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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (24672)	5/22/2009 10:46:21 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 36917

Working Group I Report "The Physical Science Basis" Front Matter Summary for Policymakers Technical Summary Frequently Asked Questions (extracted from chapters below) Chapter 1 Historical Overview of Climate Change Science Chapter 2 Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing Chapter 3 Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change Supplementary Material: Appendix 3.B. Techniques, Error Estimation and Measurement Systems (including references) Chapter 4 Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground Chapter 5 Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level Chapter 6 Palaeoclimate Supplementary Material: Appendix 6.A. Glossary for Terms Specific to Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Couplings Between Changes in the Climate System and Biogeochemistry Chapter 8 Climate Models and their Evaluation Supplementary Material: Appendix 8.A. Supplementary Figures and Tables Chapter 9 Understanding and Attributing Climate Change Supplementary Material: Appendices & References Chapter 10 Global Climate Projections Supplementary Material: Supplementary Details, Tables & Figures Figures Showing Individual Model Results for Different Climate Variables Chapter 11 Regional Climate Projections Supplementary Material: Appendix 11. Tables, Figures, References Annexes: (1)Glossary, (2)Authors, (3)Reviewers, (4)Acronyms Index Uncertainty Guidance Note for the Fourth Assessment Report Errata for the Working Group I Fourth Assessment Report Figures ipcc.ch

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (24672)	5/23/2009 7:29:14 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

"Hey, Al Gore: How will Waxman-Markey save the planet? Steve Milloy May 18, 2009 Dear Al Gore, How will the Waxman-Markey bill — legislation that you have endorsed — save the planet from the disaster that you claim is imminent? You have said that, Humanity is sitting on a ticking time bomb. If the vast majority of the world’s scientists are right, we have just ten years to avert a major catastrophe that could send our entire planet into a tail-spin of epic destruction involving extreme weather, floods, droughts, epidemics and killer heat waves beyond anything we have ever experienced. [Emphasis added] But under the fantasy emission-reduction scenario of the Waxman-Markey bill, the U.S. would reduce its greenhouse gas emissions from more than 7 billion tons today to about 5.6 billion tons in 2020 — the level at which U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were in 1988 when NASA’a James Hansen famously sounded the alarm about global warming in congressional testimony. So in a sense, after ten years of Waxman-Markey we’d only be back at square one. Meanwhile, worldwide CO2 emissions are projected to increase from about 30 billion tons in 2009 to about 37 billion tons in 2020. Even if the Waxman-Markey fantasy came true and U.S. emissions were reduced by 1.4 billion tons, worldwide CO2 emissions would still increase to about 35.6 billion tons annually. Pray tell, Mr. Gore, how will Waxman-Markey avert the “major catastrophe” that you say we only have ten years to avoid? And while you’re spinning the answer to that one, Mr. Gore, would it be possible to get a list of your investments that would benefit from the Waxman-Markey bill? Sincerely, Your friends at JunkScience.com"