Global Warming & the Two Camps
Posted in Public Affairs, Science, Technology, Announcement, Bush, Gore, News Media, United States, Britain, France, China, India, Safety, Public, Opinion on October 31st, 2006 by Stanford Matthews
There may have been a legitimate reason for refusing to sign
the Kyoto agreement. People seem to fall into one of two
categories on the issue of global warming. Either you deny
the possibility of global warming or you want to stop any use
of fossil fuels immediately. Either position is unrealistic. The
calm, reasoned approach may be more productive. Countries
like Britain and Germany have reduced their greenhouse gas
emissions by 17% and 14%, respectively. While the overall
world emissions have increased by 2.4% in the same period.
If the reductions in Britain and Germany were accomplished
with an acceptable economic impact and are accurate, would
it be that simple for other countries to achieve? Even if one
is skeptical of the necessity for this cure, if effective and also
economically feasible, what would be hte harm? Eliminating
the extreme reactions on either side of the debate would be a
good first step in either case. Let’s look at the data and try to
find a solution rather than wasting time with needless banter.
If Al Gore and those who support or oppose him can remove
politics from the discussion, his input may be useful. Britain
asking him to help out is a surprise.
Gore to Advise British on Global Warming
ABC News - 20 minutes ago
By THOMAS WAGNER. LONDON Oct 30, 2006 (AP)— Unchecked
global warming will devastate the world economy on the scale of the
world …
Of Unchecked Global Warming
Wall Street Journal (subscription), NY - 31 minutes ago
AP. LONDON — Unchecked global warming will devastate the world
economy on the scale of the world wars and the Great Depression, a …
Both articles above are credited to AP.
Another article implies a different take on the global warming
problem with an assertion that the EU involvement with Kyoto
is failing and the 15 countries in the union will not meet targets
for greenhouse gas emission levels by 2012. Could this be the
reason for the urgency of the British report? If global warming
is as critical as advertised, such an approach would be harmful.
Europe falling far short of targets
David Gow
Brussels: The European Union, self-styled global champion in the
battle against climate change, is falling woefully short of its targets
for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and will need to take
radical measures to achieve them, new projections have shown.
The European Commission said that, based on current measures
and policies, the emissions of the E.U.’s original 15 members will
be just 0.6 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. The E.U.-15
countries are committed under the Kyoto protocol to an 8 per cent
cut on 1990 levels by 2012.
Again, it would be productive to remove extraneous arguments for
or against the existence of global warming and objectively work out
a solution. Dismissing the notion of global warming and placing our
collective head in the sand appears as absurd as abandoning the use
of current technology without further evidence of the problem.
C. Harris
MoreWhat.com
As of 130am this morning, AP’s political news headlines confirmed an earlier post has it right on the fact that politicians are off topic amid the Mark Foley story press domination. The first headline has Foley stating he was abused by a clergyman. True or not it is off topic and hinders the discussion of top issues near the mid term election. Since both parties are impotent, they likely prefer Foley in the news rather than themselves. The media likes the Foley story so they can increase sales and ratings and whatever else due to the public’s insatiable appetite for sleaze.
