Your tax dollars at work!

"Global Warming is NOT man made." I would say not only is it not man made, we could not warm the earth if we tried. The number of BTU's required to raise the mass of the earth and its atmosphere even 1 degree would surely be beyond the capacity of mankind to generate energy. This leaves only changing the radiative forcing value of the atmosphere to trap in more of the sun's energy. The problem with this is that the atmosphere is not uniform in its composition. It is a mix that is never completely "mixed". As the atmosphere changes in composition in one area it affects other areas. Imagine trying to dig a hole on the surface of the ocean! This is what we are trying to do by increasing the insulative value of the atmosphere with green house gas. Everything gets mixed, flows, alters with other components, and everything interacts. All these interactions moderate the temperature of the earth. This leaves the overall radiative forcing value of the atmosphere practically unchanged from any efforts of mankind. Anyway, it is pretty much obvious to serious scientists and now thanks to the internet, these honest scientists dare to speak out.

Did anyone posting here happen to watch 60 Minutes on Sunday? It was a rerun, no doubt, since all the network shows are right now, but I hadn't seen it before. Anyway, they showed a spot in Antarctica where several years ago it was covered with snow and now it's GREEN. I didn't think green grass existed in Antarctica. There are 1000 feet of water where a glacier was about 10 years ago. I'm far from being a scientist so bear with me, but they drilled way down deep into the ice so they could analyze the content of greenhouse gasses through the years and there was a direct link between the increase of those gasses and the industrial revolution. The penguin population has been reduced by 70% in the past decade. I say global warming is at least partially man made and to deny it is simply to decide not to even try to do anything about it! Maybe it's too late but I'd like to try to make a tiny bit of difference for the sake of my grandkids and their children.

The problem anniepa, is that no one has made one suggestion that Antartica is warming, in fact, the temperature on Antartica has been steady for at least 50 years and the ice sheet is increasing. There have always been spots on Antartica that are snow-less, places where lichen grow (probably the green you saw). The reason you were shown some green patch of Antartica is that the media wants you to think that global warming is melting the poles and we will all die unless we buy carbon offsets from Al Gore and promise Sheryl Crow to use only one sheet of toilet paper per bathroom visit. There may be some natural and periodic warming at the north pole but melting Arctic sea ice will never raise sea levels, it is already in the water and displacing its own volume. The sea will not rise if it melts. The whole thing is a scam and a hoax designed to scare people into paying a lot of extra taxes and cementing Al Gore's place in history.

Yes, I'm one of those looney misguided wackos, too!