Yeah - Quote: One of Ronald Reagan's first acts as President was to disconnect the solar collectors that Carter had installed atop the White House. It was Mr. Reagan who said, "If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all." And, "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles." http://www.astrology3d.com/maya/energyfeb2001.htm BridgetAG wrote: ] Didn't Reagan say it was from volcanic explosions, or too many ] trees or something ludicrous like that? ] ] ] Dementia wrote: ] ] ] LONDON - In an astonishing announcement on global warming ] ] ] and extreme weather, the World Meteorological ] ] ] Organisation has signalled that the world's weather is ] ] ] going haywire. ] ] ] ] ] ] In a startling report, the WMO, which normally produces ] ] ] detailed scientific reports and staid statistics at the ] ] ] year's end, highlighted record extremes in weather and ] ] ] climate occurring all over the world in recent weeks, ] ] ] from Switzerland's hottest-ever June to a record month ] ] ] for tornadoes in the United States - and linked them to ] ] ] climate change. ] ] ] ] ] ] The unprecedented warning takes its force and ] ] ] significance from the fact that it is coming from an ] ] ] impeccably respected UN organisation that is not given to ] ] ] hyperbole (though environmentalists will seize on it to ] ] ] claim that the direst warnings of climate change are ] ] ] being borne out). ] ] ] ] Nope, no global warming, nothing to see here... |