alt.politics.usa

On Nov 9, 7:35 am, "Doorman" wrote:
> "Captain Compassion" wrote in message
>
> news:vot8j3lf4j2q86nsst8jqnkdr1fkm42tre@4ax.com...
>
> > How to stop climate change: the easy way
> > Mark Lynas
> > Published 08 November 2007
> >http://www.newstatesman.com/200711080026
>
> > We have about 100 months left. If global greenhouse gas emissions have
> > not begun to decline by the end of 2015, then our chances of
> > restraining climate change to within the two degrees "safety line" -
> > the level of warming below which the impacts are severe but tolerable
> > - diminish day by day thereafter. This is what the latest science now
> > demands: the peaking of emissions within eight years, worldwide cuts
> > of 60 per cent by 2030, and 80 per cent or more by 2050. Above two
> > degrees, our chances of crossing "tipping points" in the earth's
> > system - such as the collapse of the Amazon rainforest, or the release
> > of methane from thawing Siberian permafrost - is much higher.
>
> Taking aim at Al Gore and other "climate change" activists, the founder of
> the Weather Channel says the campaign to promote the theory of man-made
> global warming is "the greatest scam in history."
>
> NOT ALL SCIENTISTS AGREE. That should be the key statement when trying to
> spread fear and despair.

The founder of the Weather Channel is not, as far as I have been able
to determine, a scientist.