Calling Al Gore: Where are you?

George_1950 · Jan 13, 2009, 10:00 AM

"BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Residents of the upper Midwest bundled up or just stayed inside Tuesday as a wave of bitterly cold air barreled south out of the Arctic, following on the heels of a fast-moving blizzard.
Some schools closed because of the cold and temperatures hit the single digits as far south as Kansas and Missouri.

The coldest air spilled across the Canadian prairie into the Dakotas and Minnesota. Grand Forks, N.D., dropped to a record low of 37 degrees below zero Tuesday morning, lopping six degrees off the old record set in 1979, the National Weather Service said.

In northern Minnesota, it was 35 below zero in Roseau and 36 below in Hallock, with wind chills down to 45 below in Hibbing. Just to the north, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan, also hit minus 36, according to Environment Canada.

In North Dakota, the Minot area got 6 inches of snow, on top of about a foot that fell late last week, and Bismarck collected 4. Bismarck, Fargo and Grand Forks all broke snow records for December, each with more than 30 inches."
Sharp cold wave shocks upper Midwest, temps to -36

George_1950 · Jan 27, 2009, 06:54 AM

Come on, down, Al. Tell me more: DRUDGE FLASH 2009®: GORE HEARING ON WARMING MAY BE PUT ON ICE

speechlesstx · Jan 27, 2009, 07:15 AM

None of it matters now George, the damage we've done to the planet is done.

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Global warming 'irreversible' for next 1000 years

WASHINGTON (AFP) — Climate change is "largely irreversible" for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The study's authors said there was "no going back" after the report showed that changes in surface temperature, rainfall and sea level are "largely irreversible for more than 1,000 years after CO2 emissions are completely stopped."

NOAA senior scientist Susan Solomon said the study, published in this week's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, showed that current human choices on carbon dioxide emissions are set to "irreversibly change the planet."

Researchers examined the consequences of CO2 building up beyond present-day concentrations of 385 parts per million, and then completely stopping emissions after the peak. Before the industrial age CO2 in Earth's atmosphere amounted to only 280 parts per million.

The study found that CO2 levels are irreversibly impacting climate change, which will contribute to global sea level rise and rainfall changes in certain regions.

The authors emphasized that increases in CO2 that occur from 2000 to 2100 are set to "lock in" a sea level rise over the next 1,000 years.

Rising sea levels would cause "irreversible commitments to future changes in the geography of the Earth, since many coastal and island features would ultimately become submerged," the study said.

Decreases in rainfall that last for centuries can be expected to have a range of impacts, said the authors. Regional impacts include -- but are not limited to -- decreased human water supplies, increased fire frequency, ecosystem change and expanded deserts.

Suddenly, since Obama is the Prez the global warming gasbags are getting even more hysterical.

excon · Jan 27, 2009, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by speechlesstx

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Hello Steve:

Gasbags??? Dude!

I know science is out of favor with you guys. But you're gonna have to get used to the NEW paradigm. That's one that bases things on reality. It's gonna be that way from here on out.

excon

tomder55 · Jan 27, 2009, 07:42 AM

Science must be out of favor with the hundreds of climatologists who attended the U.N. Global Warming conference in Poznan, Poland this December .650 of the world's top climatologists stood up and said man-made global warming is a media generated myth without basis.

George_1950 · Jan 27, 2009, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by excon

... But you're gonna have to get used to the NEW paradigm. That's one that bases things on reality. It's gonna be that way from here on out.

excon

Really? "...the Nevada Democrat is already worried about his own re-election fight in 2010. Sen. Reid, perhaps the most-vulnerable Democrat who will face re-election in a midterm race that is likely to favor his party once again, began interviewing campaign managers last week. The Senate majority leader also recently stepped up fund-raising." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123033501646236333.html

tomder55 · Jan 27, 2009, 08:06 AM

George ;ever notice that whenever the Goracle schedules these high profile events to promote his carbon trading business that inevidibly a cold spell or blizzard occures. Momma Gaia must be telling him something.

speechlesstx · Jan 27, 2009, 08:17 AM

You mean we're finally going to hear the truth about the junk science and political agenda over climate change in the media? Is that the new paradigm?

Perhaps you missed my post on the previous page about warming finally reaching Antarctica where the scientist said "It is hard to make data where none exist." Is that the kind of science that should be in favor?

excon · Jan 27, 2009, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by George_1950

Really? "...the Nevada Democrat is already worried about his own re-election fight in 2010.

Hello again, George:

Dude! We're missing each other in the night, even more than usual.... I'm talking about policy being based on science from here on out.

That has nothing to do with the "Nevada Democrat" running again.... Nothing! I have NO idea where you got that.

excon

speechlesstx · Jan 29, 2009, 09:18 AM

Seems the new Prez is one of those "so as I say and not as I do" guys also...and the NY Slimes doesn't even get it. It's all about the new "more informal culture" in the White House to them. While a 92-year-old WWII vet freezes to death in his home, Mr. Obama "had cranked up the thermostat" in the White House because “He’s from Hawaii, OK?" “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”

Maybe someone needs to point out his EPA's website for tips on saving energy and fighting global warming? Or perhaps he should follow Carter's advice and leadership on this issue?

speechlesstx · Jan 29, 2009, 09:30 AM

Update, Ed Morrisey of Hotair gleaned this Obama gem from the campaign trail:

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“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” Obama said.

“That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen,” he added.

Like Ed says, "Well, apparently some of us can, and those lucky few do call themselves “leaders”. The rest of us call them hypocrites as we fetch another sweater."



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