You have to recognize the who and what this is about. It’s not about wind turbines, really. http://www.westernjournalism.com/epa-manager-who-called-crucify-quits/
May 1, 2012
“The regional Environmental Protection Agency executive who told an audience his ‘philosophy of enforcement’ was to ‘crucify’ and ‘make examples of’ energy companies has quit.”
“In a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson over the weekend, Al Armendariz, the former top environmental official in the South and Southwest Region, said he regretted the comments but boasted of his ‘integrity and hard work.'”
Very America centric. Not funny at all, actually. Unless you think boring is funny.
Anthea Collins
June 8, 2012 3:43 am
I thought it was great, I even recognised EPA, although I’m in the UK. Orkneygal should pay more attention. What makes her think it couldn’t happen here?
Anthea
orkneygal
June 8, 2012 5:11 am
For me, “here” is Aotearoa, Anthea,
Perhaps you should pay more attention.
mfo
June 8, 2012 5:33 am
I’ve gone all goggle eyed :o)
Roger Carr
June 8, 2012 5:34 am
Laurie says: (June 8, 2012 at 1:35 am) “You have to recognize the who and what this is about. It’s not about wind turbines, really…”
Thanks, Laurie; that makes sense of it.
Steve in SC
June 8, 2012 5:39 am
Absolutely spot on.
Luther Wu
June 8, 2012 5:59 am
“Very America centric.”
Now that is kinda funny.
carol smith
June 8, 2012 6:00 am
I liked it and unlike a lot of videos watched it to the conclusion
To Anthea and Orkneygal, it’s already happening in the UK “As many as 20,000 town hall snoopers have assumed powers to enter people’s homes without a warrant and search for information, a survey revealed last night… These include checking for fridges which do not have the correct eco-friendly energy rating, making sure a hedge is not too high and inspecting a property to ensure ‘illegal or unregulated hypnotism’ is not taking place.” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238800/The-20-000-snooper-army-Vast-number-town-hall-bureaucrats-power-enter-home-warrant.html
At least Cameron banned the municipal governments illegal ‘green’ recycling eco-fines!
dp
June 8, 2012 6:20 am
I think my IQ just fell a little.
xiver1972
June 8, 2012 6:28 am
I thought it was funny, but I expect there will be some false equivalencies made to the exploding children video.
William Astley
June 8, 2012 6:35 am
AGW is being used as the wedge to forcing an agenda. As the planet’s feedback response to a change in forcing is negative (clouds in the tropics increase or decrease reflecting more or less sunlight into space thereby resisting forcing changes) as opposed to positive (whereby the planet amplifies forcing changes) the warming due to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 will result in less than 1C of warming with most of the warming occurring at high latitudes which will result in the biosphere expanding.
CO2 is not a poison. Commercial greenhouse injected CO2 into the greenhouse at 1000 ppm to 1500 ppm to reduce growing times and increase yields. Cereal crop yield increases by 30% to 40% with a doubling of a CO2.
The science is settled. CO2 is not the problem. CO2 is not the problem. The world is not at a “tipping” point due to CO2 emissions.
The “extreme” green policies destroy competitiveness, which has and will destroy jobs. The Western governments have reached to the limit of deficit spending. Deficit spending on green scams which do not significantly reduce total CO2 emissions which is not a problem anyway does not create jobs.
The EU is leading the way with the race to economic ruin. Massive unemployment is a problem. The lack of honesty and clarity of why Western countries are failing is a problem. Currency collapse is a problem. Hyper inflation will be a problem.
We need Margaret Thatcher, like honesty, leadership, and change. It is time to vote for change and work for change. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016788090700045X
“Impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on rice yield and methods of adaptation as evaluated by crop simulation studies
But increases in the CO2 concentration up to 700 ppm led to the average yield increases of about 30.73% by ORYZA1 and 56.37% by INFOCROP rice.” http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-077.htm
“The benefits of carbon dioxide supplementation on plant growth and production within the greenhouse environment have been well understood for many years.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential component of photosynthesis (also called carbon assimilation). Photosynthesis is a chemical process that uses light energy to convert CO2 and water into sugars in green plants. These sugars are then used for growth within the plant, through respiration. The difference between the rate of photosynthesis and the rate of respiration is the basis for dry-matter accumulation (growth) in the plant. In greenhouse production the aim of all growers is to increase dry-matter content and economically optimize crop yield. CO2 increases productivity through improved plant growth and vigour. Some ways in which productivity is increased by CO2 include earlier flowering, higher fruit yields, reduced bud abortion in roses, improved stem strength and flower size. Growers should regard CO2 as a nutrient.
