New summer '08 hot spot: The North Pole
Today's open thread
New summer '08 hot spot: The North Pole
Forget Cape May -- the North Pole is looking like a nice spot for a sunset cruise these days:
For the first time in modern history, the North Pole may be iceless this summer. Scientists say it's an even bet that sea ice in the region will completely disappear in the next few months, perhaps as soon as August.
So you can understand the great sense of urgency that world leaders are applying to climate change:
RUSUTSU, Japan — Pledging to “move toward a low-carbon society,” leaders of the world’s richest nations on Tuesday endorsed the idea of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, but refused to set a short-term target for reducing the gases that scientists agree are warming the planet.
Uh:
Environmentalists, though, were harshly critical. Phil Clapp, an expert in climate change at the Pew Environmental Group who is here monitoring the talks, said the leaders had significantly weakened language they adopted last year at Heiligendamm.
“The emissions reduction goal is extremely weak,” Mr. Clapp said, because it aims to reduce emissions from current levels rather than 1990 levels, as the leaders proposed last year. He added, “The science shows that we have to reduce 80 to 90 percent from current levels to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.”
What would Ronald Reagan do?
It's the open thread, people. Who is the greater threat to mankind -- Obama, McCain, or Eaton? Discuss, and I'll see you tomorrow.
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The Pew Environmental Group may say the reduction goal is weak, but it is a start in the right direction.— Captain Awesome- BFD! It's not Obama, McCain or Eaton - It's you! And the millions of illogical, self-loathing, touchy-feely, well-intentioned, do-gooder socialist dolts like you who were proclaiming the coming ice-age twenty five years ago. If you people really want to save the planet you should go back to school and get a degree in some objective field like math, science or engineering and sharpen your spongy journalist faculties.— JC_in_WC
- Man up ET.— SteveMG
- Both McCain and Obama plan to reduce our carbon emissions. There are serious differences, though. Obama touts government funded Ethanol to run cars (which is less clean than fossil fuels) while McCain touts the longterm solution of a better battery for an electric car (with a generous government reward for the creator). Obama and McCain have a similar energy plan outside of that, except McCain recognizes the practical and carbon free use of nuclear could all but solve the problem on its own. Obama says he is not a proponent of nuclear energy. He should be. It is by far the best solution.— bon
- Is it just a coincidence that the area of the Arctic Ocean in which the ice is melting is directly above massive undersea volcanoes which were just discovered? Also, since CO2 levels are global, why is the Antarctic ice sheet growing?— legatus
- Lets see, 50 states plus Obama's 7 makes 57. Add Will's North Pole and we are now at 58. And lets just round up to 60 for purposes of trivial things like re-adjusting the flag and census taking. My sources at 400 North Broad St tell me that Will has finally made it to chapter two in his book.— shoeshineboy
What would Reagan do? Ronald Reagan would see that the "green" movement is just a disguise for a neo-Marxist, anti-American, anti-capitalist political philosophy, and he would kick it in the ass.— jmc- Comment removed.
- Will --- Any notes on this subject are incomplete without a quote from the nitwit from Oklahoma, Sen. Imhofe.— yobill626
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- Eaton is still being judged on last year's disaster. Through June, wasn't he leading the team in Quality Starts? The Bullpen really needed him to post 6-7 innings, but he had bupkis. Unfortunately, he's being paid like a #3 starter, but is no better than a #4.— yobill626
- ET don't you know that cold temperatures as well as hot temperatures and normal temperatures are all signs of global warming? In fact all temperatures are signs of global warming.— jwad56
- I have no problem with increases in nuclear, but it's hardly an end all be all. It won't have an impact on transportation fuels, and it will have little impact abroad as developing nations continue to require more fuel sources and either don't (or shouldn't) have the technology for nuclear energy. So we need other sources. I don't like ethanol either. It increases inflation and polution. Is it better than dependence on the ME for transportation fuels? At this point I'd say no, but that may change.— etotheb
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