"CLIMATE CHANGE" SCIENCE AND PRES. BUSH

The scientific community, tired of being refuted by "corporate scientists", came up with the definitive report that cannot be dispelled. <!--break--> <p>Since the '60s, the scientific community </p><p>has been hammering away about the harm </p><p>being done to the atmosphere by the </p><p>burning of fossil fuels. They knew that </p><p>the planet would warm gradually, and </p><p>that it was necessary to start slowing </p><p>down the use of CO-2 producing energy. </p><p>They didn't have any concrete evidence </p><p>of what was in the future but they knew </p><p>it would cause change. Well, that was </p><p>enough to get some legislation passed </p><p>that helped a little. In fact, it helped </p><p>allot in Los Angeles where smog had </p><p>become a huge problem, but major </p><p>changes in US and world use of carbon </p><p>based fuels were difficult to make happen.<br /><br />For decades, oil companies and the </p><p>Energy Industry hired scientists to refute </p><p>the claims of global warming. These </p><p>&quot;company scientists&quot; gave bogus reports </p><p>and tried to disprove every attempt by the </p><p>real scientific community to bring a </p><p>stronger awareness to the subject and get </p><p>major legislation passed.<br /><br />In '96 an oceanographer named Wally </p><p>Broeker discovered the connection between </p><p>ocean circulation and abrupt climate change. </p><p>This was absolutely mind boggling news - </p><p>that the result of global warming would be </p><p>an abrupt (rather than the 10,000 year </p><p>transition as had long been accepted) flip </p><p>into &quot;ice age type&quot; weather patterns. This </p><p>new information was slowly being accepted <br />in the scientific community, and in '98 he </p><p>was awarded the Nobel Prize for his </p><p>discovery. This fact, that there is abrupt </p><p>climate change coming, jolted the neo-cons </p><p>into running the, then, Gov. George W. Bush<br />in the Presidential Primary, and they did so </p><p>using any means necessary to guarantee a win </p><p>(push polling Senator McCain, keeping </p><p>democrats off of Florida's voting rolls, etc.). </p><p>When Bush became President he immediately </p><p>turned 180 degrees on his campaign pledges </p><p>and started on his disastrous environmental </p><p>melt down.<br /><br />So, in 2001, the scientific community </p><p>decided to do something that could not be </p><p>refuted by anyone. They put together a </p><p>world wide commission of almost 3,000 </p><p>experts - The International Arctic Science </p><p>Committee - who came up with several </p><p>possible scenarios from computer models </p><p>of very dramatic changes, to more modest <br />climate changes, and averaged the entire </p><p>array to one that they all agree is very </p><p>likely - The Arctic Climate Impact </p><p>Assessment.<br /><br />Based on tons of data, these scientists have </p><p>finally finished the report and are releasing </p><p>it to the public, the Congress, and the world. </p><p>The data that they gathered shows an </p><p>alarming rate of warming in the Arctic, </p><p>where the ice cap is diminishing at </p><p>increasing rates due to man's burning of </p><p>fossil fuels, and there is no question about </p><p>that. What will happen in the decades </p><p>ahead is still, of course, unknown.....but </p><p>there is consensus that climate change has </p><p>already begun, and that it will continue, and </p><p>that the rate of change will increase. <br /><br />At some point, the ice caps will melt to a </p><p>level which will shut down the Atlantic </p><p>Conveyor that distributes heat from the </p><p>equatorial region to the poles. At some </p><p>point in the future, the growing season in </p><p>Kansas will likely be reduced to 5 to 10 </p><p>weeks a year. This knowledge, rather </p><p>conspicuously, coincides with the right </p><p>wing's blatant dismantling of the Bill of </p><p>Rights and the Democracy of the United </p><p>States. <br /><br />They too, now know what the result of </p><p>their gluttony for profits and their decades </p><p>long neglect of the environment will bring, <br />and they are calling in all bets. They didn't </p><p>know about the Atlantic Conveyor (and it's </p><p>sister in the Pacific) and that global warming </p><p>would eventually cause an abrupt climate </p><p>change. That is, quite frankly, very hard to </p><p>understand without proof. But the proof has </p><p>been shown in study after study, and is </p><p>irrefutable - and the right wing knows it.<br /><br />President Bush was selected to lead our </p><p>nation in this time of &quot;climate change </p><p>awareness&quot; very likely because of his </p><p>coziness with the oil industry, and the </p><p>energy industry is still unwilling to make </p><p>major changes of their emissions or to </p><p>curtail fossil fuel usage. <br /><br />The current Administration has a despicable </p><p>record on the environment - the worst ever. </p><p>They have rolled back laws, and placed<br />industry executives in oversight positions </p><p>of the very industries they came from. </p><p>Things have changed. We can now expect </p><p>environmental concerns to be neglected </p><p>even more than before, with the (supposed)<br />mandate Bush received in the November </p><p>election.<br /><br />You may not need to worry yourself about </p><p>this if you can tuck your family away in a </p><p>mansion in the Caribbean or the Cayman </p><p>Islands, like all of President Bush's friends </p><p>will be able to do when food supplies<br />start dwindling. If not.....perhaps you </p><p>should worry.<br /><br /></p>

