Brilliance!!

[JoshK]

Oklahoma Sen. James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, calls

global warming "the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people."

 

Good to know we have such brilliant scientific minds leading to charge in the Senate...

[Stonehead]

That's taken from the Seattle Times article called The Truth About Global Warming.

 

Basically, the article discusses the consensus among today's scientists regarding the reality of global warming. However, the problem is that the word is not as widespread among laypeople (the public and policymakers).

 

"There's a huge disconnect between what professional scientists have studied and learned in the last 30 years, and what is out there in the popular culture," said Naomi Oreskes, a science historian at the University of California, San Diego.

[bigwalling]

GOD DAMNIT GOD DAMNIT were all fucked GOD DAMNIT GOD DAMNIT

[catbirdseat]

Is it surprising that a senator would glom onto that one scientist in a thousand who still has doubts about Global warming as long as it supports his world view? Oklahoma is still an oil-producing state, although it's glory days are long over.

[foraker]

Now now, he's just being a good little apparatchik.

[cj001f]

Now now, he's just being a good little apparatchik.

Speaking of revolutionaries, where's KK to weigh in?

[minx]

After reading a couple different articles recently on the causes of global warming and "greenhouse" gasses, it appears that cars contribute less than 30% of the offensive fumes. industry seems to be the major culprit.

 

when will we pour more resources into cleaner manufacturer technologies? why not do as europe does and cap the amount of emissions an industry can contribute? why not change the focus from cars to overall energy consumption and emissions.

 

**please note: i'm not suggesting we should all run out and get giant SUVs. lower pollution at all possible opportunities**

Edited October 10, 2005 by minx

[Cobra_Commander]

Speaking of revolutionaries, where's KK to weigh in?

 

busy choosing between "you liberals", "the libs", "the dems", "typical dems", "typical libs" to start his sentence.

[foraker]

how can you get tougher on industry when you

a) gut the EPA?

b) gut the laws the EPA was meant to enforce?

c) have industries writing laws applying to them?

d) actively work to let polluting industries "self-regulate"?

 

But, oh, that's right....Nixon started the EPA. I love how they trot that one out as if it's some sort of shiny gold star they can place next to their environmentalist credentials.

[fear_and_greed]

The greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people is Bush.

[TrogdortheBurninator]

There actually is a small NSF push looking at EBDM (Environmentally Benign Design and Manufacture). As of now, this is a relatively small research area, but hopefully also one that will grow. Many companies, have adopted significantly greener practices in the US, however it is their sister facilities in developing nations that require considerably more stringent requirements. This is a global phenomena, and aside from blaming the US' significantly larger auto use, I do no not think our domestic manufacturing organizations are the cheif culprit you implied in you statement.