Comments on: Bush policies cause U.S. GHG emissions to soar 1.4% in 2007 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:18:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Asteroid Miner http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-24036 Asteroid Miner Sun, 07 Dec 2008 04:50:56 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-24036 Global Warming Has Already Happened. In the mid 19th century, the Mississippi river froze over in the winter so you could drive on it at St. Louis. That's how St Louis became known as the gateway to the west. Now the Mississippi river is ice-free at Davenport, Iowa. Cattaraugus County New York [Olean, Little Valley] got 450 inches [37.5 feet] of snow per year in the 1950s and 1960s. Now it gets only 96 inches of snow per year. Global Warming Has Already Happened. In the mid 19th century, the Mississippi river froze over in the winter so you could drive on it at St. Louis. That’s how St Louis became known as the gateway to the west. Now the Mississippi river is ice-free at Davenport, Iowa. Cattaraugus County New York [Olean, Little Valley] got 450 inches [37.5 feet] of snow per year in the 1950s and 1960s. Now it gets only 96 inches of snow per year.

]]> By: Mike http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23890 Mike Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:47:20 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23890 One reason that temperatures might have remained flat for the last few years is that the energy from the sun trapped by greenhouse gases is going into melting the polar ice caps. You might remember from high school chemistry that solids maintain a constant temperature as they melt. The amount of energy required to melt a gram of a substance is called it's "heat of fusion". If your memory of high school is foggy and your chemistry chops are sagging, you can refresh your understanding of this at wikipedia or google. One reason that temperatures might have remained flat for the last few years is that the energy from the sun trapped by greenhouse gases is going into melting the polar ice caps. You might remember from high school chemistry that solids maintain a constant temperature as they melt. The amount of energy required to melt a gram of a substance is called it’s “heat of fusion”. If your memory of high school is foggy and your chemistry chops are sagging, you can refresh your understanding of this at wikipedia or google.

]]> By: llewelly http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23826 llewelly Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:42:31 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23826 <blockquote> where is it ALOT warmer? where is it warmer? unless of course you use Sept data for Oct data, it sure seems to me that it has NOT WARMED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. It sure seems like the same ole’ cycle. Why do you people persist? A one world order? U.N. control? What? help me understand…. </blockquote> Why don't you just chalk it up to the same forces that conceal the flatness of the Earth? Namely, government conspiracy and alien mind-control beams.

where is it ALOT warmer? where is it warmer? unless of course you use Sept data for Oct data, it sure seems to me that it has NOT WARMED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. It sure seems like the same ole’ cycle. Why do you people persist? A one world order? U.N. control? What? help me understand….

Why don’t you just chalk it up to the same forces that conceal the flatness of the Earth? Namely, government conspiracy and alien mind-control beams.

]]> By: David B. Benson http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23814 David B. Benson Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:36:36 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23814 Joe --- We'll hope that 'rum' does not have any descendents. Just those of us with intelligence... Joe — We’ll hope that ‘rum’ does not have any descendents.

Just those of us with intelligence…

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23803 Joe Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:22:25 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23803 Is rum your name or, given that you used lowercase, merely your beverage of choice? In the future, however, you should know that I don't normally let people simply reprint long-debunked denier talking points -- ESPECIALLY NONSENSICAL STUFF IN ALL CAPITALS. But your email is such an argument against your own position, I'm letting it through. And the reason climate scientists persist is that they fervently hope to save the climate for your descendents in spite of your willful ignorance. Is rum your name or, given that you used lowercase, merely your beverage of choice?

In the future, however, you should know that I don’t normally let people simply reprint long-debunked denier talking points — ESPECIALLY NONSENSICAL STUFF IN ALL CAPITALS.

But your email is such an argument against your own position, I’m letting it through.

And the reason climate scientists persist is that they fervently hope to save the climate for your descendents in spite of your willful ignorance.

]]> By: Rick http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23800 Rick Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:04:03 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23800 it's probably alien interstellar thought control..... or maybe their just yankin your chain rum it’s probably alien interstellar thought control….. or maybe their just yankin your chain rum

]]> By: rum http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23793 rum Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:50:55 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2008/12/03/iea-us-greenhouse-gas-emissions-increased-by-14-percent-in-2007/#comment-23793 trying to comment on a blog from gristmill...nw passage....any response about the comments stating that passage was possible in the early 1900's to the early 30's? . Say those comments were false and we were not able to pass thru then....where in history has a co2 increase preceded a temperature increase?.. your staTement... "its alot warmer"... is it? where is it ALOT warmer? where is it warmer? unless of course you use Sept data for Oct data, it sure seems to me that it has NOT WARMED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. It sure seems like the same ole' cycle. Why do you people persist? A one world order? U.N. control? What? help me understand.... trying to comment on a blog from gristmill…nw passage….any response about the comments stating that passage was possible in the early 1900’s to the early 30’s? . Say those comments were false and we were not able to pass thru then….where in history has a co2 increase preceded a temperature increase?.. your staTement… “its alot warmer”… is it? where is it ALOT warmer? where is it warmer? unless of course you use Sept data for Oct data, it sure seems to me that it has NOT WARMED FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS. It sure seems like the same ole’ cycle. Why do you people persist? A one world order? U.N. control? What? help me understand….

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