This month, the executive branch of the United States government - "led'' in this case by William Clinton, Albert Gore, Bruce Babbitt, and Timothy Wirth - will, according to these individuals, agree to a treaty for mandatory international rationing of carbon dioxide production. In order to diminish opposition to this treaty, each of them is engaged in the dissemination of outright lies in the American media. "Secretary asks: Where have all the glaciers gone?'' by Bruce Babbitt, in the
Babbitt's tour blames the warming of the Earth that commenced 300 years ago on human carbon dioxide emissions even though he well knows that virtually all of that warming predated significant human carbon dioxide production and temperatures have been level to slightly cooler during the period of maximum carbon dioxide release.
Babbitt says, "The carbon dioxide spewed up over Charles Dickens' London and spread around the Earth still hovers above.'' In fact, the half-life of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 15 years as determined by carbon 14 tracer measurements of atmospheric nuclear test residues (see
Access to Energy 22-1, p 3). Charles Dickens died in 1870, so about [(100) - (100 / 210)] = 99.9% of the carbon dioxide released during his life has already been distributed to non-atmospheric locations, such as oceans and the tissues of plants and animals.Babbitt says, "To do nothing is to leave children and grandchildren locked in a car on a hot day with the windows sealed tight.'' Even the most extreme of the global warming gurus have not predicted conditions remotely comparable to this mythical car.
Babbitt compares scientists who oppose this treaty to people who claim that cigarettes are harmless. He lists tiny countries such as Bangladesh and Nigeria, which emit less than 1% as much carbon dioxide as the United States, as examples of countries that the treaty excludes - and makes no mention that it also excludes Red China, whose emissions will soon exceed those of the United States.
Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior of the United States, is a liar. He should be dismissed from office.
Meanwhile, Albert Gore says, "As far back as we can measure, CO
2 and temperature have gone up and down in lockstep'' (see The New American, December 8, 1997, p 14). There is not a shred of evidence to support this claim; moreover, there is a wealth of evidence showing it to be false. The temperature record of the past 3,000 years (see Access to Energy 25-3, p 2), for example, shows that the atmosphere during about two-thirds of those 3,000 years was warmer than it is today with five distinct warm eras. Yet, during all of those warm periods, carbon dioxide was lower than today.Albert Gore claims that tropical diseases are moving north because of global warming. He says, "A few years ago somebody got malaria in Detroit - a tropical, subtropical disease. In the month he got malaria, the average temperature was six full degrees warmer than the 30-year average for that month.'' Gore failed to mention that about two million children die of malaria each year because DDT, which saved more than 500 million lives before it was banned, is not available. He also omits mentioning that all of the warming in the past 300 years was less than ordinary fluctuations such as the 6º F in Detroit and that malaria is spread by mosquitoes, not temperature.
Gore calls those scientists who disagree with his claims about global warming "probably crazy,'' and, like Babbitt, falsely blames carbon dioxide emissions for glacier melting.
Revealing a little more of his agenda, Gore told a recent White House global warming conference (see
The New American, Novem-ber 24, 1997, p 9) that fighting "climate change'' will require more vigorous measures to curb the planet's human population.Albert Gore, Vice-President of the United States, is also a liar and should be removed from office.
Of Timothy Wirth, his often quoted statement speaks for itself: "We've got to ride the global warming issue. Even if the theory is wrong, we will be doing the right thing in terms of economic and environmental policy.'' President Clinton recently hosted 100 weather forecasters in the White House, urging them to sell global warming to their viewers. We suppose the pitch would be something like this: "There is an 70% chance of rain tomorrow and a 100% certainty that the President can forecast the weather 100 years from now.'' For examples of Clin-ton's lies, just tune in randomly to any speech he makes on virtually any subject. Even polls of his supporters indicate that the majority of them know that he is not truthful.
So, this gaggle of liars is going to ration your carbon dioxide emissions. Perhaps Population Reduction Al will want to include the carbon dioxide emitted when humans breathe.
In
The Wall Street Journal, November 13, 1997, p B7, John J. Fialka reports that the United States Energy Information Administration now predicts that the demand for energy will result in an increase of 34% in American carbon dioxide emissions above 1990 levels by 2010. The world percentage increase is expected to be much higher.Yet, President Clinton says he will sign a treaty mandating carbon dioxide emissions no higher (and probably lower) than 1990 levels. The United States Energy Department predicts that these mandatory limits will reduce American steel production by 20% and cause 100% of primary aluminum plants in the United States to close.
Most other American industries are expected to decrease production by amounts between these two percentages. The only way that world economic activity could avoid a devastating depression if this treaty passes would be for the closed industries in developed countries to be moved to China, Mexico, and other countries not covered by the treaty - where they will, of course, produce carbon dioxide.
Even if we did not have data thoroughly refuting the global warming myth (see
Access to Energy, November 1997), the flood of lies emanating from the Clinton Administration would make it obvious that their position cannot be supported by truthful statements.The potential worldwide effects of their dishonesty are devastating. If this treaty becomes law, a
lot of people are going to die.
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Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive Volume: Issues Issue/No.: Vol. 25, No. 4 Date: December 01, 1997 03:35 PM Title: Global Liars
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