Comments on: Letterman rages on global warming: “We are so screwed!”

By: söve

söve — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:22:49 +0000

Also, while it is quite refreshing to see someone actually getting as worked up about the issue as it deserves, I’m not sure that it’s such a good idea to hammer it into people’s heads that we are completely and irrevocably screwed already…

By: shop

shop — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:49:14 +0000

But I’m going to view the glass as one-tenth full and take it as a hopeful sign that somebody relatively mainstream like Letterman would break

By: Blog On Smog

Blog On Smog — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:43:35 +0000

With both presidential candidates promoting their environmental plans, it will be interesting to see if the election winner will actually follow through with the promises. With global warming, we will soon find out if western democratic nations can actually accomplish what needs to be done.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:49:10 +0000

Makes you wonder why he runs a racing team.

http://www.rahal.com/alms/team/3

By: Asteroid Miner

Asteroid Miner — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:32:17 +0000

Environmental policy = energy policy
Energy policy = environmental policy
because Global Warming
can lead to Hydrogen Sulfide gas coming out of the oceans.

Hydrogen Sulfide gas will Kill all people. Homo Sap will go
EXTINCT unless drastic action is taken.

October 2006 Scientific American

“EARTH SCIENCE
Impact from the Deep
Strangling heat and gases emanating from the earth and sea, not
asteroids, most likely caused several ancient mass extinctions.
Could the same killer-greenhouse conditions build once again?
By Peter D. Ward
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http://www.sciam.com/ article.cfm?articleID=00037A5D-A938-150E-A93883414B7F0000&sc=I100322
………………..Most of the article omitted………………….
But with atmospheric carbon climbing at an annual rate of 2 ppm
and expected to accelerate to 3 ppm, levels could approach 900
ppm by the end of the next century, and conditions that bring
about the beginnings of ocean anoxia may be in place. How soon
after that could there be a new greenhouse extinction? That is
something our society should never find out.”

Press Release
Pennsylvania State University
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Nov. 3, 2003
downloaded from:
http://www.geosociety.org/ meetings/ 2003/ prPennStateKump.htm
“In the end-Permian, as the levels of atmospheric oxygen fell and
the levels of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide rose, the upper
levels of the oceans could have become rich in hydrogen sulfide
catastrophically. This would kill most of the oceanic plants and
animals. The hydrogen sulfide dispersing in the atmosphere would
kill most terrestrial life.”

http://www.astrobio.net is a NASA web zine. See:

http://www.astrobio.net/ news/ modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=672

http://www.astrobio.net/ news/ modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1535

http://www.astrobio.net/news/article2509.html

http://astrobio.net/ news/ modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2429&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

These articles agree with the first 2. They all say 6 degrees C or
1000 parts per million CO2 is the extinction point.

The global warming is already 1.3 degree Farenheit. 11 degrees
Farenheit is about 6 degrees Celsius. The book “Six Degrees” by
Mark Lynas agrees. If the global warming is 6 degrees
centigrade, we humans go extinct. See:
http://www.marklynas.org/ 2007/ 4/ 23/ six-steps-to-hell-summary-of-six-degrees-as-published-in-the-guardian

“Under a Green Sky” by Peter D. Ward, Ph.D., 2007.
Paleontologist discusses mass extinctions of the past and the one
we are doing to ourselves.

ALL COAL FIRED POWER PLANTS MUST BE
CONVERTED TO NUCLEAR IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID
THE EXTINCTION OF US HUMANS. 32 countries have
nuclear power plants. Only 9 have the bomb. The top 3
producers of CO2 all have nuclear power plants, coal fired power
plants and nuclear bombs. They are the USA, China and India.
Reducing CO2 production by 90% by 2050 requires drastic action
in the USA, China and India. King Coal has to be demoted to a
commoner. Coal must be left in the earth. If you own any coal
stock, NOW is the time to dump it, regardless of loss, because it
will soon be worthless.
I have no financial connection to the nuclear power industry.

By: Eric Roston

Eric Roston — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:02:14 +0000

Jay Hakes has a terrific line in his new book, _A Declaration of Energy Independence_ (Paraphrase): To those who would say that the train has left the station, and we shouldn’t act, it might be pointed out that /there are many more trains poised to leave the station/.

By: Hmpf

Hmpf — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:57:55 +0000

The surreal thing about this is how the audience keeps laughing all through. Scary.

By: gaiasdaughter

gaiasdaughter — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:24:14 +0000

rjm, part of the huge growth in Chinese emissions is due to the fact that Americans (as well as others) have exported a huge portion of their carbon footprint to Asia. When was the last time you bought anything ‘made in America’? Items manufactured in China were most likely made with power from dirty coal fired plants and possibly with ‘conscripted’ labor. It’s time we quit pointing fingers at the rest of the world and do our part!

By: Bob Wallace

Bob Wallace — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:32:47 +0000

rjm, we Americans create a lot more greenhouse gas per person than do Asians.

We need to quit our bitchin’ about others and clean up our own house first.

We can set an example, create solutions, make significant headway and then we can assume the role of Great Navigator.

So much more useful than Great Hypocrite.

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:07:29 +0000

Well, we could start seqquestering carbon in the form of biochar. Put it deep underground.