Irrational Bordering On Absurd

I've thought, as well as others, that "Global Warming" is a new socialist Ponzi scheme (that Ponzi guy was kinda smart). The Kyoto protocol was nothing more than a plan to institute government welfare to poorer nations from carbon-using "richer" nations. Funny that the new plans to combat this global warming hysteria don't have much to do with lessening emmisions. It has more to do with paying countries that don't polute. If this is actually a problem, the answer is not changing to mercury laden light-bulbs, but to explore space and establish viable human colonies away from earth.

Global warming debate 'irrational': scientists

Stephanie Stein

Thursday, April 26, 2007 - The current debate about global warming is "completely irrational," and people need to start taking a different approach, say two Ottawa scientists. Carleton University science professor Tim Patterson said global warming will not bring about the downfall of life on the planet. Patterson said much of the up-to-date research indicates that "changes in the brightness of the sun" are almost certainly the primary cause of the warming trend since the end of the "Little Ice Age" in the late 19th century. Human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the gas of concern in most plans to curb climate change, appear to have little effect on global climate, he said. "I think the proof in the pudding, based on what (media and governments) are saying, (is) we're about three quarters of the way (to disaster) with the doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere," said Patterson. "The world should be heating up like crazy by now, and it's not. The temperatures match very closely with the solar cycles." Patterson explained CO2 is not a pollutant, but an essential plant food. Billions of taxpayers' dollars are spent to control the emissions of this benign gas, in the mistaken belief that they can stop climate change, he said. "The only constant about climate is change," said Patterson. Patterson said money could be better spent on places like Africa. "All the money wasted on Kyoto in a year could provide clean drinking water for Africa," said Patterson. "We're into a new era of science with the discussion of solar forces. Eventually, Kyoto is going to fall by the wayside. In the meantime, I'm worried we're going to spend millions that could have been spent on something better like air pollution." Tom Har