Global Warming Confessions

I devoted six years to carbon accounting, building models for the Australian government to estimate carbon emissions from land use change and forestry. When I started that job in 1999 the evidence that carbon emissions caused global warming seemed pretty conclusive, but since then new evidence has weakened that case. I am now skeptical.

Read the whole thing. It’s what I’ve been saying all along.

Meanwhile, president (in her so-called mind) Nancy Pelosi claims she saw Climate Change with her own eyes when she visited Greenland recently. I don’t know how stupid this woman is, but seeing some localized thing which could be caused by a lot of factors other than climate change, is not proof of anything except her delusional mind. But the worst of it is, she is using this as an excuse to raise Germen climate control emission standards which are punitive towards industry and the public, despite there being no credible evidence CO² causes climate change, or that global warming is even a bad thing.

These increasingly shrill calls for us to cut back our energy use will result in more laws costing the public more money while taking away more of our freedoms. This is not remotely funny. Those of us who have watched anti-smoking fanatics make smoking virtually illegal to do anywhere, know where this can lead. If you’ve lived in drought areas you’ve heard of watering days for your lawn. Imagine power days, where you can use power in your house. You think that won’t happen? In some countries, the power is shut off for a day in some areas. They can do that here. This is where stupidity and fanaticism can lead us. 

Isn’t there some talk about banning incandescent light bulbs in favor of fluorescent ones?  What happened to some level of choice in the US?  I’m sure FLB’s are better at saving energy, but how are we going to dispose of them?

Posted by  on  05/29  at  12:19 PM

Yes. And personally, I have found fluorescents to be inferior. I like that they are colder, but the light isn’t as good.

LEDs are going to be available at reasonable prices soon and are supposed to be even better and use less energy. We’ll see.

But I hate dumb politicians telling me what I can and cannot have because of some bogus argument.

Posted by  on  05/29  at  01:53 PM

Very much in agreement with everything you said, Hud.

The more I see of Pelosi, the less I am impressed.  Does this woman HAVE an original thought that isn’t already an LW political cliche or something you WOULDN’T see on the DailyKos?

I taped the Star Wars: Legacy Revealed special off of History Channel Monday night and it’s just amazing all the politicians who inserted themselves into the first few minutes of it.

Frankly, Gingrich came off better (and I honestly think he’s a better historian than he is a political leader) with his commentary, but Pelosi was like a parrot!

Not surprised to see Ms. President-in-Her-Mind following in step with the “real politik.”

<Ugh>

Posted by  on  05/30  at  04:32 AM

Also don’t FLB’s have mercury in them?  How dangerous is it if one breaks?

Posted by  on  05/30  at  06:52 AM

The manufacture of florescent bulbs is much more toxic to the environment.

Posted by James Hudnall  on  05/30  at  08:21 AM
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