For the majority of greenhouse crops, net photosynthesis increases as CO2 levels increase from 340–1,000 ppm (parts per million). Most crops show that for any given level of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), increasing the CO2 level to 1,000 ppm will increase the photosynthesis by about 50% over ambient CO2 levels.” http://www.leif.org/EOS/2009GL039628-pip.pdf
“On the determination of climate feedbacks from ERBE data
Richard S. Lindzen and Yong-Sang Choi
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate feedbacks are estimated from fluctuations in the outgoing radiation budget from the latest version of Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) nonscanner data. It appears, for the entire tropics, the observed outgoing radiation fluxes increase with the increase in sea surface temperatures (SSTs). The observed behavior of radiation fluxes implies negative feedback processes associated with relatively low climate sensitivity. This is the opposite of the behavior of 11 atmospheric models forced by the same SSTs. Therefore, the models display much higher climate sensitivity than is inferred from ERBE…
1)The models display much higher climate sensitivity than is inferred from ERBE.
2) The (negative) feedback in ERBE is mostly from SW while the (positive) feedback in
the models is mostly from OLR.”
Jim
June 8, 2012 6:49 am
Anthony, all of your hard work and NCDC proved climate change yesterday. “Each of the 12 months from June 2011 through May 2012 ranked among the warmest third of their historical distribution for the first time in the 1895-present record. The odds of this occurring randomly are 1 in 531,441.” Since the probability of this occurring is so low, we can essentially eliminate the possibility of chance (i.e. nature) and presume that it was caused by climate change.
DirkH
June 8, 2012 7:00 am
Orkneygal says:
June 8, 2012 at 1:54 am
“Very America centric. Not funny at all, actually. Unless you think boring is funny.”
You obviously missed all the Obama administration fun of the past few weeks. It was much better than Hollywood productions.
Eric Dailey
June 8, 2012 7:19 am
This is not a good image to show. It’s like the exploding head video. Bad idea.
Bill
June 8, 2012 7:29 am
More like mildly amusing. It seems to hit both political parties a bit. Will appeal more to Ron Paul fans like myself.
I re-posted the You Tube link at Ontario Wind Resistance.
I think Canadians will “get it” — they might grind their teeth and not laugh though.
jayhd
June 8, 2012 8:03 am
The AGW/Climate Change hoax is serious business, hurting hundreds of millions of people, even killing thousands. The proponents of this hoax are attacking our freedoms and stealing our money. Nasty comics about the proponents of AGW and their henchmen are the least we can do. This is all out war and we should not pull any punches.
Jay Davis
Mike Jowsey
June 8, 2012 8:06 am
Kinda weird…. Not funny. Very hard to watch. Dialogue was good, but it could have been presented in a much less violent way.
Anthea Collins
June 8, 2012 8:44 am
Orkneygal, sorry I’m too parochial. Have learned some new geography, another day not wasted!
Anthea
Friday “not really that” Funny…
You have to recognize the who and what this is about. It’s not about wind turbines, really.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/epa-manager-who-called-crucify-quits/
May 1, 2012
“The regional Environmental Protection Agency executive who told an audience his ‘philosophy of enforcement’ was to ‘crucify’ and ‘make examples of’ energy companies has quit.”
“In a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson over the weekend, Al Armendariz, the former top environmental official in the South and Southwest Region, said he regretted the comments but boasted of his ‘integrity and hard work.'”
Pedantic says:
June 8, 2012 at 12:53 am
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true dat
Very America centric. Not funny at all, actually. Unless you think boring is funny.
I thought it was great, I even recognised EPA, although I’m in the UK. Orkneygal should pay more attention. What makes her think it couldn’t happen here?
