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karen roseme
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san diego
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Apr 15, 2014 - 09:49am PT
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Climate Efforts Falling Short, U.N. Panel Says
In a report unveiled here, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that decades of foot-dragging by political leaders had propelled humanity into a critical situation, with greenhouse emissions rising faster than ever. Though it remains technically possible to keep planetary warming to a tolerable level, only an intensive push over the next 15 years to bring those emissions under control can achieve the goal, the committee found.
The intergovernmental panel warned that the longer countries delayed aggressive action, the more difficult it would be to limit global warming to the level that the international community has agreed to, namely a rise in the global average temperature of no more than 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (2 degrees Celsius) above the preindustrial level.
Scientists fear that exceeding that level could produce drastic effects, such as the collapse of ice sheets, a rapid rise in sea levels, difficulty growing enough food, huge die-offs of forests, and mass extinctions of plant and animal species.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/science/earth/un-climate-panel-warns-speedier-action-is-needed-to-avert-disaster.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Apr 17, 2014 - 03:27pm PT
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Aren't we missing over a thousand posts on this thread? What coward erased their presence?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Apr 17, 2014 - 04:33pm PT
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25k + and sketchy still thinks it's about todays local weather
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 17, 2014 - 08:42pm PT
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Aren't we missing over a thousand posts on this thread?
I'm too lazy to go back and look. Did Ed get that fed-up? Naw, I doubt it.
Who would be that embarrassed by their past posts?? Is Sketch next?
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Apr 27, 2014 - 03:08pm PT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Apr 27, 2014 - 05:59pm PT
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The truth of the matter really ticks some off ,aye ,Bruce.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Cant you keep your dirty laundry north of the border?
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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A new study has found that ethanol use in Sao Paolo increases smog.
Switch from gasoline to ethanol linked to higher ozone levels
"The researchers got fuel-sale information to track consumption trends from 2009 to 2011. Government officials provided data from Sao Paulo’s network of air monitoring stations. The researchers also examined meteorological data and traffic information to take account of other factors that may influence the pollution readings.
The authors said they were “very surprised” to see that ozone concentrations got worse as ethanol use rose. That might be because gasoline produces more nitrogen dioxide emissions, Geiger said. At certain high levels, nitrogen dioxide combines with hydroxyl radicals, a short-lived type of atmospheric chemical that cleans the troposphere of ozone, among other pollutants.
However, gasoline caused other problems, the researchers found: When that fuel became more popular, emissions of carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide rose. (The authors did not study other pollutants, such as fine particles, which are a focus of their next study.
Geoff Cooper, senior vice president of research and analysis at the Renewable Fuels Assn., an industry group based in Washington, said the Sao Paulo results were not applicable to the U.S.
“Vehicles in the U.S. must comply with emissions controls requirements that are different (and more stringent) than Brazil,” he said in an email. “Further, the ethanol blend levels examined in the study are unique to Brazil and are not approved in the U.S. Finally, urban ozone formation occurs from rather complex photochemistry that is influenced by a number of factors unique to local climates.”
Salvo acknowledged the differences but said “there’s no reason to think this concern about ozone isn’t worth exploring in communities with blended fuel,” such as the U.S."
Finally, urban ozone formation occurs from rather complex photochemistry that is influenced by a number of factors unique to local climates.”
What, they have a different sun in Sao Paolo?
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Yall deniers need to study this. Thanks for the laugh ,DMT
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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You have that y'all ....down
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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mornin' chef you're hilarious when you're wrong.
HAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA....HAAA
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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It's Gold! Chef, Gold I tell you!
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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nice.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Obama says the Guvment can save us
got a source for that one?
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Understanding of climate change and its impacts on our Nation continues to grow. This National Climate Assessment is a key step to further expand the knowledge base in ways that are immediately relevant and useful to business owners, resource managers, public health officials, and community leaders who are living and working on the front lines of climate change.
I couldn't find the part where:
Obama says the Guvment can save us.
I'm sure Sketch can drum up a quote.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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The 'ol 'do your own research' dodge is your strong suit, you should stick with it.
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2014 - 11:55am PT
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From the Bee article:
Some fossil energy groups, conservative think tanks and Republican senators immediately assailed the report as "alarmist." Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Obama was likely to "use the platform to renew his call for a national energy tax."
Yes, The Cheif, just like I said in my OP, is the right-wing spin.
You're posting all these pictures of Gov't heads, but it's the scientists who are telling us we're in trouble.
Now go stick your finger back in the lake and tell us again how there's no drought in California.
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