| Two things every voter should be aware of | | | | Less Certainty Since Last Report |
| regarding the latest U.N. report on global warming: | | | | Serious claims made with such certainty in previous |
| 1. What the science in the report actually says | | | | reports, now show reduced numbers. Also the rise in |
| 2. What the policy makers who wrote the report, | | | | temperatures since the last report has been miniscule. |
| claim, the science, says | | | | It should always be kept in mine, that much of what |
| The science should have caused all global warming | | | | has been predicted over the years has been based |
| zealots to back off big time. This report throws | | | | on computer simulations. In many cases these models |
| serious doubt on some vital information in previous | | | | are inaccurate. The tiny rise in temperatures and the |
| reports written by the same IPCC in 1990, 1995 and | | | | unexpected ocean cooling are just two, of many |
| 2001. | | | | examples. |
| The study was done by scientists and the report | | | | Is Anyone Abiding By The Kyoto Agreement? |
| was written by policy makers, many of whom, | | | | The United Nations monitors 41 countries in the area |
| possibly all of whom, have an agenda. In fact many | | | | which includes greenhouse gas emissions. Of those |
| of these policy wonks, work for governments who | | | | 41, 34 had increased greenhouse emissions from |
| preach climate fear, to advance the Global Warming | | | | 2000 to 2004, even though all 41 had committed to |
| agenda. | | | | the terms of Kyoto. |
| In the Mainstream Media, those who tilt left loved the | | | | A report from the European Environment Agency |
| findings of the report which advanced the doom and | | | | showed that thirteen of the original 15 European |
| gloom aspects found therein. The MM fell almost | | | | Signatories will miss their 2010 targets, the way |
| totally silent on the science. | | | | they're heading now. Many of the countries making |
| Voters should also know, that contributions from | | | | the most noise have poor records. The U.S. has had |
| respected scientists are often rejected, by this U. N. | | | | a better record than most, in recent years. Despite all |
| group, as they were in this report, for not advancing | | | | this posturing by prosperous EU nations, the problem |
| the global warming cause. | | | | increasingly lies elsewhere. |
| The New Report | | | | The fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas |
| The new report shows that when the U.N. did its | | | | emissions are the poorer countries, and China. China's |
| 2001 assessment of the human influence on climate | | | | emissions are rapidly closing in on those of the U.S. In |
| change since the Industrial Revolution, it had | | | | fact the International Energy Agency projects that |
| overestimated that influence by at least one-third. | | | | China alone could account for 55 percent of those |
| Reporting on sea level, the 2001 report stated a rise | | | | emissions by 2050. As to the poorer countries, do |
| in sea level of 3 feet. In this latest report, that | | | | we want to limit or halt the economic gains they are |
| amount is less than half of 3 feet-17 inches. | | | | making to cut these emissions? |
| Not only did sea levels not rise as high as formerly | | | | Presently the doom and gloom crowd is being very |
| predicted; the pace at which they rose was much | | | | loose with what the science says while at the same |
| slower than predicted. | | | | time offering solutions that would have a terrible |
| The three previous IPCC reports also did not report | | | | effect on most economies. |
| that oceans would cool, which they have done | | | | Lately, more scientists with serious credentials, seem |
| significantly since 2003. This also throws serious | | | | to be stepping up at a faster pace, to refute much |
| doubt on recent claims about the frequency and | | | | of the hype while insisting that we need to know |
| intensity of hurricanes. | | | | much more before we can look for solutions. |
| The full scientific report has not yet been released. | | | | It is totally possible that there are no man made |
| However, just from the limited information known so | | | | solutions. |
| far, there is much that should make the Greens | | | | Let's hold our judgment until May when the full U.N. |
| examine the science more carefully and take the | | | | report comes out. When it does we would be wise |
| time necessary for honest dialogue on the matter. | | | | to focus on the science to the best of our ability. |