Comments on: The greening of the state

By: Tylerle13

Tylerle13 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:49:31 +0000

Wow, now the green kool-aid drinkers are exposing their hidden hatred of old people. Thank you donna for showing the world just how uninformed you are, how you only believe scientists who manufacture data that is convenient for you, and how you hate old people. Im sure your grandparents are going to be withholding that $10 birthday check after they find out about this.

p.s. Since you can speak to polar bears, maybe you should tell them not to swim out to floating ice chunks, then maybe they wouldnt get stranded. Since you are so well versed in “common sense” you can head up north and teach it to all of those poor bears.

By: tttt9erfan

tttt9erfan — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:16:39 +0000

WAKE UP FOLKS!! Van Jones is a self-admitted Marxist! He himself has said that the “Green” movement is about the re-distribution of wealth. Just look at Spain and other so called Greenies. Read about Climategate. The last thing CA needs is Van Jones, who by the way thinks 911 was an inside job, bringing his Marxist policies and suggestions to a state that is circling the drain! Of course CA is the perfect place to spew his agenda. People are broke, desperate, reliant on gov’t for too many things, and looking for a way out. Enter Van Jones! CA provides the perfect storm to enact some crazy sweeping legislation that will further kill small business and start the process of wealth re-distribution. Socialism, to mimic what the Obama admin. has already started on a national level. Wake up and smell the coffee people. And you better do it before you find out that tucked in the 2700 pages of Obamacare is a provision that doesn’t allow anyone to drink coffee before 10 am!

By: Joe Sullivan

Joe Sullivan — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:25:34 +0000

Donna – My credentials include climatology. In 1977 I was Chief of the Special Programs Unit at McClellan AFB, CA involved in Missile and Space Programs, and Satellite Communications Systems. We modified ground receiver stations for polar earth orbiting observation satellites. Weather information and other classified information were provided to Department of Defense command elements. We also worked to develop the new generation of satellites, and the modification of all receiving stations.

My argument is restricted to spending billions to reduce carbon dioxide. That’s where the scam is. If a program involves cleaning our air of contaminants, I’m right with you.

Global warming began 20,000 years ago, as I explained in my comment. But I repeat, to think that mankind can control the climate is a farce.

And yes I am old. I’ll be 85 in December. But Kay and I have 5 daughters and a son, 7 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren, one of whom just graduated from high school and intends to be a pharmacist, and another that will graduate next year and intends to be a Marine. So Kay and I worry about the future of the family, and I worry about the future of the earth.

By: Donna S

Donna S — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:23:36 +0000

A geological engineer knows about the ground (and how to exploit if for resources)… but it doesn’t make you a meteorologist or an expert on all things related to our earth. . Cleaning up the air makes common sense. Why do you think so many kids have asthma now?

As for global warming being a “scam”. Tell that to to polar bears. Tell it to the farmers in South America who will no longer have fresh water to farm with because the glaciers are melting so fast.

The bottom line is we only have so many resources and it makes COMMON sense to think about best ways to take care of them. What is more appealing a gross dirty sick earth or one that is taken care of?

You can afford to think it is a scam because you are old. But shame on you for not caring about future generations.

By: Joe Sullivan

Joe Sullivan — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:43:19 +0000

I am one of over 31,000 scientists, a Geological Engineer for over half a century, who consider fear of CO2 global warming a scam by those who would benefit financially from the billions of dollars planned for CO2 reduction.

In the Ice Age 20,000 years ago glaciers began to melt and global warming began. Changes in the earth’s temperature since has been sporadic. In the middle-ages a 300-year warming period occurred, and in the 1600s, the Little Ice Age slowed it down for centuries. Mountain glaciers increased in Alaska, New Zealand and Patagonia prior to the 20th century. These changes occurred before the first internal combustion engine was made. Accusations are that carbon dioxide (CO2) increase creates global warming. CO2 is increasing, yet NASA announced 2008 global surface temperatures were cooler than 2007, the coolest since 2000. U.S. temperatures cooled in five of the last seven decades while CO2 levels increased steadily. The U.S. National Climate Data Center stated 2008 temperatures in the USA were below the 115-year average for most of the country. NOAA stated October 2009 temperatures were the third coldest in 115 years. To think that mankind can control the climate is a farce.

By: Tom Tanton

Tom Tanton — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:12:20 +0000

Emerald Valley, LOL…wasn’t the wizard in charge of the Emerald City just a con artist? Implementation of AB32 actually increases pollutants that harm health.

By: EastBayLarry

EastBayLarry — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:09:16 +0000

BS
The whole premise of carbon being a ‘pollutant’ is nonsense. This ‘movement’ is all about people control. How much easier is it to control people when those people cannot afford to drive a car? How much easier when most people are on the public dole because of a collapsed economy?

By: TheTruthSquad

TheTruthSquad — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:29:30 +0000

“Going green” is conservative — maximum efficiency of resources. Which explains the record amounts of venture capital and job creation in the state thanks to AB 32. And he’s right about Prop 23, the Texas oil company bankrolled ballot measure. It’s a job killer and increases pollution.