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visit my web site at http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon My ICQ# is 79071904 for a precise list of the powers of the Federal Government linkto: http://www.voicenet.com/~wbacon/Enumerated.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 12:20:23 -0800 (PST) From: neo mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: prop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ctrl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ctrl] 'Global-warming' experts 'Global-warming' experts ripped for heating planet Scientists at climate conference blasted for their own ecology-damaging travel --------------------------------- Posted: December 19, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern � 2003 WorldNetDaily.com One of the scientists at this year's "global warming" conference in San Francisco is blasting his fellow researchers for their frequent-flying habit, which he says is heating up the planet even more. Global conferences lead to 'global warming'? Over 10,000 experts attended the meeting of the American Geophysical Union, but their travel to the event released more than 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to Lawrence Plug, who studies permafrost at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. "The typical round-trip travel for an AGU attendee last year was almost 8,000 kilometers," Plug said, according to the British journal Nature. Plug and an undergraduate student estimate each expert released 0.16 kilograms of carbon dioxide for each kilometer traveled by air, making every delegate responsible for almost 1.3 tons of the so-called "greenhouse gas." Though just a tiny fraction of carbon-dioxide emissions from humans, each scientist's contribution for the single meeting was said to equal one-sixteenth of the average American's yearly emissions. "Scientists traveling to meetings are a part of the market that drives the number of flights scheduled," Plug said, reported Nature. "We should have more awareness than everyone else in the market. Personally, I think it makes me more culpable." While fellow experts agreed with Plug's assertion, they said they'd still attend future conferences due to the invaluable nature of "face-to-face scientific exchange." "Maybe I'm not doing the right thing by weighing my convenience over the greater good," said Peter Selkin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. "I think it's a little better to drive if you have two people in a fuel-efficient car, but I don't always have a whole day to do it." Ironically, Plug's claims come on the heels of a summer report in which an international team of atmospheric scientists concluded pollution actually protects the planet from global warming. To help mitigate the environmental damage from the air travel, Plug suggested preserving a portion of the Amazon rainforest each year. Others lobbied for "virtual conferencing," where meetings could be held electronically, rather than in person. Related stories: Pollution fights 'global warming'? Shaky science behind save-rainforest effort The human cost of rainforest cause Related offers: You've been Amazon.conned! "GREEN WITH ENVY: Exposing radical environmentalists' assault on Western civilization" --------------------------------- E-mail to a Friend Printer-friendly version NEWS: --------------------------------- Stem-cell cloning bill to become law Sunday? Bush hero of Iraq, claims Saudi columnist Man faces death for car sticker Paul Bremer survived assassination attempt Japan to buy missile defenses from U.S. COMMENTARY: --------------------------------- The Clinton's real legacy By David Limbaugh So many complaints! By Kyle Williams The real Saint Nicholas By Jerry Falwell --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
