Global Warming: George Still Doesn't Get It...
Well... Rumors are circulating that George is planning a Global Warming Policy...
The Bush administration plans to announce as early as next week a goal of stabilizing carbon dioxide levels in the global atmosphere at 450 parts per million by the year 2106, congressional and non-government sources told Platts Wednesday.Such an announcement, if true, might lead to the establishment of new regulatory policies -- either voluntary or mandatory -- for the power sector and other sources of CO2 emissions.
Capping CO2 emissions at 450 parts per million, eh?
If we reach a figure of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere of 440 parts per million (ppm), we reach what's called "the tipping point" then. After that we're into totally unknown territory. There is a step-change in the way climate change will work... now at the moment we're up to 382 ppm pushing on 383. The concentration is increasing by about 2 to 3 ppm a year, so we're going get to that 440 relatively soon. We've got perhaps 20 years before we really do start to face potentially catastrophic consequences."LISTEN TO THE WHOLE INTERVIEW
Attaturk points us to a new NASA report: NASA Says We've Got About 10 Years Until The Tipping Point.
10-years, 20-years... 100-years... What's the difference, right George?
And the Scrutiny Hooligans tell us that Sol is NOT a conspirator in Global Warming: Research Shows The Sun's Energy Output Has Been Remarkably Stable...
Researchers from Germany, Switzerland and the United States found that the sun's brightness varied by only 0.07 percent over 11-year sunspot cycles, far too little to account for the rise in temperatures since the Industrial Revolution.
It seems to really be ALL about us, and our love of burning oil and coal... And George is, once again, AWOL. Thanks, George.
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