**************************************************************** Additional Text on Global Warming - 4/24/08 **************************************************************** SANDBOX stuff is NOT edited. This is copy/paste only. -Maren **************************************************************** **************************************************************** 4 Bombers sent stuff on Global Warming Ray Wells ('54), Steve Carson ('58) Frank Whiteside ('63), Marjo Vinther ('77) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Ray Wells ('54) Re: Global Warming for the Sandbox Yes, I am convinced that the concept of Global Warming (GW) is a hoax. The question has been asked, "Have they even read Al Gore's book; have they seen the movie?" Yes, I have read the book, and seen the movie, but I didn't buy the T-Shirt. I have also been researching the possibility of GW for the past three years, and I have read extensively on the subject, and gone to numerous web-sites that discuss the subject. I am prepared to share all this information. However, there is so much information to share, that the only way I can thoroughly cover the subject of GW, is to present multiple E-mails to the Sandbox, over a period of time. You must have an open mind. You must be willing to at least look at the information I am presenting. The comments submitted to the Sandbox, so far, indicate that the writers who believe in GW are not even willing to read what those of us who don't believe in it, have to say. In this first E-mail I am presenting the conclusions that my research has led me to believe. In subsequent E-mails I will share specific books, web-sites, conferences, and data that support my conclusions. Here are just a few of my conclusions: 1. Al Gore is a politician. He is not a scientist. He has an agenda that is politically driven, and not supported by his flawed "scientific data". He has been using his political clout to force others to support him in his GW hoax. 2. The polar bear in Al's movie was a computer produced image. He couldn't find any real polar bears that were drowning. 3. Yes some glaciers are being reduced by melting, but more glaciers are actually growing. There are over 180,000 glaciers worldwide, and the majority are not even being monitored. 4. GW is all about the money. Billions of dollars of your tax money are being wasted on pork barrel projects in the name of GW. Worse yet, the production of ethanol is causing a world food shortage, and it is diverting money that should be spent solving water shortages and the demise of our pollinating bees, just to name a few problems that are more real than GW. 5. There is no consensus of qualified climatologists who support GW. No one yet has been able to show me a list of these scientists. There is a list of qualified climatologists that are debunking GW, and I can give you their names and credentials. 6. Yes, the climate has been gradually warming. But it is a phenomenon that has been occurring over thousands of years during the time that the planet has been recovering from the last ice age, i.e., man's use of fossil fuel is not responsible for GW. 7. Major sources of global warming include increased solar activity, increased undersea volcanism, and deforestation. 8. The entire solar system has been warming up -- not just the Earth. 9. Currently, the Earth is undergoing global cooling, and has been since 1998. There have been no solar flares and no sun spots for the last four months. Some scientists are of the opinion that the Earth has started into the next ice age. 10. You need to understand the difference between pollution, greenhouse gasses, and naturally occurring gasses. Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant. CO2 occurs in nature -- plants cannot survive without it -- it is not poison! History has shown that the global temperature has increased when CO2 levels have decreased, and history has also shown that when CO2 levels have increased, the global temperature has decreased. 10. Question: If the seas have been rising due to GW, then why haven't the tide tables been changed? HOAX, HOAX, HOAX!!! More to come. -Ray Wells ('54) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Steve Carson (Championship Class of '58) Fellow Bombers, You have an opportunity to "fight global warming" or at least salve your concience. And this is provided by a Bomber. check out www.agoodideagonebad.com. I have personally compensated for my emmissions and feel good about it. -Steve Carson Championship Class of 58 ~ Chicago, IL **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Frank Whiteside ('63) Re: Global Warming (Sandbox) MAN-MADE Global Warming has always been a political issue. It is the darling of the far-left under the "leadership" of Al Gore. The debate has almost always been totally one-sided, mainly because the "man-made" warming forces have a $50 billion war chest while the opposition has around $19 million. And, of course, the vast majority of media and academia consistently brainwash the public and especially young people into believing it is a FACT as opposed to a theory. In the last million years, there were about 600 warming periods