Comments on: A Glacier Meltdown – The Himalayas and climate science.

By: Meyer Lemons

Meyer Lemons — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:02:55 +0000

So you would agree that if a volcano occurs that was not assuming and incorporated into the IPCC models, we could be in deeper trouble that we think. When normal people face risks like this, they buy insurance. Deniers don’t even want to do that. It is 2010. The clock is ticking. Greenhouse gas emissions have to be stabilized by 2015. http://www.global-warming-forecasts.com/2015-climate-change-global-warming-2015.php The earth is warming faster than previously predicted. We are way behind schedule on this. What can you do to stop global warming? Write, phone and email:

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By: admin

admin — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:01:24 +0000

Actually, a volcano doesn’t do that much. Do a search on this site for “volcano” and read the posts.

By: Scentsy Bricks

Scentsy Bricks — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:48:20 +0000

It’s a good thing that prehistoric geology always points to a regulation of earth’s temperatures.

A volcano eruption puts more in the atmosphere than all the calls that ever existed combined. Yet, we’re still able to regulate. Thank you Earth, you know what is going on and will fix this yourself once again.

However, I do think we should be responsible stewards. I just think this is all overblown.

By: Is It Getting Warmer? » Bill Nye calls deniers ‘unpatriotic’

Is It Getting Warmer? » Bill Nye calls deniers ‘unpatriotic’ — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:38:07 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:13:36 +0000

Tom – I believe that you are correct. There is no reward for mainstream media to discuss a story that doesn’t incite their readers to get worked up.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:44:00 +0000

“An excellent opinion in the Wall Street Journal. It is absolutely amazing that there are so few media companies that try to get the story straight.”

Sean,

If it was just global warming–or whatever it’s being called this month–that so few media companies try to get straight I would find it much less disturbing than the situation as it is. And many of the print media outlets are seemingly oblivious to the idea that the fact that more and more of their readers no longer believe they can be trusted to ‘get it right’ may be contributing to the decline in their circulation and the number of their readers.

“Knowing” something about a particular topic that is not really true can be more dangerous than not knowing anything about that topic.

It seems to me as if being on the “right” (politically correct?) side of a story has become of greater importance than getting the story right for a large part of the media–print as well as broadcast.

It is as if ‘truth’ and ‘reality’ have become interpretive variables that gain or lose validity as the number of “true believers” increases or decreases.

The truth is the fulcrum upon which incidental untruths and downright lies can be balanced.