In Quotes: Road to Copenhagen - November 04, 2009
In December this year, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will descend on Copenhagen to wrangle over the details of a new global climate deal — a potential successor to the Kyoto Protocol. See Nature’s Road to Copenhagen special for more coverage.
“Icebergs are melting in the Arctic. In Africa, people become refugees because their environment has been destroyed. We need an agreement on one objective: Global warming must not exceed 2 degrees Celsius.”
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urges Congress to act on climate change during a visit to Washington (CNN).
“All of us agreed that it is imperative for us to redouble our efforts in the weeks between now and the Copenhagen meeting to assure that we create a framework for progress in dealing with potential ecological disaster.”
US President Barack Obama comments after meeting Merkel (AFP).
“None whatsoever.”
James Inhofe, Republican Senator and global warming skeptic, comments on what impact Merkel’s speech might have on the US debate (AFP).
“With the strong leadership of the United States we can indeed make an agreement.”
Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission President, says a meeting with US President Barack Obama has filled him with confidence (BBC).
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A Denier’s Plea to Global Warming and Climate Change and CO2 Theory Believers:
SAVE THE PLANET you say? The end of the world is kind of the last bullet in anyone’s bag of threats don’t you think? What’s worse than death? You can’t raise the stakes after threatening us with death of the planet Earth. You are all in here Buddy. You have bet everything, the house and the farm. There is no going back now as you are: All in! You better show us a crisis soon because cooling trumps predicted warming every time and this public belief in this mistake can’t last much longer. History says fear is always a temporary motivator so this CO2 theory is not sustainable for another 23 years.
The validity of Climate Change is heading for a cliff because we know you doomers CAN’T come through with the goods like you global warmers said you would, a promise of climate crisis. And suggesting bad weather is climate change is foolishly transparent and worn out and it’s been 23 years of that childishness. Stop this insanity now and we deniers demand the IPCC renounce this theory and work on a new generation energy development.
The smoggy 70’s are gone, Rachel Carson Rules and now is the time to put this CO2 mistake aside so we can all come together to protect, preserve and respect our planet and face the future of progress with some dignity, not this fearing the unknown, assuming the worst and fighting a non existent enemy of climate change.
It’s not so far fetched to suggest that the likes of Al Gore and David Suzuki could be charged for intentionally holding our countries needlessly on a collision course with death for almost a quarter century.
Let it go people, let it go.
Posted by: Meme MIne | November 4, 2009 07:52 PM