<p>The scientific community, tired of being<br /> refuted by "corporate scientists", came<br /> up with the definitive report that cannot<br /> be dispelled.</p> <!--break--><p>Since the '60s, the scientific community </p> <p>has been hammering away about the harm </p> <p>being done to the atmosphere by the </p> <p>burning of fossil fuels. They knew that </p> <p>the planet would warm gradually, and </p> <p>that it was necessary to start slowing </p> <p>down the use of CO-2 producing energy. </p> <p>They didn't have any concrete evidence </p> <p>of what was in the future but they knew </p> <p>it would cause change. Well, that was </p> <p>enough to get some legislation passed </p> <p>that helped a little. In fact, it helped </p> <p>allot in Los Angeles where smog had </p> <p>become a huge problem, but major </p> <p>changes in US and world use of carbon </p> <p>based fuels were difficult to make happen.</p> <p>For decades, oil companies and the </p> <p>Energy Industry hired scientists to refute </p> <p>the claims of global warming. These </p> <p>"company scientists" gave bogus reports </p> <p>and tried to disprove every attempt by the </p> <p>real scientific community to bring a </p> <p>stronger awareness to the subject and get </p> <p>major legislation passed.</p> <p>In '96 an oceanographer named Wally </p> <p>Broeker discovered the connection between </p> <p>ocean circulation and abrupt climate change. </p> <p>This was absolutely mind boggling news - </p> <p>that the result of global warming would be </p> <p>an abrupt (rather than the 10,000 year </p> <p>transition as had long been accepted) flip </p> <p>into "ice age type" weather patterns. This </p> <p>new information was slowly being accepted <br />in the scientific community, and in '98 he </p> <p>was awarded the Nobel Prize for his </p> <p>discovery. This fact, that there is abrupt </p> <p>climate change coming, jolted the neo-cons </p> <p>into running the, then, Gov. George W. Bush<br />in the Presidential Primary, and they did so </p> <p>using any means necessary to guarantee a win </p> <p>(push polling Senator McCain, keeping </p> <p>democrats off of Florida's voting rolls, etc.). </p> <p>When Bush became President he immediately </p> <p>turned 180 degrees on his campaign pledges </p> <p>and started on his disastrous environmental </p> <p>melt down.</p> <p>So, in 2001, the scientific community </p> <p>decided to do something that could not be </p> <p>refuted by anyone. They put together a </p> <p>world wide commission of almost 3,000 </p> <p>experts - The International Arctic Science </p> <p>Committee - who came up with several </p> <p>possible scenarios from computer models </p> <p>of very dramatic changes, to more modest <br />climate changes, and averaged the entire </p> <p>array to one that they all agree is very </p> <p>likely - The Arctic Climate Impact </p> <p>Assessment.</p> <p>Based on tons of data, these scientists have </p> <p>finally finished the report and are releasing </p> <p>it to the public, the Congress, and the world. </p> <p>The data that they gathered shows an </p> <p>alarming rate of warming in the Arctic, </p> <p>where the ice cap is diminishing at </p> <p>increasing rates due to man's burning of </p> <p>fossil fuels, and there is no question about </p> <p>that. What will happen in the decades </p> <p>ahead is still, of course, unknown.....but </p> <p>there is consensus that climate change has </p> <p>already begun, and that it will continue, and </p> <p>that the rate of change will increase. </p> <p>At some point, the ice caps will melt to a </p> <p>level which will shut down the Atlantic </p> <p>Conveyor that distributes heat from the </p> <p>equatorial region to the poles. At some </p> <p>point in the future, the growing season in </p> <p>Kansas will likely be reduced to 5 to 10 </p> <p>weeks a year. This knowledge, rather </p> <p>conspicuously, coincides with the right </p> <p>wing's blatant dismantling of the Bill of </p> <p>Rights and the Democracy of the United </p> <p>States. </p> <p>They too, now know what the result of </p> <p>their gluttony for profits and their decades </p> <p>long neglect of the environment will bring, <br />and they are calling in all bets. They didn't </p> <p>know about the Atlantic Conveyor (and it's </p> <p>sister in the Pacific) and that global warming </p> <p>would eventually cause an abrupt climate </p> <p>change. That is, quite frankly, very hard to </p> <p>understand without proof. But the proof has </p> <p>been shown in study after study, and is </p> <p>irrefutable - and the right wing knows it.</p> <p>President Bush was selected to lead our </p> <p>nation in this time of "climate change </p> <p>awareness" very likely because of his </p> <p>coziness with the oil industry, and the </p> <p>energy industry is still unwilling to make </p> <p>major changes of their emissions or to </p> <p>curtail fossil fuel usage. </p> <p>The current Administration has a despicable </p> <p>record on the environment - the worst ever. </p> <p>They have rolled back laws, and placed<br />industry executives in oversight positions </p> <p>of the very industries they came from. </p> <p>Things have changed. We can now expect </p> <p>environmental concerns to be neglected </p> <p>even more than before, with the (supposed)<br />mandate Bush received in the November </p> <p>election.</p> <p>You may not need to worry yourself about </p> <p>this if you can tuck your family away in a </p> <p>mansion in the Caribbean or the Cayman </p> <p>Islands, like all of President Bush's friends </p> <p>will be able to do when food supplies<br />start dwindling. If not.....perhaps you </p> <p>should worry.</p>