[Spridgets] OT - New cars & 'global warming' question

[Heard]

Well, I don't know if I would call 3146 out of 10,200 scientists a 'huge
majority', but regardless, that doesn't answer my initial question.  What
the hell is a 'Global Warming Score', how is it determined, by whom, and how
much is it costing me?

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From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry Daniels
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 8:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] OT - New cars & 'global warming' question

I'm not a climatologist so, much like nearly everybody who expresses an
opinion on this subject, I have no personal scientific knowledge of the
subject.  I can, however, read the opinions of those who are experts on
climate (climatologists).  It seems the huge majority of those most in the
know have a different opinion on this.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210532.htm



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From: "Jim Johnson" <bmwwxman at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 3:07 PM
Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] OT - New cars & 'global warming' question

You live in the Peoples Republic of Cauliflowernia apparently....

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2419/69/

As a life long meteorologist I hesitate to inform that not only are you
paying for this with your tax money, but this stupidity is going to be
perpetrated on the rest of us sooner rather than later.

I say this because the greenhouse gas which exists in the largest
concentration in the atmosphere is water vapor, not CO2. Significantly,
water vapor comprises 36 to 72% of the greenhouse gases while CO2 comprises
9 to 26%. The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere increases when
atmospheric temperatures increase. You do the math but what this means is
that we can't control atmospheric warming by controlling the relatively
smaller concentrations of CO2 at its present rate of increase. Moreover,
there is NO credible scientific evidence that what little warming there
might be is a result of man made increases in greenhouse gases.

This flies in the face of current hysteria over Anthropogenic Global Warming
(AGW). Believe what you wish...  You are going to pay for it whether its man
made or part of natural climate cycles because politicians aren't scientists
and because they have learned that AGW is a lucrative pursuit.

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Heard <heard at datatrontech.net> wrote:

> Was out browsing some new cars this past weekend at 3 different lots,
> Ford,
> Chevy, and Acura.  Noticed that all of the new cars now have a 'Global
> Warming' rating.  WTF is this and who decides?  Is my tax money supporting
> this?
>
>
>
> Heard
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