Weekend Snow Storm May Cancel Global Warming Events

The myth of global warming is going to destroy the planet is starting to fall apart

The manufactured crisis of global warming, global cooling, or climate change (enviro wackos keep changing the name) is nothing more then a war on capitalism
 
GMA’s Weatherman Scolds Viewers For Contributing to Global Warming
Posted by Scott Whitlock on April 18, 2007 - 15:28.
On Wednesday’s "Good Morning America," Sam Champion, ABC weatherman and liberal environmentalist, escalated his campaign to encourage Americans to fight global warming. In addition to lecturing viewers about their contribution to climate change, he, once again, engaged in identification bias.

Champion’s segment featured a representative from the Natural Resources Defense Council, a liberal environmental group. The organization’s ideology, not surprisingly, went completely unmentioned. However, the weatherman began the piece by standing in front of a bank of televisions and scolding viewers for their energy output:

Sam Champion: "For example, did you know that even with the flip of a switch, we all contribute to global warming? Well, I know it sounds a little intense. But there are some small things you can do to change that, like paying attention to your carbon footprint...If you think you have nothing to do with global warming, think again. From the car you drive, to the house you live in, it all contributes to the problem."

(Mr. Champion didn't mention how much energy the television screens behind him were contributing to global warming.) After introducing the piece, which aired at 8:35am on April 18, the ABC host segued into a discussion of carbon footprints, which is the sum total of an individual’s energy output, and how one family, the Flanagans, have decided to reduce it. Allen Hershkowitz, a representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) dropped by their house to instruct the Flanagan family on how to accomplish such a goal.

Champion made no mention of the group’s extreme liberal agenda. (For instance, they have advocated arms control and harshly complained that the Bush administration hasn’t adopted left-wing solutions to global warming.):

Champion: "The average American household produces over 35,000 pounds of carbon dioxide each year. Added together, that's 20 percent of the greenhouse gases our entire country produces. Kristen and Kevin Flanagan wanted to reduce their part of those greenhouse gases. So they set out to calculate their family's carbon footprint. With six kids, it was a daunting task."

Kristen Flanagan: "We're a large family, so I figured we'd probably have a pretty large footprint."

Champion: "The EPA website showed them how."

Kristen Flanagan [Looking over family energy records]: "That's gas."

Champion: "First, they got their heating and electric bills. Then, added up how much gas they used and their mileage. That's your carbon footprint. With three cars, the Flanagans used over 1,100 gallons of gas and drove over 20,000 miles last year. That created 20,000 pounds of carbon dioxide. Next, annual electricity. Nearly 16,000 kilowatt hours. That produced 25,000 pounds of carbon. And heating fuel, about $2500 for the year, producing about 20,000 pounds of carbon. Now, give yourself some credits for recycling. Their carbon footprint totaled 60,000 pounds, considerably higher than the national average. So, how do you get that number down? Enter Allen Hershkowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He says, the car is the biggest problem."

Hershkowitz has been a strong proponent of using Hollywood to encourage Americans to adopt liberal environmental policies. Unsurprisingly, this is the same strategy that Sam Champion adopted.

The GMA weatherman closed the report by having Hershkowitz tour the Flanagan household and instruct them on how to fight global warming:

Allen Hershkowitz: "Automobiles contribute more carbon emissions than everything else in your home combined."

Champion: "Combine trips, he advises, and keep your tires inflated. Oh, yeah. And driving a hybrid would help. Next, heading into the house. And first stop, the basement."

Hershkowitz: "So, the number one cause of carbon emissions from your house is your boiler and your air-conditioner. They give off 65 percent of all the carbon coming out of your household."

Champion: "Maintaining the boiler and reducing AC use helps cut the carbon. Up next, the kitchen."

Hershkowitz: How old is this refrigerator?"

Kristen Flanagan: "2003."

Hershkowitz: "2003. So, this causes about 15 percent of the carbon emissions in your household. If it were older, it would be a lot worse."

Champion: "Any refrigerator over 10 years old should be replaced, he says. Your new one will pay for itself in efficiency in just a few years."

Hershkowitz: "The next big cause of emissions in your house is your lighting. You have some spots here. Replacing light bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs will save you money and reduce your carbon footprint by 60 to 70 percent when it comes to your lighting."

Kristen Flanagan: "You know, you realize that every little thing you do makes a difference."

