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Date Posted: 06:05:59 03/05/07 Mon In reply to: Oropan 's message, "So it's the euros fault!" on 16:46:59 03/04/07 Sun Europe may have missed it's goals, but america has no goals or direction, and is destoying the world for the profit of a few filthy rich individuals. Mar 4, 2007 2:49 pm US/Eastern New Report Adds More Gas To Global Warming Debate (AP) Washington If a new report is accurate, the U-S will be adding more fuel to the proverbial fire of global warming in the next 10 to 12 years. An internal draft report from the Bush administration projects by 2020 the United States will emit almost one-fifth more gases that lead to global warming than it did in 2000, increasing the risks of drought and scarce water supplies. The U-S is already responsible for roughly one-quarter of the world's carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse" gases that scientists blame for global warming. The draft report, a copy of which was obtained by the Associated Press on Saturday, projects that the current administration's climate policy would result in the emission of 9.2 billion tons of greenhouse gases in 2020. That is a 19 percent increase from 2000. The biggest source of the gases is the burning of fossil fuels, chiefly oil, coal and natural gas. The report also states that the administration’s goal of doing more than slowing the growth rate of greenhouse gas emissions will be decided, "as the science justifies." Just last month, an authoritative U.N. report from hundreds of scientists and government officials said global warming is "very likely" caused by mankind, and that climate change will continue for centuries even if heat-trapping gases are reduced. The report was approved by 113 nations including the United States. Despite the dire outlook, most scientists say huge sea level rises and the most catastrophic storms and droughts may be avoided if strong action is taken soon. ap (© 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press contributed to this report >BTW, what happened to those warm waters in 2006? They >went away in one year? > > > > >> It is almost certain that there will be another 2 >>degrees of global warming, most likely during the next >>40 years. The reason we can kill the american gulf >>coast good bye is because the hurricane season of 2005 >>was powered by atlantic waters that were 2 - 4 degrees >>above historic temps. Most recent years have seen >>these waters 1 - 2 degrees above historic levels, so >>another 2 degrees will make the atlantic waters as >>warm as the record hurricane season of 2005 every >>year, there will be many more katrinas, ritas, dennis >>and wilmas. All the gulf coast states are >>red-republican, it will be america's gain! >> >> >>>INTERVIEW-EU likely to miss global warming goal-UN >>>expert >>>02 Mar 2007 15:05:30 GMT >>>Source: Reuters >>> >>> By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent >>> >>>OSLO, March 2 (Reuters) - The European Union is >>>unlikely to meet the goal of a maximum 2 degree >>>Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) rise in temperatures which >it >>>views as a threshold for dangerous climate change, a >>>leading U.N. climate official said on Friday. >>> >>>"It clearly seems very, very difficult to limit it to >>>below 2 degrees," Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the >>>Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), >told >>>Reuters in a telephone interview. >>> >>>"But who knows? It's not beyond the capabilities of >>>the human race to come up with actions," he said. >>> >>>The EU, outsiders such as Norway and many >>>environmentalists see a 2C rise in temperatures over >>>pre-industrial times as a trigger for dangerous >>>changes such as rising sea levels, droughts, heat >>>waves and floods. >>> >>>An IPCC report last month, based on the work of 2,500 >>>climate scientists, blamed human activities more >>>clearly than ever for global warming. It said >>>greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels were >mainly >>>responsible. >>> >>>It projected a "best estimate" that temperatures >would >>>rise by between 1.8C and 4.0C (3.2F and 7.8F) this >>>century alone. >>> >>>Pachauri said temperatures had already risen by 0.74C >>>(1.3F) since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th >>>century and would keep rising by 0.1C (0.2F) per >>>decade for coming decades even if emissions were kept >>>at current levels. >>> >>>An EU Commission proposal on Jan. 10, entitled >>>"Limiting Global Climate Change to 2C", called for a >>>20-percent cut in EU emissions by 2020 or a >30-percent >>>cut if other industrialised countries were willing to >>>go further. >>> >>>ALMOST OUT OF REACH >>> >>>Former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern, who >>>issued a report last year concluding that it was far >>>cheaper to act to combat climate change rather than >>>suffer the consequences, said this week that the 2C >>>goal was "almost out of reach". >>> >>>Pachauri, an Indian, said he would like the world to >>>agree what dangerous climate change meant.A 1992 U.N. >>>Climate Convention set an overriding goal of averting >>>dangerous human interference with the climate system >>>but gave no definition. >>> >>>"The question is 'dangerous for whom?'," Pachauri >>said. >>> >>>"If you look at the most vulnerable regions of the >>>world and ask them what dangerous is, they will say >>>they have reached that threshold already -- the small >>>island states, regions severely affected by droughts >>>and floods," he said. >>> >>>He quoted independence leader Mahatma Gandhi as >>>saying: "You must always look at the effect of our >>>actions on the most dispossessed, the last man, the >>>one who is the least fortunate." >>> >>>By that yardstick, he said, dangerous had already >been >>>reached. 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| Re: So it's the euros fault! | jw | 06:10:04 03/05/07 Mon |
| We went through this whole discussion in late 2005 | Oropan | 07:41:09 03/05/07 Mon |
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