Panetta Labels Climate Change a National Security Threat

skipkent writes "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared global warming a national security threat [Wednesday] during a speech before an environmentalist group in Washington, D.C. 'The area of climate change has a dramatic impact on national security,' Panetta told the Environmental Defense Fund last night. 'Rising sea levels, severe droughts, the melting of the polar caps, the more frequent and devastating natural disasters all raise demand for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.'"

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AGW ?

[Anonymous Coward]

1:CO2 induces the greenhouse effect, TEST THIS YOURSELF.

greenhouse effect:

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_effect

youtube links showing HOW to do an experiment showing CO2 induces the greenhouse effect

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge0jhYDcazY

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeYfl45X1wo

2:Humans emit a LOT of CO2 (oil or coal + O2 + ... = energy + CO2 + soot + ...

1+2 = default position is AGW, you need to provide proof of NOT-AGW

any holes here ?

Re:No one sees...

[IGnatius T Foobar]

Exactly. Climate "science" (or what we hear about it in the news, anyway) isn't science at all; it's politics masquerading as science. And I have to say it's really a turn off when Slashdot suspends its "news for nerds" theme to take a hard line on a political issue.

Re:How convenient...

[wealthychef]

Now everybody can be accused of terrorism: We caught this man attempting a global warming attack by emitting CO2 into the atmosphere. In fact, we had to put him down as he would not stop even after being caught, threatening the security of our agents.

I can't believe this was modded "funny." The truth is, it's already happening and our government is definitely using more tyranny every day to "keep us safe." Sigh

Re:War On Climate

[Livius]

There are polluters with guns and private cops. The EPA is not a social club the does a bit of advocacy, it's a law enforcement agency.