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Re: Nuclear Power Des NOT Need Gobal Warming Hoax!
John S,
1, Extensive data on global warming is available at www.oism.org/pp and at
the past DDP meetings available there and on tapes from www.oism.org/ddp and
22nd annual mting 6/26/04 (hourlong discussions and QA by Baliunas and
Soon). Call
(520)325-2680 for San Diego reservations, if you want an excuse to visit a
balmy climate.
2. "Day After Tomorrow" should be seen as pure fiction, like all other
movies, even "documentaries", according to a Hollywood mogul who favors
Kyoto and was on TV today.
I have questioned many climatologists, NONE of whom believes human action
like CO2 release affects climate significantly. Limestone holds millions of
times what we could release. Himalaya uprising and erosion CO2 release may
be an example of nature vs puny humanity.
Radiation exposure is similarly controlled largely by nature, and we depend
on you HPs to keep man-made sources at beneficial doses.
Howard Long
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From: <John_Sukosky@dom.com>
To: <RuthWeiner@AOL.COM>; "Howard Long" <hflong@pacbell.net>
Cc: <radsafe@list.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: Nuclear Power Des NOT Need Gobal Warming Hoax!>
>
> Ruth and Howard,
>
> What makes you so sure this is a hoax? There's some basic science support
> global warming. Here's an excerpt from a CNN article on the new Day After
> Tomorrow movie reporting how science currently weighs in on climate change
> theories. A few quick quotes from the article: "Few scientists dispute
> evidence the world is warming", "There is no doubt that humans are
warming
> the planet, says Dr. Jeffrey Severinghaus, a geoscience researcher at the
> Scripps Institution of Oceanography" and "but even skeptical scientists
> concede humans are probably driving some of the rising temperatures".
This
> article also promotes nuclear power as means to change the global warming
> equation. Well, I guess both of you have seen some strong evidence that
> shows otherwise. If so, I'd be interested in what it is.
>
> John M. Sukosky, CHP
> Dominion
> Surry Power Station
> (757)-365-2594 (Tieline: 8-798-2594)
>
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/05/27/weather.movie/index.html
>
> Science weighs in
>
> As the movie becomes more politicized, what are scientists saying?
>
> "The consensus is probably that humans are having an effect on the climate
> that is marginally detectable," says Alabama professor Christy, adding
that
> other scientists believe the evidence is stronger.
>
> He says that the catastrophic consequences of climate change are
debatable,
> particularly how much humans have a hand in it.
>
> "The majority of scientists would lean toward the middle range of
> prediction," forecasting a 5 degree Fahrenheit rise over the next 100
> years, says Christy.
>
> Few scientists dispute evidence the world is warming.
>
> Eleven of the warmest years on record have occurred since 1990, according
> to the Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
>
> Sea levels have risen 0.3 to 0.7 feet over the last century along with a
> 0.4- to 0.8-degree Celsius rise in average global temperatures, reported
> the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a United Nations committee.
> During that time, the concentrations of greenhouse gases such as methane
> and carbon dioxide have reached their highest levels in 420,000 years NASA
> climatologists reported.
>
> "There is no doubt that humans are warming the planet," says Dr. Jeffrey
> Severinghaus, a geoscience researcher at the Scripps Institution of
> Oceanography. "That's very clear now. The data is very strong. Humans are
> changing the climate and we're expected to change it a lot more in the
> future."
>
> Severinghaus, who studies gas bubbles in ancient glaciers, says the
> possibility of an abrupt change -- while unlikely -- is grim.
>
> A worse-case scenario over the next 200 years could lead to shifts in
> historical climate patterns, devastating agriculture in developing
> countries, says Severinghaus. Flooding from rising sea levels -- depending
> on the extent of polar melting -- would threaten low-lying islands and
> coastal cities.
>
> The study commissioned by the Pentagon also suggested that destabilizing
> effects from rapid climate change could spark wars between developing
> countries vying for food and fresh water and were "a U.S. national
security
> concern."
>
> Future fallout
> The biggest schism in the scientific community comes over how to interpret
> the warming data, but even skeptical scientists concede humans are
probably
> driving some of the rising temperatures.
>
> Dorothy Hall, a glacier researcher with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
> in Maryland, says data on how human activity affects climate is
incomplete.
>
> "Humans are probably enhancing a natural global warming that started at
the
> end of the 'Little Ice Age' in 1850," she says, referring to a historical
> period of colder climate between 1300 AD to about 1800 AD.
>
> Research over time will be needed to precisely gauge the extent of climate
> change. Some researchers say they are not concerned just yet.
>
> Christy says climate models are "over-predicting." Energy innovations in
> the coming years -- from nuclear power to burying carbon dioxide
> underground -- may change the climate equation.
>
> But others point out the dire consequences of ignoring the potential for
> global warming.
>
> "It's like your house burning down," says Severinghaus. "You don't think
> your house is burning down, but you go ahead and buy fire insurance."
>
> CNN intern Josh Wilcox contributed to this story.
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Subject: Re: Nuclear
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> 05/27/04 11:38 AM
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> thank you Howard!!
>
> Ruth
>
> RuthF. Weiner, Ph. D.
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