"Professor John Marburger, who advises President Bush, said it was more than 90% certain that greenhouse gas emissions from mankind are to blame.
The Earth may become "unliveable" without cuts in CO2 output, he said"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6994760.stm
Here is Marburger's rather impressive background:
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/bios/marburger.htm
Basically he's endorsing the IPCC's findings. Why would President Bush's science advisor do such a thing if there were any significant doubt in the scientific community that the IPCC report is correct and humans are the primary cause of the current global warming?
Can any global warming doubters explain this?
2007-09-16 05:44:37 · 11 answers · asked by Dana1981 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
He must not have gotten the Bush memo to deny any hint global warming is true.
2007-09-16 05:54:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Its pretty clear that this administration has been "told" or has an understanding that NOTHING is to happen with regard to global warming or making this country actually more secure.
Who is president, An EX oil-man, Who's vice president an EX and future oil-man. What is the big surprise that they tow the company line to be the country's policy.
What is comforting is that despite the conservative demonization of Al Gore as being the long lost illegitimate son of Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin. That the science is essentially so incontrovertibly sound and that we as a nation would probably do well to do SOMETHING / ANYTHING about the problem.
We now as a nation understand that it's not really enough that an alcoholic doesn't drink anymore it's really that there is a set of things they can't do very well and CHANGE their viewpoint is one of them.
My point is this, at a certain point, it doesn't matter if you believe in global warming, it will just be the case that rain doesn't fall where it used to , that food doesn't grow that deserts are where fields used to be, who cares what you call it , what we will know then as opposed to know is that it will have been our fault. Maybe it was unavoidable and maybe it wasn't but we'll be screwed anyway.
Just talk to the folks in the Carolina and Georgia who don't have any water left in their reservoirs if they think global warming is BS.
All Bush has done was delay long enough to take a manageable economic situation and turn it into an unmanageable environmental and economic crisis.
2007-09-16 06:00:59 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"Explain me this: when a volcano erupts, it sends more ash and bad stuff into the atmosphere than we could in hundreds of years. So then why do people think us driving to work is going to kill us all?"
Bad stuff eh? It's clear you don't understand why CO2 is a concern. This bad stuff can come back down easily.
Ash will just come back down on its own or when it rains. Sulfur Oxides will come down when it rains. Neither of these are a concern from a global warming perspective though because they don't trap heat.
CO2 does. CO2 stops heat from being vented, which is what causes global warming. A volcano does not spew CO2 equal to what we could pump out in hundreds of years - that is a complete fabrication.
2007-09-16 06:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by St. Bastard 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Those who would say that one volcano produces more greenhouse gases in one year than man does in a hundred are simply mistaken. Men produce 10 times more CO2 in one year than all the currently active volcanoes. These are not my estimations they come from the US Geological Survey.
2007-09-16 06:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Consumers are the primary cause of global warming, pollution, and the deterioration of the earth in general. Why? because those of us who have the luxury of taking things for granted usually do. Selfishness, plain and simple.
2007-09-16 06:55:44 · answer #5 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
If the United States in not gonna sign the Kyoto Protocol, we are in for some troubled times in this country. I for one would rather see it be taken care in one big swoop rather than city by city.
2007-09-16 06:10:25 · answer #6 · answered by Michael M 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because he wasn't interested in keeping his job any longer.
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wow! better recheck your facts on that, Darth Nihilus, unless your goal is to misinform people!
2007-09-16 11:41:23 · answer #7 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't that the guy whose reports supporting global warming were heavily censored?
2007-09-16 06:40:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Explain me this: when a volcano erupts, it sends more ash and bad stuff into the atmosphere than we could in hundreds of years. So then why do people think us driving to work is going to kill us all?
2007-09-16 05:54:24 · answer #9 · answered by Darth Nihilus 5 · 0⤊ 8⤋
Really, after the rant I got from a few people here. I don't care, I will not change my wasteful ways, if it all goes to hell, fine with me.
2007-09-16 06:05:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 7⤋