Champion: "And that's the point, little things. So, if you don’t know how much power you are using, there’s a cool way to know that, these little things called kilowatts. If you plug something into it and, you can see right there on it, it said zero. As soon as you turn on the power, then you can see how much power you're using. It just gives you an idea that power isn't something that’s abstract. It's something that actually can be measured."

GMA co-host Robin Roberts: "That’s right. Every little thing you do."

Viewers shouldn’t expect any break in the climate change advocacy. On Friday, April 20, GMA will use Earth Day to lobby for global warming.

http://newsbusters.org/node/12133
 
For the mentally challenged here are some ideas provided courtesy of the Australian government (reactionary right wing) -

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/change/



Climate - changes over years
Weather - is it snowing/raining/fine/sunny etc. ?

It seems science is going against Al's global warming hysteria

First it was global coolong, then global warming, now it is climate change.

It seems everyday there is something coming out to debunk this crap

What an inconvienient truth


Global warming may spur wind shear, sap hurricanes
Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:02pm ET

MIAMI (Reuters) - Global warming could increase a climate phenomenon known as wind shear that inhibits Atlantic hurricanes, a potentially positive result of climate change, according to new research released on Tuesday.

The study, to be published on Wednesday in Geophysical Research Letters, found that climate model simulations show a "robust increase" in wind shear in the tropical Atlantic during the 21st century from global warming.

Wind shear, a difference in wind speed or direction at different altitudes, tends to tear apart tropical cyclones, preventing nascent ones from growing and already-formed hurricanes from becoming the monster storms that cause the most damage.

The effect of global warming on wind shear is similar to the impact of El Nino, the periodic eastern Pacific warm-water phenomenon that tends to put a damper on Atlantic storms. The sudden development of El Nino was credited for an unexpectedly mild Atlantic season last year, when only 10 storms formed.

Debate on the likelihood that human-generated climate change contributes to hurricane development has raged since the 2005 Atlantic season, which produced a record-shattering 28 tropical storms and hurricanes.

That season saw some of the most powerful hurricanes in history and produced Katrina, which killed 1,500 people and caused $80 billion damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The hurricane threat roiled global oil and gas markets.


To read the entire article:

http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1-ArticlePage2
 
Climate change is the issue, not Al Gore or anyone else's ideology. I couldn't give a rat's arse about the ideology one way or the other, it's blinkered. I prefer not to be lectured by sceptics, converts or any other sort of proselytiser on climate change and for me it's above petty politics and ideology. I do know I'm going to support any policy - policy, not politician - which seems to me to be prudent.

As for your comments about a war on capitalism - as I said, this is above petty ideologies but you stick with that if it makes you feel safer.
 
Media Don't Stop to Count the Cost of Green Activism
Posted by Julia A. Seymour on April 18, 2007 - 15:54.
"Conservation is a cause that has been espoused by some thoughtful Americans at least since the days of Thoreau, a cause whose time has come because life is running out," the New York Times editorialized on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970.

Media support for environmentalism is not waning since the first Earth Day, in fact uncritical coverage of green rallies and protest is the norm nearly 37 years later.

There are so many green events this year you just might need a separate calendar to keep track. Just make sure it's printed on post-consumer recycled paper.

"What can Al Gore expect now that he is organizing a concert to save the entire planet from a global warming disaster," asked the Los Angeles Times on February 16. Noting that Bob Geldof earned a knighthood for Live Aid, a previous fundraising concert, the paper asked:

"Would King Al be out of line?"

When the media report on the many environmental holidays they leave out questions about what the green agenda will cost the taxpayers and businesses.

On April 14, people across the country held "Step It Up" events to pressure Congress to regulate carbon emissions with a mandatory 80-percent decrease in emissions by 2050.

Step It Up was previewed or covered by ABC "World News Saturday," The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and BusinessWeek, to name a few.

None of those event stories included criticism of the devastating cost of such regulation. Business & Media Institute has reported that signing on to Kyoto would have cost the U.S. several hundred billion dollars per year.

But the goals of Step It Up and many other eco-warriors is "far beyond the goals" of Kyoto and would therefore cost considerably more.

Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise Institute put the matter in more practical terms, "if you really wanted to cut emissions by 80 percent most people would have to give up their cars, get rid of air conditioning and only heat one room of their house."

Al Gore's climate concerts, scheduled for July 7, also recieved uncritical mentions from the press. Accounts left out questions regarding how much energy will be consumed, how much CO2 will be spewed by the entertainers and attendees, or how much waste will be left over after the events.

http://newsbusters.org/node/12135
 

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