The Demise: The ICPP Weighs In (Group Post 2)

Global warming is dead.

The internet has been buzzing with blogs and activists outraged and shocked at recent confessions of fraud and faulty data in respect to much of the evidence of the global warming

theory. IPCC, tasked to make an intensive report on global climate has several issues with false data and reports from sources that cannot be considered reputable. A magnificent example showed up in The Sunday Times: one of the shock value claims that global warming will cause a 40% wipe-out of the Amazon Rain Forest was proven to be from an untrustworthy source, a handfull of green campaigners with little scientific experience. If that is not enough, the Telegraph takes a chunk out of the claims of global warming's effect on crop production in Africa, which not only was proven to be from a questionable source, also has proved to be false. Even claims of the Arctic ice melting has been debunked. Dr. John Lott made some calculations based off of numbers from the World Meteorological Association on his blog, and concluded that we actually have more ice coverage.

As of the state of the union when reports had already begun to surface, President Obama still insists that Global Warming is real. The problem is it is not. A better cleaner world is something we all aspire to, but we are not going to get there if we try to press onward though false claims. Simply rushing due to fear inspired by global warming and its hellish images such as water rising and swallowing states whole and films such as The Day After Tomorrow will simply hurt our country in its present state and tire the people. The people may be sheep, but eventually even sheep learn that a brand is hot and to distrust those who wield it.

Booker, Christopher. “African crops yield another catastrophe for the IPCC .” Telegraph. The Telegraph, 13 Feb. 2010. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/‌comment/‌columnists/‌christopherbooker/‌7231386/‌African-crops-yield-another-catastrophe-for-the-IPCC.html>.

Leake, Jonathan. “The UN climate panel and the rainforest claim.” The Sunday Times 31 Jan. 2010: n. pag. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.timesonline.co.uk/‌tol/‌news/‌environment/‌article7009705.ece>.

Lott, John. “Arctic Sea Ice since 2007 .” johnrlott.blogspot.com. N.p., 12 Dec. 2009. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/‌2009/‌12/‌arctic-sea-ice-since-2007.html>.

Global Warming (Group Post 1)

When people think of Democrat Al Gore (image right), they do not think about his defeat in the 2004 election, but rather of his work to stop man-made global warming. It is a major issue in the Democratic Party to fight global warming, however this is an issue that President Obama should lean toward the Republican point-of-view.

Although out environment is important, we should not continue regulation of companies to require compliance with additional emissions standards, especially since we are currently going through a recession. According the the New York Times, the recession has slowed clean electricity growth. The Washington Post notes that despite the political will is there to create more wind powered electricity solutions, the recession is holding it back. My point in these examples is simply that there is a time and place for everything, and this is not the time to further try to strain our nations businesses.

It is common knowledge that when you try to add regulations to a business or industry, you will hurt that business in the short term even if it is beneficial or even profitable in the long run. A doctor would not give a person an immunization when they are already sick, and when the economy is sick, it should be given time to recover before you try to fix an unrelated non-immediate issue.

Behr, Peter. “Recession Slows Electricity Demand and Renewable Energy Growth, NERC Finds .” The New York Times 29 Oct. 2009: n. pag. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/‌cwire/‌2009/‌10/‌29/‌29climatewire-recession-slows-electricity-demand-and-renew-37906.html>.

Mayo Clinic staff. “Vaccines for adults.” MayoClinic.com. N.p., 22 May 2009. Web. 1 Mar. 2010.<http://www.mayoclinic.com/‌health/‌vaccines/‌ID00016>.

Starkey, Jonathan. “Wind Projects at a Standstill.” The Washington Post. The Washington Post, 19 June 2009. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/‌wp-dyn/‌content/‌article/‌2009/‌07/‌11/‌AR2009071100148.html>.