Comments on: Global Warming as Mass Neurosis

By: Dan McGrath

Dan McGrath — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:51:11 +0000

NASA reports that there IS global warming on Mars and that it occurred concurrent with Earth’s warming trend. Must be those mars rovers we sent up there – oh, wait – they’re solar-powered!

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/newsroom/pressreleases/20031208a.html

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/mars_ice-age_031208.html

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html

By: Anders Johnson

Anders Johnson — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:36:17 +0000

To whoever believes human extinction is a solution just as valid as reasonable ones. According to my calculations, humans convert only about 4-5% of total air intake into CO2. This means the daily roughly 900 grams of CO2 are released per person just by breathing. Converting this we get about 0.00099 tons of CO2 per day. Compare that to driving 24 miles daily in an average-fuel-economy car, which produces approximately .0132 tons of CO2 daily. So either one person can stop driving or 13-14 people can stop breathing. Even being generous to car millage, it’s still one person sacrifices driving vs. 6-7 people sacrifice their lives. It’s petty, really, the argument against curbing pollution.
And you can’t deny the greenhouse effect. If you think greenhouse gases are irrelevant go try to live on the frozen tundras of atmosphere-less Mars.

By: Rob N. Hood

Rob N. Hood — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:43:44 +0000

Gosh, I’m sure glad you conservatives aren’t “arrogant, accusatory, sarcastic or obnoxious.” I would hate to see what that is like coming from such folks who don’t do that sort of thing and are above all that… And truly, hypocritical liberals such as myself, really need to get some good ol’ American courage to back-up all our hateful rhetoric and do the right thing and extinguish ourselves- as the lovely right-winger above suggests. You people are so mature, well-informed, and level-headed! What are us creepy liberals thinking when we try to use our weak and communist/socialist brains??!! Sure glad Dan didn’t delete those wise and wonderful words- we all need you people to show us what actual intelligent and reasonable people are really like. NOT.

By: Dan McGrath

Dan McGrath — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:24:00 +0000

Carbon Dioxide accounts for about 0.04% of the atmosphere. Water vapor is the prime mover when it comes to the greenhouse effect. How about we ban that pesky chemical pollutant, dihydrogenmonoxide? That’s the real culprit. Oh… And the sun. Still working on a way to black that out.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:08:33 +0000

To Joseph… I think you’re a bit confused as to what a “pollutant” is. That set aside, I think all CO2-fearing liberals are hypocritical: If they’re really THAT afraid of excess CO2 levels and are THAT determined to do something about it, consider voluntary human extinction. Seriously… the human body transforms oxygen to carbon dioxide with every breath! We’re CO2-producing machines! All the billions of us! But I suppose that for the fanatic, jumping off a bridge is akin to Al Gore giving up his private jet… it’s just not gonna happen… why? Because, just like Al Gore, even the most fanatic liberal, deep inside, doesn’t believe the B.S. either. Or, maybe they’re just too selfish to make the ultimate sacrifice for the planet. Oh, that’s right… it’s a “feel good” movement not to be taken THAT seriously.

Global warming is a business. Al Gore has LOTS of stock in so-called green companies and carbon credits, so of course he’s going to spread his doomsday message. He’s the kind of guy that gives the rest of us capitalists a bad name.

By: Earth Pro

Earth Pro — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:16:39 +0000

If you go against the grain on this issue, you are naturally labeled as someone who ‘hates’ the environment! Sad

By: Rob N. Hood

Rob N. Hood — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:14:35 +0000

Yes Dan, we know… but it is a greenhouse gas.

By: Lara

Lara — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:08:32 +0000

And your pointis …

You want us to buy in to this silliness so you can feel better? Nobody is saying that it is okay to pollute or litter. What I am saying is that the global warming crowd is not really aware of the scientific process and apparently they lack the education to be rational and circumspect about the issue. Not to mention, incredibly arrogant, accusatory, sarcastic and just plain obnoxious. I assure you that Al Gore is not the second coming of the savior. He is a greedy self serving jerk who desperately need a college level science class, complete with lab exercises.

By: Phidippides

Phidippides — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:51:59 +0000

I think that conservatives enjoy clean air and water and earth as much as the California liberal. After all, conservatives occupy much of the rural land between the East and West Coasts and are avid hunters, fishers, and outdoorsmen. But modern environmentalism goes well beyond responsible stewardship toward the environment and essentially advocates socialism.

By: Joseph Morehead

Joseph Morehead — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:36:05 +0000

Anything can be a pollutant in large quantities. Anything.
So please explain once again, in length, how Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant.

By: Steve Scubanski

Steve Scubanski — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:48:22 +0000

Excellent reply, Dan. You’re right on regarding CO2.

By: Dan McGrath

Dan McGrath — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:08:58 +0000

We absolutely advocate responsible stewardship of our natural environment. You won’t find anyone over here opposed to clean air and water. Carbon Dioxide, however, is not a pollutant!

By: And your point?

And your point? — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:51:34 +0000

Okay, so you have proven global warming is a scam, does that mean that it is okay to go back to heathenism and treat our planet anyway we want? Is it now okay for me to go outside and spray as many aerosol cans as I want just for the fun of it. Can I make a big pit in my backyard and burn whatever I wish in it? Our kids will still inherit “our” planet. Are we not responsible for taking good care of it for them until we pass it on? Even if global warming is a scam, there has been some great advances in environmentalism that will help protect our planet from the eventuality of changing our global climate.

By: Rob N. Hood

Rob N. Hood — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:58:27 +0000

I’m not a climatologist, but my sense from paying attention to media reporting on this issue over the last two decades is that there is not only a one percent chance that global warming is both real and anthropogenic, but rather a ninety-five percent chance. Perhaps ninety-nine. Yep, sure, there are a few scientists out there still making the opposite argument. Probably some of them even aren’t on oil company payrolls! But the vast majority of reputable climate scientists now agree that this is happening, that we are making it happen, and that the results will be catastrophic. This, after ten and twenty years of a (somewhat) healthy scientific skepticism about those claims, which only further underscores the validity of the findings.

So what will they say about us five centuries from now – those very few, very toasty, remaining humans, living on mountain tops, the only dry land to be found? What they’ll say is probably unprintable in any family newspaper, that’s for sure. But in-between the expletives I think you’d be likely to find words like … “unconscionable” … “breathtakingly stupid” … “astonishingly selfish” … and, “If you weren’t already dead I’d kill you!”

Last week we had James Hansen reminding Congress, twenty years after originally doing so, of the gravity of this situation. One of the top scientists from one of America’s premier science agencies – who was told, by the way, to shut the hell up by the Bush administration – was reminding us yet again that we are facing mass species extinctions and ecosystem collapse among the lovely perils awaiting us if we continue in the current direction. Assuming, that is, that it isn’t already far too late to turn it around now.

Think about that for a second: Mass extinction. Ecosystem collapse. Meteor. Ninety-five or better percent chance.