Showing posts with label EGR. Show all posts
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Global Warming Revisited

"Countries around the world, especially advanced economies, are stepping up their efforts to fight global warming. However, their action has not been enough ..." ~ Korea Times

An Interview with Ennyman
Question one: Are scientists in agreement that global warming is in fact occuring?
Answer: No
Question: Was there some global warming from sixties to somewhere in near past?
Answer: Yes, there was apparently some measurable global warming.
Question: Have there been periods of global warming in the past in human history?
Answer: Plenty, none of them related to greenhouse gases produced by man.
Question: So global warming and cooling is normal in earth history?
Answer: Yes.
Question: If melting polar icecaps were due to greenhouse gases, how does this explain the melting polar ice caps on Mars?
Answer: It would appear to be due to another phenomenon... maybe solar flares? Scientists do not know for sure.
Question: Then why do scientists want to mess with the atmosphere here on earth the way they have been messing with turning food crops into fuel crops (ethanol)? Could it be due to lobbysists who work for companies who stand to profit from such an adventure?
Answer: I do not know.
Question: Is Global Warming a true threat or Politically Correct?
Answer: The hysteria seems unfounded, but those who are not in agreement with the Politically Correct stance seem to be objects of scorn and vilification.
Question: What would Mark Twain say about all this?
Answer: Be afraid of the politicians.
Question: Is the Green Movement bad?
Answer: Of course not. I am totally against the irresponsible rape and pillage of Planet Earth. But the hysteria that the world is coming to an end because people drive big cars is a bit overboard. The smokestacks of Pittsburgh disappeared 100 years ago. And diesel engines are 98% cleaner than fifteen years ago… with EGR (Engine Gas Recirculation) and other advances, vehicles will get cleaner still.
Question: So you are saying that technical advances have been making a difference?
Answer: Factually, yes.
Question: Then why the hysteria?
Answer: Ask who benefits from global warming hysteria….
Question: Are you an authority on these matters?
Answer: No, I just read widely and with a fair measure of skepticism. The world is a mess right now, on many fronts, and I believe global warming should be the least of our concerns. But I'm just one voice... and I am grateful we still live in a land where free speech is theoretically a constitutional right.

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