Global Warming Legislation in the Face of Record Cold Snap

If global warming is a true crisis? It is so bloody true we are on the verge of destroying our own existance. Stick your head a little further up your rectum and you could be safe when we reach the point in the near future (and I mean REALLY near) when we are all dying from the extremes in the weather we have created.

I think science is supporting the fact that the earth is as a whole is growing warmer; especially in the arctic studies where the effects of even a slightly higher temperature seem to stand out more.

Science also shows that greenhouse gasses from whatever their cause have the potential and ability to raise temperatures on the earth. The contention is whether or not the gasses caused by man are the only thing causing this rise in temperature, or if it is mostly due to a natural cycle. It seems like even if it could be proved it was part of a natural cycle, our contributions on top of it can’t be helping.

I live in Massachusetts and this has been the warmest, mildest winter I or anyone I’ve talked to ever remembers. I have never been able to consistently be outside in my shorts and T-shirt for as long and as many times as this year. There were several weekends in December where if I wasn’t a human being and knew the date by the calendar, I would have said it was late May. The buds on the trees were coming out, and the crocuses were starting. This though, was caused by El Niño, the weather people are saying. Take heart; as I write this it is miserable winter again. The wind is blowing and it’s about 15 degrees out.

The real issue is of course is the last question of the news article:

These political moves seem to just be a way for politicians to give the illusion that they are “doing something about it.” I would be much more interested in a slow, deliberate move towards other energy sources to remove our dependence on foreign oil, and at the same time reduce the greenhouse gasses which are not so good for other pollution reasons anyway. Taxing the oil companies may make our energy costs go up. The only thing good about that is it could create a greater will in every person with scientific capability to perhaps develop a new or better energy source. (Who is John Galt?)

Real hot story today--pun wasn't intended, but i think that's pretty good for doing it by accident--the UN climate panel (in a report that was criticized before it came out for being too meek) reports there's a '90% certainty that the burning of fossil fuels and other human activities are driving climate change.'

PDF link to the report's summary

Hillary wants those profits, as she said. Since Hillary is always right, those profits must not really belong to big oil and all of their shareholders.