Why carbon 'cap-and-trade' is an immoral
non-solution to a non-problem

. "We cannot afford to wait. Further delay will greatly increase the costs of making necessary emissions cuts and will risk locking in irreversible climate change." The "Report" says: "The scientific consensus is clear: Global 'warming' is real, and it is already happening. While nobody can be certain about the exact timing or location of its consequences, the possible severity of those consequences is becoming increasingly clear. Allowing greenhouse gas emissions to increase unchecked is an invitation to catastrophe. The potential consequences of warming include widespread famine, triggered by extreme drought in the major grain-producing areas of the world; the wholesale disappearance of the world's coral reefs; and sea levels rising by several meters over the course of a few centuries." The "Report" concludes that we must act now to avoid "catastrophic climate change".
Climate Change Perspective for policy-makers by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

To read the rest of Lord Monckton's article, please go to:The Cost and Futility of Trading Hot Air

http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/monckton/cost_and_futility_of_trading_hot_air.html

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Observed climate change in Colorado
Written by Robert Ferguson
Monday, 28 April 2008
Annual temperature: The historical time series of statewide annual temperatures in Colorado begins in 1895. Over the entire record, there has been an upward trend, which has resulted in temperatures in the early 21st century being about 2ºF warmer than temperatures 100 years ago. Despite this long-term rise however, the record continues to be largely dominated by annual and decadal-scale variability. The run of recent warm years comes on the heels of a period of falling temperatures that extended from the early 1940s through the early 1980s. Previous to then, temperatures warmed rapidly from the 1910s through the 1930s, long before high levels of industrial CO2 emissions. The highest annual average statewide temperature was observed in 1934.
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Observed climate change in Utah
Written by Robert Ferguson
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Annual temperature: The historical time series of statewide annual temperatures in Utah begins in 1895. Over the entire record, there has been an upward trend, which has resulted in temperatures in the early 21st century being about 2ºF warmer than temperatures 100 years ago. Despite this long-term rise however, the record is largely dominated annual and decadal-scale variability. The run of recent warm years comes on the heels of a period of relatively steady temperatures that extended from the early 1950s through the early 1980s. Previous to then, temperatures warmed rapidly from the 1910s through the 1940s. The highest annual average statewide temperature was observed in 1934.
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Observed Climate Change and Negligible Global Effect of Greenhouse-gas Emission Limits in Wyoming
Written by Robert Ferguson
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
Annual temperature: The historical time series of statewide annual temperatures in Wyoming begins in 1895. Over the entire record, there has been an upward trend, which has resulted in temperatures in the early 21st century being about 2ºF warmer than temperatures 100 years ago. Despite this long-term rise however, the record is largely dominated by annual and decadal-scale variability. The run of recent warm years comes on the heels of a period of falling temperatures that extended from the early 1950s through the early 1980s. Previous to then, temperatures warmed rapidly from the 1910s through the 1930s. The highest annual average statewide temperature was observed in 1934.
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