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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (528547)	1/24/2004 4:53:23 PM
From: Krowbar	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

< If you want to educate yourself goto cato.org. > Well, unlike you, I am willing to look at data from the other side of the global warming issue, so I went to your beloved Cato, and their latest update is 2 years old, on a report that is 3 years old. All updated data shows a continuing rapid loss of glaciers, thinning of the ice in the arctic, breaking up of the ice in the antarctic, all correlating with the rapid increase in CO2. They are the ones looking like asses, not me. As Gore said' "melting glaciers do not care one bit about politicians". Watch his presentation, and then show me where his data is wrong. I am not the least bit interested in your political opinion is. Oh, and did you know that the data is independent of how cold or warm it is the day that it is presented? moveon.org From Bush's own heavily censored EPA web site... What's Known for Certain? Scientists know for certain that human activities are changing the composition of Earth's atmosphere. Increasing levels of greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide (CO2 ), in the atmosphere since pre-industrial times have been well documented. There is no doubt this atmospheric buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is largely the result of human activities. It's well accepted by scientists that greenhouse gases trap heat in the Earth's atmosphere and tend to warm the planet. By increasing the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, human activities are strengthening Earth's natural greenhouse effect. The key greenhouse gases emitted by human activities remain in the atmosphere for periods ranging from decades to centuries. A warming trend of about 1°F has been recorded since the late 19th century. Warming has occurred in both the northern and southern hemispheres, and over the oceans. Confirmation of 20th-century global warming is further substantiated by melting glaciers, decreased snow cover in the northern hemisphere and even warming below ground.... ....As atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases continue to rise, scientists estimate average global temperatures will continue to rise as a result. By how much and how fast remain uncertain. IPCC projects further global warming of 2.2-10°F (1.4-5.8°C) by the year 2100. This range results from uncertainties in greenhouse gas emissions, the possible cooling effects of atmospheric particles such as sulfates, and the climate's response to changes in the atmosphere. The IPCC states that even the low end of this warming projection "would probably be greater than any seen in the last 10,000 years, but the actual annual to decadal changes would include considerable natural variability." yosemite.epa.gov Del