Global Warming Scare tactics

Well, as liberal media use homeless stories to argue against opposition to welfare, etc...perhaps they will now do the same with global warming. They've found a tiny Pacific island, Tuval, that is supposedly sinking and whose residents believe that Kyoto is their last hope.

They claim that the most of the island is 6.5 ft above sea level and the sea is rising at an alarming rate of 0.08 inches year. That means that the most of the island will be underwater in a brief 975 years, with the entire island disappear in 2550 years. Will the headline in the NY Times in 4555 read: "Tuvalu disappears into sea. Blame centered on Bush for not signing Kyoto treaty in 2000).

Of course, the climate has changed hot and cold long before the burning of fossil fuels. Although I like to see nature preserved in the tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, global warming is junk science designed to promote a political agenda.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Islanders on tiny Tuvalu in the South Pacific last week saw the future of global warming and rising sea levels, as extreme high tides caused waves to crash over crumbling sea-walls and flood their homes.
"Our island is sinking together with our hearts," wrote Silafaga Lalua in Tuvalu News (www.tuvaluislands.com). Tuvalu is a remote island nation consisting of a fringe of atolls covering just 10 sq miles, with the highest point no more than 17 ft above sea level, but most a mere 6.5 ft. Global warming from greenhouse gas pollution is regarded as the main reason for higher sea levels, now rising about 2mm (0.08 in) a year, which could swamp low-lying nations such as Tuvalu and the Maldives in the Indian Ocean if temperatures keep rising.

On Feb. 16, a landmark U.N. pact to curb global warming comes into force. Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries are meant to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, largely from burning fossil fuels such as coal and oil in power plants, factories and cars, by an average 5.2 percent below 1990 levels during 2008-12.....

Reuters