is. That means it might still take place without us, but at a much slower pace. There is no good reason not to do what we can to slow it down. Being good stewards of the earth God gave us demands it.

If mankind thinks that they can do something that is only in the power of God to control then they are sadly mistaken. Personally I wish that global warming were true. All of creation would benefit greatly if we had a warmer climate and had a higher level of CO2. Plants would grow bigger and healthier and fewer people would die. Now the Bible does speak of a time when there will be a global warming on earth. Rev 16:8-9 There is nothing that mankind can do to change, prevent nor delay the timing on that unless all of mankind were to repent and turn to God. Until that time God has promised us that all seasons will continue, that the cycles from cold to hot will not cease. Gen 8:22

The majority of the fraud on this global warming garbage is by the environmentalists that worship the earth placing it above mankind and by politicians that are simply using it as a means to gain more taxes and power.

I am all for doing things that are good for the environment but the majority they want to do is not beneficial for the environment and in fact has done nothing but make the environment a hostile place for animals, plants and mankind.

[nChrist]

I'll just say that I feel sorry for the folks who fall for the global warming hoax and con game. In a best case scenario, it's folks trying to make a mountain out of TINY details when compared to the big picture of REALITY.

Part of the big picture of REALITY is the SUN and other big details that have been ignored for the sake of extortion, fraud, and con games. If one wants to reduce the big picture and look at just earth and nothing more, the bigger REALITY would still be NATURE - not man. In fact, one could talk about a single natural event that would have mind-numbing numbers in comparison to the TINY details some men are making their money with. An example of a single incident would be a volcano or any number of other completely natural events. I must add that many of the substances involved would be deadly in comparison to the tiny details the con men are talking about. Massive amounts of deadly chemicals are locked up in GOD'S CREATION, and GOD holds them in check or releases them as HE pleases.

The BIG PICTURE of REALITY is GOD and HIS CREATION - the universe. The TINY picture and the crime of the week is man and what he thinks that he knows - OR SAYS THAT HE KNOWS. Man really knows almost NOTHING, but maybe he can sell you NOTHING and make tons of money with it.

[Soldier4Christ]

A farmer’s view on carbon credits


This short personal essay from “farmer Steve” in North Dakota appeared as a comment on WUWT here. I thought it was a succinct and clear message based on personal experience and values, and thus worth sharing. I’ve made some formatting changes to make it easier to read, otherwise it is exactly as he posted his comment. Anyone who wishes to repost this essay has my permission to do so. - Anthony Watts of "What's Up With That" (WUWT)

Carbon Credits

I have changed my mind about participating in the carbon credit program. And have resolved to give the money I received to St Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Here is why.

Recently I sat in the fire hall with a few dozen farmers. We had been invited to hear how we can get paid for carbon credits.

The speaker explained how their satellites can measure the carbon in our land individually and how much money we could get. Then asked for questions.

I asked “what is the source of this money”?

The presenter said it comes from big companies that pollute.

I asked “where do they get this money”? He had no answer.

So I answered for him, asking, “won’t it come from everyone who pays their power bill”? He then agreed and said “that could be”.

I then said isn’t this about the theory of man made global warming? he said “we are not going to talk about that”. Here they are on the prairie soliciting land for carbon credits tempting us with free money.

I believe that agreeing to take their money means you agree with taxing cattle gas also, because methane is a greenhouse gas 20 times more powerful than carbon. I believe taking this money without considering its source makes us no better than the bankers who lent money to people, knowing they could not pay it back. Collecting their fees then selling the bad loans in bundles to someone else. They did not care where the money came from either.

Let’s be clear.

Carbon is not a new commodity! No new wealth is being created here! Is this the way we want to make a living? Let me ask you, what if their satellites determine that your land has lost carbon? You will get a bill, not a check, right? If you make a tillage pass you will get a bill for emitting carbon, is this not correct?

It is also a fact that this income will, in short order, get built into your land cost. You will keep very little and be left with the burden of another bureaucratic program.

Let’s be honest, we feel compelled to take this money because of the need to be competitive, however we also need to hold true to our values and lead by example that means placing our principals ahead of money.

No good citizen is opposed to using the earth’s resources wisely, however, wisdom means a person who has both intelligence and humility. In my view many of the proponents of man made global warming have the first and lack the second. We are able to exercise our freedom in this country because we have abundant, reliable and affordable power. It is ironic that we sat in front of the flag in that fire hall and considered trading our liberty for money.

I’ll leave you with a quote from Roy Disney:

“Decision making becomes easier when your values are clear to you”

[Soldier4Christ]

California EPA to rule against ethanol
Regulators conclude biofuel can't help state reduce 'global warming'

In a decision anticipated as a major setback for proponents of renewable biofuels, California regulators appear ready to conclude that corn ethanol cannot help the state reduce "global warming."

In a hearing scheduled tomorrow in Sacramento, the California Environmental Protection Agency has evidently concluded that corn ethanol will not help the state implement Executive Order S-1-07, the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Jan. 18, 2007, mandating a 10 percent reduction in the carbon intensity of the state's fuels by 2020.

"Ethanol is a good fuel, but how it is produced is problematic," Dimitri Stanich, public information oOfficer for the California Environmental Protection Agency, told WND. "The corn ethanol industry has to figure out another way to process corn into ethanol that is not so coal intensive."

Stanich pointed out that the formula the California Environmental Protection Agency utilizes to assess the net greenhouse gas impact of alternative fuels takes into consideration that typically the electricity used to produce corn ethanol involves burning coal, which emits carbon dioxide and defeats states regulatory intent to reduce net greenhouse emissions.

Also problematic, Stanich explained, was that increased demand for ethanol will encourage recognition worldwide that more ethanol can be sold. The result is that more land globally will be converted to producing corn for ethanol.

