Cooling the Commonwealth
Making Virginia a Leader in Global Warming Solutions
Making Virginia a Leader in Global Warming Solutions
Date: 6/13/2007
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00pm
Location: George Mason University Fairfax Campus
Johnson Center Cinema
Fairfax, VA
Join professors, elected officials, business people, leading environmentalists, activists and citizens like you as we discuss the problem of and solutions to global warming in Virginia. The Commonwealth needs to become part of the global warming solution by embracing innovation, conservation and alternatives to fossil fuels. Come enjoy our diverse line-up of speakers and panel discussion with questions from the audience.
Invited speakers include:
Mike Tidwell - Founder and director of Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Writer/Journalist/Film maker
Dr. Jagadish Shukla - Professor and Chair, GMU Climate Dynamics and IPCC member
Al Weed - Chairman, Public Policy Virginia and Co-Founder Virginia Wineries Association
Gerry Connolly - Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County Virginia
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5 comments:
There are two reasons I find it hard to take people who worry about global warming seriously. The first is that too many of you assume you have proof both that global warming is occuring and that global warming is caused by man. You have no such proofs.
The second is that you come up with these complicated solutions that would purportly solve the problem. If burning fossil fuels is causing a problem, then tax fossil fuels. When something costs more, people look for alternatives. They don't have to have a particulat alternative shoved down their throats. Nobody likes to waste their money.
What is the point of a conference so some people can MAKE other people do something? Why must there be conferences and elaborate "solutions?" Perhap the reason is some people just love bossing other about and global warming is a good excuse.
There's vast scientific evidence that global warming is both taking place AND is being caused by humans. Your comment on that point is simply insane.
On the second point, I agree that there should be a hefty tax on fossil fuels, or better yet on carbon.
First, the science is clear - global warming is happening, we're the cause, and we have a limited time to do something about it before the situation gets much worse. If you choose to argue we should do nothing, fine, but don't make stuff up about "no such proof."
Second, I'm amazed at how many people who claim to be so angered by global warming appear to be such avid readers of this blog. They're called trolls. I may need to get myself a big billy goat gruff.
Third, conservatives want to tell us who we can marry, what a woman can do to her body, and what cells scientists can research, but it's liberals who like to boss people around?
On a side note. Even if you believed there was not scientific proof that global warming is happening or caused by man, what is so bad about reducing pollution. It is pretty obvious that more cars on the road, more trees cut down and more trash thrown out equals worse pollution. I know for sure that there is no scientific evidence that pollution is good.
Consider what you are being asked to believe. The climate of the earth changes. We have only been studying the earth's climate with decent scientific instruments for a short time. However, we know from historical records that our ancestors experienced considerable climate variation.
At one time time, for example, people use to live in Greenland. If the present the present trend continues, we may be able to resettle Greenland -- for awhile.
The earth climate changes on its own. We do not know the cycle and we do not know the cause. Can your experts explain this variation? No, they cannot. Then why should anyone take their hyperbolic panic over global warming seriously?
We do have environmental issues. DDT, acid rain, smog, the widespread destruction of wildlife habitats are examples. Honey bees are dying in droves, and we are still trying to figure out why. What do we do with all our garbage including some highly toxic wastes? We have lots of real and serious issues. I don't deny that.
Unfortunately, we also have limited resources. We know from experience that when the government starts mandating centralized economic controls, such measures create havoc in our economy. People even starve. So we should not push for such controls for without good reason, and global warming does not cut it as a good reason. The evidence does not exists that supports the theory.
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