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Global warming is a hoax

Russell , someone from a rural area i thought would have more sense, becauses i figured you liked the mountains and the outdoors.
The Rocky mountain Pine beetle is killing alot of Lodgepole pine in Utah and Colorado.
What kills the Pine Beetle? COLD WINTER WEATHER and we are not having the winters to kill the beetle so they are killing the forest.

So enough with all this conservation and attempts at cleaning up our air...

Every day on KSL radio Sean Hannity repeats the "global warming hoax" mantra. Whereas at the last University of Utah commencement Nobel Prize winner Mario Capecchi reaffirmed the reality of global warming and its fix - reduction in CO2 emissions. Are you saying I should believe Hannity over Capecchi? You've got to be kidding.

Well then, if someone from Nephi said it in a letter to the editor, it must be true. Forget about all those scientists!

People who continue to deny the fact that global warming exists are fools! And this letter writer is a good example of that! When will people start waking up? 100+ degree weather this summer in Utah? Are you kidding me? I've lived here 30+ years and have never experience a summer like this before. The evidence is overwhelming. The only reason why the naysayers are saying no is because they hate Al Gore and that is the only reason to even attempt to debunk global warming because it came from Al Gore. Scientists for decades have warned us about global warming, long before Al Gore got on the green bandwagon. He did not invent the idea. Give me a break. Typical conservative stupidity!

Basically, if we hadn't had global warming, we'd still be in an Ice Age with glaciers covering the planet. The question now is..how much impact does Human activity have on the change..based on temperature readings since the 1800's ..very little, if any! For my part, I believe the global warming scare is another "DDT"/"End of the World" scam.

Global warming is a hoax....It's just a ruse to get a global carbon tax imposed on the peoples of the world.

Global Warming is a hoax...It's just a ruse to impose a global carbon tax on the peoples of the world.

So what do conservatives like Russell aim to conserve anyway?

That comment reflects your lack of scientific understanding. No worries mate, very few others demonstrate much thought on this page.

Regardless of the evidence that weather is changing (and the idea that change is new), CO2 has not been successfully (scientifically) tied to the changes we've seen (I know it�s hard to believe based on what we hear).

It has been stated and argued that "all things being equal" an increase in CO2 will cause an increase in temperature. However, the atmospheric feedback mechanisms involved, whether positive or negative, are under-studied and not understood. See publications by climatologist Dr. Roy Spencer for clarification.

The most impressive erroneous belief, held by many scientists and laymen alike, is the idea that we are approaching a tipping-point or a �point of no return.� This conclusion is based on a numeric model (singular within the IPCC report) and assumed �climate sensitivity� variables. See a recent, peer-reviewed publication by Lord Monckton of Brenchley for a thorough analysis of this portion of the IPCC report.

This is GOOD NEWS, folks.

I will go with the Majority of scientists on this issue. Stop the ignorance and educate yourself- at least respect the earth and try to do your part in keeping the air and water clean

Oh brother.
Yet another wacked-out Limbaughite spouting partisan party BS.

Are you related to the Bender on Futurama? I'm betting on it!

This writer accuses Al Gore of making a bundle on perpetuating public acceptance of the science behind global warming. But haven't the oil companies made a bundle too in denying global warming, defeating fuel efficiency standards in cars, and making us more dependent on oil? Haven't George Bush and Dick Cheney profited (their investments, retirement funds, etc.) from setting policies that keep America dependent on oil? Haven't the oil companies made a bundle on a resource that pollutes the air and funds terrorists, Mideast oil barrons, and Venesuela? What's worse -- believing in global warming OR sticking with the status quo that profits some, but threatens America's security and quality of life?

Hey Ron- the Pine Beetle is more prevelant in southern states like GA, MS, AL, FL, SC, etc. These are areas that may get a hard freeze every 5 years. It's not global warming that helps the beetles. It's enviros that enact legislation to keep foresters from thinning the dead pine trees that helps grow the beetle population.

The real bundle is made by the oil companies. They had record profits last quarter. They are certainly not concerned with driving the US economy into the ground. I prefer to drive less, buy less gas and thumb my nose at the oil companies and the Saudi's.

Ron,
It's just part of the natural cycles that the earth has always gone through. Warming periods followed by cooling periods. Something to adjust to, not panic over, especially since man really has no control.

Yes, I filthier the air the better I like it.
Please, please, keep having large famlies, and do not try and make things on earth inhabitable for future generations.

Lets hurry and distroy the earth because we have our God given rights.

Global warming is all about control. Control of you and me. What a hoax.