Posts Tagged ‘carbon dioxide’

The announcement today by the EPA formally designating carbon dioxide (that dreaded CO2 monster) to be ‘harmful’ to the environment provides Obama another ‘tool’ at his disposal when attending the Global Climate Change treaty in Copenhagen next week to ‘fundamentally transform’ the use of energy as we have come to know it.  All this at a pending disastrous cost to our economy and our pocketbooks.  Well, to pique our short-term memories comes the following article, reminding us it wasn’t that long ago that the ‘experts’ were warning of a coming ‘ice age’.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/03/climate-science-gore-intelligent-technology-sutton.html

Problem is, unlike this trumpet that was being blown 35 years ago and nobody really taking it serious, the current ‘climate’ surrounding climate change has a much better and more dangerous chance of passing.  Will the leaked memos be enough to stop this freight train?  Will ‘cooler’ heads prevail before it is too late?  Time will tell but, in this person’s opinion, it will pass in one form or another so that all those ‘powers that be’ can be limo-ed back to their private jets and first class accommodations feeling better about themselves (you would think it is simply because they feel guilty of having it better than others) not to mention richer due to their ties with the emerging ‘green’ economy.

Since the House of Representatives passed their version of a cap and trade bill while ignoring the flood of calls and emails from their constituents to not do it, I thought it might behoove us to take a look at what comprises our atmosphere.  Is it possible that the “evil” CO2 is a major player?  Take a look at the link and decide for yourself:

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/ice_ages.html#anchor141728

And, for those of you who would rather see a pie chart breaking down the various elements that make up our atmosphere (and who wouldn’t want pie!):

http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/atmos_gases.html

Okay.  Now who wants another piece of pie?  Or, as Congress sees it: “another piece of the pie”.  What rational thinking person who has internet access and the ability to do the Google search on global warming can’t find the facts proving that this is just one huge money grab by our government in the name of “protecting the environment”?  Again, as I have submitted in a previous posting, what do we exhale and what is deemed the bain of the environment and the cause of global warming?  The answer: carbon dioxide.  Therefore, it stands to reason that, ultimately, we will need to stop exhaling in order to “save the planet”.  And, indeed that is what we are beginning to experience.  Between partial birth abortion and more states passing assisted suicide laws we are witnessing the eradication of our own species.  I guess that will solve the problem of CO2 emissions, once and for all!

Here is a link to an article stating that carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 2008 by 2.8 % which is the largest drop in 19 years.

http://www.newsmax.com/us/greenhouse_gases_drop/2009/05/21/216796.html

It attributes this to the economy; how people are driving less, producing less emissions.  Businesses are also producing less emissions as well because of layoffs and a decrease in consumption of goods.  I, on the other hand, have a much more logical (if not realistic) reason for this decrease: we are collectively “holding our breath” while waiting for the other shoe to drop, what with all this deficit spending and increased government intrusion (more commonly called regulation) and what that will mean for us long term.  As such, as anybody knows, when you hold your breath you don’t exhale.  The result of that is no carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere by millions and millions of people!  Well, it’s worth considering, isn’t it?  Come on now, admit it: it could be true (couldn’t it)?