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Global Warming 'Hysteria' Is Claimed
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Submitted by John House, Mar 4, 2008 19:28

If carbon dioxide is rising, it is rising. If ocean surface temperatures are higher in higher latitudes, they are indeed warmer, and hurricanes can sustain force in higher latitudes. I had thought we learned the errors of politicizing science during Galileo's trial. Perhaps not.

Some posts on this page are oversimplification. Some are simply distortions and inaccuracies. For example, Carbon monoxide will eventually become carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. While no model perfectly predicts, empiricism cannot identify causal factors at all. I suggest everyone discussing this matter learn the difference between weather and climate. A favorite tactic of critics in the global warming discussion is making perfect the enemy of good when discussing climate research.

Rather create dogma from what will always be uncertainty, let's look at the benefits of using less hydrocarbon fuel from dictatorial or hostile governments. Let's reward efficiency instead of institutionalizing legacy transportation and heating technologies. Let's use our initiative and placing those initiatives in the market so you and I as consumers can recognize their value. Let's solve this like free people instead of expecting the Democratic Party, or Exxon, or the UN or whomever to solve our issues for us.


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Para 

Mar 14, 2008 10:32

wow !! you've been brain washed by the media its unreal... 'global warming' hasn't happend for 10 years im afraid, even... [MORE]

Alex Barnett 

Mar 18, 2008 06:27

I don't understand where any of the facts you listed are coming from, or how many of them are even... [MORE]

para 

Mar 18, 2008 13:42

where do you get your facts from? go to iceagenow.com or icecap.us so you can tell us exactly what the climate... [MORE]

Alex Barnett 

Mar 18, 2008 17:00

The websites you submitted are complete propaganda. They cherry pick facts at the exclusion of others, no doubt you're a... [MORE]

para 

Mar 19, 2008 05:11

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Mar 20, 2008 08:38

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Mar 7, 2008 10:31

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Bill 

Mar 5, 2008 20:22

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Dave 

Mar 6, 2008 11:04

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Jefferson 

Mar 5, 2008 19:16

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jefferson 

Mar 5, 2008 19:04

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William Briggs 

Mar 5, 2008 18:10

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Michael Merget 

Mar 4, 2008 16:36

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JAMES RAIDER 

Mar 4, 2008 14:40

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John House 

Mar 4, 2008 19:28

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JC 

Mar 4, 2008 12:54

JC's statement that "it is scientifically impossible for CO2 to result from the burning of any fuels..." is absurd.Clearly he... [MORE]

Jame Benenson 

Mar 4, 2008 22:24

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Bob Gardner 

Mar 5, 2008 08:29

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Mar 9, 2008 16:45

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J C Leary 

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