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Sun May Be Warming Both Earth and Mars
MCraigW writes "Simultaneous warming on Earth and Mars suggests that our planet's recent climate changes might have a natural — and not a human-induced — cause. Mars, it appears, has also been experiencing milder temperatures in recent years. In 2005 data from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Odyssey missions revealed that the carbon dioxide 'ice caps' near Mars's south pole had been diminishing for three summers in a row. Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun."
I'd like to see a reply to his "documentary" called "Inconvenient Facts." Al Gore is nothing more or less than a phony, and I'd love to see him called on it. Of course, if it were made, it'd be almost impossible to get it publicized or into theaters because it wouldn't say what Hollywood Liberals want said.
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May as well. We contribute less than a percent of the entire amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Everything else comes from volcanoes and water vapor. Combine that with the global temperature records showing no rise in temperature since 1999, one wonders how long politicians can scare voters before they wake up to what's happening.
Of course, environmentalism is a religion, so it's going to be hard to wrench those folks from their dearly held beliefs of a natural Eden sullied by man that can only be saved through ritual sacrifice lest we face the judgement of apocalypse (sound familiar?).
"Sufferin' succotash."
how many houses does Al have there?
There is simply too much glass..
I can hear the "Yeah, But's" coming in droves.....
The media's gonna have to come with something that sounds reeeEEEEal good in reply (don't worry, they will), because they must cover this up, if their religion of "man induced global warming" is to survive.
I grew up in south Florida, living in Fort Lauderdale since I was four and recently moving to Miami.
we used to have three months of winter. granted it was between 38F and 65F in our winters.
now our winter consists of a cold front for five days. we have two days of sweater weather a year now!
don't even think about our summers. you can't get in your car until you cool it off for about ten minutes.
They're using their grammar skills there.
Which is the religion - that technology gives us the ability to permanently damage the environment, or that nature is all powerful and can resist even the most irresponsible human activities?
Keep the faith. God's gonna end the world anyway, so who gives a shit?
Explain to me what is drastic about attempting to move the global ecological equilibrium a little bit back toward where it was before we came and started mucking with it. You know, the one that created all life as we know it and sustained it for 3.7 billion years? Seems like things were going pretty good there, barring some notable mass extinctions--which have been almost to a one linked to (surprise!) big, sudden swings in surface temperatures. My whole point is, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. It's a really simple argument. You've done nothing to undermine it.
And BTW, if anyone is overstating their case, it's you, pal. 2002 called, it wants its wait-and-see attitude back. The debate over whether humans are changing the climate is settled, the supporting evidence is overwhelming, and the only people I come across these days still bloviating to the contrary have an agenda to peddle. What's yours?
I think there is a world market for maybe five personal web logs.
USA, 300 million (5% of world population), around 25% of global GHG production.
Carbon dioxide emissions per capita in the USA are 8 times that of China.
I'll let you do the rest of the arithmetic.
Well said AC.
Don't worry though. The Greenies will scream about some obsolete study that "proves" the Sun can't be causing this, or perhaps tout their latest theory that it's just coincidence.
Of course, there are signs that all the planets are warming, even Pluto. Unlikely there are 9 coincidences....
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Abdussamatov is a nutcase
Of course Abdussamatov is a nutcase... Anyone who disagrees with the political truth is crazy, and will be unable to secure a political victory. Abdussamatov is a case study of someone who picks through the body of evidence seeking facts which counter the political truth which we all know and adore. For the sake of our civilized world, these kinds must be found out, and re-educated into accepting the political truth. To let these nut cases remain on the loose would be very damaging to the political base of the new world order which will tax and control the output very dangerous and harmful chemical compounds. The first dangerous chemical to be completely quarantined will be carbon, all forms of carbon will be safely stored in a government site. The second dangerous chemical to be completely controlled is dihydrogen monoxide. We all know that dihydrogen monoxide is much more dangerous than carbon dioxide, but the political truth is that carbon dioxide is much more in the mind of the proletariat, and therefore is much more important politically.
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