"Converting land that is now a 'carbon sink' to farmland producing ethanol also defeats the purpose of the regulations, because land now absorbing carbon dioxide would be cleared to produce corn," he said.

Another problem Stanich pointed out was that the waste product from producing corn ethanol also requires the burning of coal to convert it into animal feed.

The California Environmental Protection Agency formula assesses as a loss the conversion of the carbon dioxide-absorbing land now populated with trees into cleared farmland producing corn for ethanol.

Stanich told WND the California Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled six hours for public testimony, expecting to hear strong opposition from the ethanol industry.

Current federal government mandates require U.S. gasoline producers to use 12 billion gallons of ethanol this year, with the requirement increasing to 15 billion gallons by 2015.

Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are pushing to increase the percentage of ethanol in gasoline from 10 percent to 15 percent, an increase right now that would mostly come from corn ethanol, not cellulosic ethanol.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts nearly one-fourth of U.S. corn production in 2014-2015 will be diverted to ethanol production, up from 12 percent in 2004-2005.

The USDA estimates that the increased demand for corn to produce ethanol has pushed prices from less than $2 per bushel of corn in 2005 to $3.40 per bushel in 2007. Corn is currently trading at about $3.80 per bushel.

WND reported this week a controversial Congressional Budget Office study concluded that 10 to 15 percent of the increase in food prices from April 2007 to April 2008 is attributable to the increasing demand for corn to produce ethanol, contributing adversely to the problem of world hunger.

[nChrist]

GLOBAL WARMING!

IS THE KEY TERM!

TO REMOVING FREEDOM!

AND CONTROLLING THE MASSES!

_______________________

IT'S LIES!

DOESN'T EXIST!

AND DESIGNED TO

CONTROL YOU!

________________________

GET IT?

[Brother Jerry]

Well now to be completely "transparent" and more factually correct.  There is such a thing as global warming.  It does happen, along with global cooling.  I have no problems with the idea of the earth surface warming up or cooling off...the temp of the earth surface is not only a faction of the core temperature radiating out, but also the effects of the sun radiating in...and some other factors.  Any change in any one of those factors can cause a shift in the overall surface temperature.  I have no problems with that whatsoever.

Where I do have a problem is the idea that man has anything to do with it.  I would believe that the surface temp is increasing due to the volume of traffic on the roads, the friction of the tires causing a warming process that conducts out throughout the surface of the earth, before I would believe that CO2 has anything to do with it. 

[Soldier4Christ]

before I would believe that CO2 has anything to do with it. 

Precisely. There is indeed climate change which is now the new terminology. Climate has changed since Noah's flood and will continue to until the ends of the earth. Global warming and climate change as the environmentalists and now politicians claim it to be is non-existent. CO2 is NOT A POLLUTANT IT IS A NECESSARY SUBSTANCE FOR LIFE. Plants need it, animals need it, humans need it. Without CO2 there would be no plants, animals and people would die and not just from starvation. Animals and people would suffer more breathing ailments such as asthma without CO2.

[nChrist]

Brothers and Sisters,

The SEASONS are a perfect example of natural cycles of climate change on the earth. We also know that the sun and the moon have dramatic effects to the climate on earth, ESPECIALLY the SUN. Natural cycles and trends of solar activity on the SUN has almost immediate and drastic effects on the earth. Changes in solar activity could easily freeze or fry mankind, and we do have hard evidence of continual changes in solar activity that man has NO WAY to control. GOD is in charge of that!

The most recent insanity I've heard about so-called global warming caused by man is that obese people should be taxed more because they have more impact on global warming. After all, obese people eat more and create more so-called harmful gases than skinny people do.     NO, I'm not joking - this is actually being discussed. It's also been discussed that people should stop eating meat because cattle and other sources of meat also create these so-called harmful gases. Global discussions of this topic have gone far beyond the insane and are out there somewhere in the TWILIGHT ZONE! YES, some folks are completely serious about people NOT eating meat! YES, some folks are completely serious about increased taxes for obese people!

In all of this so-called global warming INSANITY, you won't hear about the things that Pastor Roger and I mentioned! WHY? - It's just common sense that ruins the BIGGEST CRIMINAL CON GAME IN THE HISTORY OF MAN! After all, GENERAL ELECTRIC, AL GORE, GEORGE SOROS, PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND OTHER CRIMINAL CONSPIRATORS ARE WAITING FOR THEIR MONEY! It really doesn't matter much that poor people can't afford this and won't survive it! It will only matter when significant numbers of those PAYING THE EXTORTION MONEY STOP OR ARE UNABLE TO CONTINUE PAYING! THEY WOULD THEN HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR EXTORTION DEMANDS TO KEEP GETTING THE CRIMINAL FRUITS OF THEIR LABOR! Let's not forget about THIS being the perfect way to control masses of people. After all, the BIG BOYS would control the needed ENERGY to heat and cool homes or use any other device requiring ENERGY. THEY WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PUT THE ENTIRE WORLD BACK IN THE STONE AGE AND KILL A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF THE EARTH!

[Soldier4Christ]

 Dingell grills Gore

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) didn't give his friend Al Gore a free pass when he questioned the former VP during his House testimony today.

"Cap and trade is a tax, and it's a great big one," Dingell said.

He pushed Gore to explain why adopting cap-and-trade wouldn't lead to the same failures Europe encountered with such policies. And he pushed the former VP to explain why America should make such a sacrifice when other big polluters are not.

"They're going to skin us," Dingell said of industrial polluters like China. "How do we protect our people?" he added.

Dingell is the former chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee, a subcommittee of which Gore was appearing before today. Dingell was replaced by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who is sponsoring the legislation under consideration.

The Michigan Democrat said he wants to make sure energy-intensive industries are allowed to transition into any new regulatory scheme.