WayneS

U.S. Energy Policy Deters Investors

I noticed I got three thumbs down for asking questions. I made no comments, no implications. I have never been skeptical of global warming, even when it was the consenses in the 70's that we were headed into the next ice age. Even the evil Exxon in the 80's said that there was global warming (I collect old maps and touring literature, etc. There I found Exxon's statements on need to reduce GHGs). Our government may be the skeptical ones as they have changed "global warming" to "climate change" since we are in a ten year cooling cycle. They need to cover all bases so as to stay in office.
My only opinion on this article is that the US should raise taxes on gasoline to match the other civilized countries. If nothing else, we would save lives and billions of dollars in preventable medical treatment.

U.S. Energy Policy Deters Investors

On Jun 30 02:05 PM Davewmart wrote:

> I was previously mildly sceptical of global warming, but in my view
> this is conclusive:
> sciencedaily.com/r...
> Correlation does not prove causation, of course, but a one-for-one
> correlation between CO2 levels and temperature over hundreds of thousands
> of years mean that you would have to make some pretty spectacular
> assumptions to get to a conclusion that temperatures are unlikely
> to rise this time is step with CO2 concentrations.

But, what is causing the rise of CO2?
Cutting down the rain forest, etc.
Volcanic activity
Burning of fossil fuels
Burning of biofuels
Normal cycle
It's not.
All of the above
What is the cause of "bad" global warming?
CO2
Hole in the ozone
Sunspots (all of the other planets are also heating up)
Cleaning up smog in the 70's
It's not
All of the above.

ExxonMobil's Supreme Test in the Current Global Environment

Exxon also spent a lot of time and money on "alternative energy" in the 80's besides Reliance Electric.
Solar power, wind power, hybrid cars, electric cars, using ethanol in vehicles, hydrogen motors, motors running on water, coal gasification, coal liquification, etc, etc. These things are re-invented every 20 years.
Efficiency is the only answer. We waste the majority of the energy we use.