Comments on: The DNC’s “Director Of Greening” and “Carbon Advisor” http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:59:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dominic Marcello http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-496190 Dominic Marcello Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:22:05 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-496190 <blockquote>"Mathematical proof that there is no “climate crisis” appears today in a major, <strong>peer-reviewed</strong> paper in Physics and Society, a learned journal of the 10,000-strong American Physical Society, SPPI reports. "</blockquote> This isn't true. The article has <strong>not been peer reviewed</strong>. Anyone who had actually bothered to READ it would have noticed this, as it says point blank on the first page it is not peer reviewed: "The following article has not undergone any scientific peer review, since that is not normal procedure for American Physical Society newsletters." Nor is it a major paper. Its an article in a newsletter written by a journalist.

“Mathematical proof that there is no “climate crisis” appears today in a major, peer-reviewed paper in Physics and Society, a learned journal of the 10,000-strong American Physical Society, SPPI reports. “

This isn’t true. The article has not been peer reviewed. Anyone who had actually bothered to READ it would have noticed this, as it says point blank on the first page it is not peer reviewed:
“The following article has not undergone any scientific peer review, since that is not normal procedure for American Physical Society newsletters.”

Nor is it a major paper. Its an article in a newsletter written by a journalist.

]]> By: B from Bloomington http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-475204 B from Bloomington Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:52:12 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-475204 Yeah, it's not perfect. It's my understanding that fluorescent bulbs have always contained mercury, so over the years many have gone into landfills. Here we are required to take all spent fluorescent bulbs to a recycling facility and pay 15 cents per bulb for proper disposal. I don't mind. But in Europe, the disposal fee is included in the price of the bulb, and the manufacturers are required to take care of recycling. That would be the better short term solution. Long term solution being research and production of safer bulbs. Clinton wants to word for R&D/clean energy jobs (among other things) to get the economy going, people working, and move the country toward energy self-sufficiency. With bo, doubt American companies would ever be required to be responsible for the products they produce... actually, bo pushed for legislation to make it harder to sue companies for products that result in injury. So, he most certainly is pro big business/big profits, and would not likely back a plan such as the one in Europe. And as you point out, he doesn't give a rat's ass about the environment or if people start glowing in the dark from radiation... probably considers it a plus, 'cause then we wouldn't need CFs! Yeah, it’s not perfect. It’s my understanding that fluorescent bulbs have always contained mercury, so over the years many have gone into landfills. Here we are required to take all spent fluorescent bulbs to a recycling facility and pay 15 cents per bulb for proper disposal. I don’t mind. But in Europe, the disposal fee is included in the price of the bulb, and the manufacturers are required to take care of recycling. That would be the better short term solution. Long term solution being research and production of safer bulbs. Clinton wants to word for R&D/clean energy jobs (among other things) to get the economy going, people working, and move the country toward energy self-sufficiency.

With bo, doubt American companies would ever be required to be responsible for the products they produce… actually, bo pushed for legislation to make it harder to sue companies for products that result in injury. So, he most certainly is pro big business/big profits, and would not likely back a plan such as the one in Europe.

And as you point out, he doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the environment or if people start glowing in the dark from radiation… probably considers it a plus, ’cause then we wouldn’t need CFs!

]]> By: JozefAL http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-474270 JozefAL Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:45:02 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-474270 How the hell did they measure Pluto's temperature to know whether or not it's "warmed up" ANY? I'd also like to know how we have the technology to determine that Pluto's temperature has warmed yet we're supposedly accepting 50-year-old "wisdom" that "climate more than two weeks ahead is impossible"? Regardless of what the Science and Public Policy Institute CLAIMS, I don't see that their "proof" has any more validity than what they attempt to refute. After going to their website and checking some of the names connected, I found that one name included the word "Republican" in his biography and another name mentioned "Margaret Thatcher" in his. This (to me, at least) suggests that the "Institute" is NOT as "[f]ree from affiliation to any corporation or political party" as it claims to be. How the hell did they measure Pluto’s temperature to know whether or not it’s “warmed up” ANY?
I’d also like to know how we have the technology to determine that Pluto’s temperature has warmed yet we’re supposedly accepting 50-year-old “wisdom” that “climate more than two weeks ahead is impossible”?
Regardless of what the Science and Public Policy Institute CLAIMS, I don’t see that their “proof” has any more validity than what they attempt to refute.
After going to their website and checking some of the names connected, I found that one name included the word “Republican” in his biography and another name mentioned “Margaret Thatcher” in his. This (to me, at least) suggests that the “Institute” is NOT as “[f]ree from affiliation to any corporation or political party” as it claims to be.

]]> By: The Real Hope http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-474003 The Real Hope Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:06:51 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-474003 LOL Uppity! LOL Uppity!

]]> By: Uppity Woman http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473824 Uppity Woman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:19:01 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473824 Al only has a 10,000 sq foot home. He has been known to fly on a private Gulfstream Jet, the kind that he would whack you over the head for using. In the year 2006, the Gore's kilowatt consumption was 191,000, with average consumption for a typical Nashville home of 15,500 kilowatts. Al only has a 10,000 sq foot home.

He has been known to fly on a private Gulfstream Jet, the kind that he would whack you over the head for using.

In the year 2006, the Gore’s kilowatt consumption was 191,000, with average consumption for a typical Nashville home of 15,500 kilowatts.

]]> By: Uppity Woman http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473793 Uppity Woman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:00:05 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473793 Ask Don Rumsfeld. Ask Don Rumsfeld.

]]> By: Uppity Woman http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473791 Uppity Woman Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:57:42 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473791 Really I think Kermit would make a better Green Candidate. Really I think Kermit would make a better Green Candidate.

]]> By: bart http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473782 bart Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:51:31 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473782 Whew! Monsanto. Wow. How about the company that sells genetically modified grain (to resist wheat blight, I think) and requires farmers to buy new grain every year? They sue if they THINK you've used post-harvest seeds. They sue if some of their wheat turns up in your fields even if you don't buy or plant their product. They want farmers to have to buy grain every year. And as you know, if you grow something, you can plant new seeds resulting from that growth. Unless you've got grain from Monsanto. Whew! Monsanto. Wow. How about the company that sells genetically modified grain (to resist wheat blight, I think) and requires farmers to buy new grain every year?

They sue if they THINK you’ve used post-harvest seeds. They sue if some of their wheat turns up in your fields even if you don’t buy or plant their product.

They want farmers to have to buy grain every year. And as you know, if you grow something, you can plant new seeds resulting from that growth.

Unless you’ve got grain from Monsanto.

]]> By: simanov http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473768 simanov Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:40:58 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473768 She has been appointed as Director of Anger Management. She has been appointed as Director of Anger Management.

]]> By: audacity http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/comment-page-1/#comment-473638 audacity Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:35:53 +0000 http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/18/the-dncs-director-of-greening-and-carbon-advisor/#comment-473638 she wrote an anti-obama piece. on her website. i thought the same. she wrote an anti-obama piece. on her website. i thought the same.

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