and around 599 cooling periods. Hmmm. Could nature itself possibly be responsible? >From 1940-1976 temperatures actually went down and the same forces that are hysterically crying "Global Warming" were crying "Global Cooling." Cooling despite WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the growth of heavy polluting industrialization that wasn't even regulated! Industry wasn't required to use all the fancy non-polluting devices that are required today. Cars, trucks, and other forms of transportation certainly didn't have pollution-control devices, as well. Nobody was using $4 "curly" light bulbs (that contain mercury). I'm sure that everyone is aware that the world went through Ice Ages and then non-Ice Ages. The Bering Straight was solid ice at one time, and as the world warmed, it melted and became water. Oceans rose as the ice from the Ice Ages melted and, naturally, land forms were swallowed by the rising waters. As the earth cooled and other Ice Ages enveloped the world, more ice was created thereby reducing the volume of water, and the ocean levels went down exposing land that was previously underwater. I am astonished that so many people have been brainwashed by an angry, losing presidential candidate who has concocted a hysterical campaign to "save the world." Guess he needed some kind of job since he was no longer Vice-President. I find it ironic that this entire campaign has made him so wealthy and famous. His "carbon credit" companies are doing well. His main house in Tennessee uses 20 times the average energy of other homes in the U.S. He just recently converted his house to being "green." He admitted that what he did was very expensive and that normal families couldn't afford to "go green." He has plenty of money from all of his brainwashing speeches, so he can easily afford it. I saw his movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," and found it to be more of a "convenient lie." A number of the scenes were phony and some scenes were recently discovered to be from the blockbuster movie "The Day After Tomorrow." It was laughable to hear Gore lecturing everyone else while he rode in the back of limousines and flew hundreds of flights in fuel-guzzling jets while making millions for his speeches. Much of his data was very speculative theory, much of which has been challenged by scientists. He and the leftists want us to sign the Kyoto Treaty based on his theory--a very good way to further drag down the American economy at the expense of the American people. This while exempting India and China who with their huge industrial growth have sent oil prices through the ceiling. To put it simply, there is no conclusive evidence that Gore's THEORY is correct nor is there a consensus by scientists (except by left-wing ones). While most people are for conserving things and keeping a clean environment, "human activity" cannot be halted. 95% of greenhouse gases are from water vapor while CO2 comprises less than 3% of the total. Volcanoes, animal gases and termites add much to the total. A small fraction is man-made CO2. Want balance? Go online and watch, "The Great Global Warming Swindle," ( if you can even find it) and read the book, "Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1500 Years," by Avery and Singer. Man-made Global Warming is nothing more than a theory promoting a leftist agenda conceived .by Al Gore who has become extremely wealthy while not practicing what he preaches. Nature is nature and man cannot control it. If it were possible, we wouldn't have hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods and other natural occurrences. -Frank Whiteside ('63) **************************************************************** **************************************************************** >>From: Marjo Vinther Burt ('77) Re: For the Sandbox As I see it, the global warming debate is too often mischaracterized as being between those who care about the earth and those who don't. The real debate, however, is whether or not global warming is caused by humans and whether or not there is anything humans can do about it. There is also debate over whether the "remedies" put before us would do any good, or if they just make us "feel" like it's doing good and in the process would profoundly affect (in a bad way) our economy and way of life. And good, earth-loving people have an honest disagreement about it. We need to let the science dictate our response, not emotions. That being said, I have to admit that I have not read Al Gore's book (or seen the movie) for very childish, emotional reasons: I can't stand him. But, it seems to me that many people have just accepted his premises without questioning his facts - which have been disputed (by scientists) ever since his book came out. I find those arguments compelling, and want to see them fleshed out scientifically - not emotionally or politically. The assumption that those who disagree with Gore don't care about the earth or the legacy we will leave to our future generations couldn't be more wrong - that's exactly what we do care about. -Marjo Vinther Burt ('77) ****************************************************************