Anthea
For me, “here” is Aotearoa, Anthea,
Perhaps you should pay more attention.
I’ve gone all goggle eyed :o)
Laurie says: (June 8, 2012 at 1:35 am) “You have to recognize the who and what this is about. It’s not about wind turbines, really…”
Thanks, Laurie; that makes sense of it.
Absolutely spot on.
“Very America centric.”
Now that is kinda funny.
I liked it and unlike a lot of videos watched it to the conclusion
Very good
To Anthea and Orkneygal, it’s already happening in the UK “As many as 20,000 town hall snoopers have assumed powers to enter people’s homes without a warrant and search for information, a survey revealed last night… These include checking for fridges which do not have the correct eco-friendly energy rating, making sure a hedge is not too high and inspecting a property to ensure ‘illegal or unregulated hypnotism’ is not taking place.” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1238800/The-20-000-snooper-army-Vast-number-town-hall-bureaucrats-power-enter-home-warrant.html
At least Cameron banned the municipal governments illegal ‘green’ recycling eco-fines!
I think my IQ just fell a little.
I thought it was funny, but I expect there will be some false equivalencies made to the exploding children video.
AGW is being used as the wedge to forcing an agenda. As the planet’s feedback response to a change in forcing is negative (clouds in the tropics increase or decrease reflecting more or less sunlight into space thereby resisting forcing changes) as opposed to positive (whereby the planet amplifies forcing changes) the warming due to a doubling of atmospheric CO2 will result in less than 1C of warming with most of the warming occurring at high latitudes which will result in the biosphere expanding.
CO2 is not a poison. Commercial greenhouse injected CO2 into the greenhouse at 1000 ppm to 1500 ppm to reduce growing times and increase yields. Cereal crop yield increases by 30% to 40% with a doubling of a CO2.
The science is settled. CO2 is not the problem. CO2 is not the problem. The world is not at a “tipping” point due to CO2 emissions.
The “extreme” green policies destroy competitiveness, which has and will destroy jobs. The Western governments have reached to the limit of deficit spending. Deficit spending on green scams which do not significantly reduce total CO2 emissions which is not a problem anyway does not create jobs.
The EU is leading the way with the race to economic ruin. Massive unemployment is a problem. The lack of honesty and clarity of why Western countries are failing is a problem. Currency collapse is a problem. Hyper inflation will be a problem.
We need Margaret Thatcher, like honesty, leadership, and change. It is time to vote for change and work for change.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016788090700045X
“Impact of elevated CO2 and temperature on rice yield and methods of adaptation as evaluated by crop simulation studies
But increases in the CO2 concentration up to 700 ppm led to the average yield increases of about 30.73% by ORYZA1 and 56.37% by INFOCROP rice.”
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/crops/facts/00-077.htm
“The benefits of carbon dioxide supplementation on plant growth and production within the greenhouse environment have been well understood for many years.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential component of photosynthesis (also called carbon assimilation). Photosynthesis is a chemical process that uses light energy to convert CO2 and water into sugars in green plants. These sugars are then used for growth within the plant, through respiration. The difference between the rate of photosynthesis and the rate of respiration is the basis for dry-matter accumulation (growth) in the plant. In greenhouse production the aim of all growers is to increase dry-matter content and economically optimize crop yield. CO2 increases productivity through improved plant growth and vigour. Some ways in which productivity is increased by CO2 include earlier flowering, higher fruit yields, reduced bud abortion in roses, improved stem strength and flower size. Growers should regard CO2 as a nutrient.
For the majority of greenhouse crops, net photosynthesis increases as CO2 levels increase from 340–1,000 ppm (parts per million). Most crops show that for any given level of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), increasing the CO2 level to 1,000 ppm will increase the photosynthesis by about 50% over ambient CO2 levels.”
http://www.leif.org/EOS/2009GL039628-pip.pdf
“On the determination of climate feedbacks from ERBE data
Richard S. Lindzen and Yong-Sang Choi
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Climate feedbacks are estimated from fluctuations in the outgoing radiation budget from the latest version of Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) nonscanner data. It appears, for the entire tropics, the observed outgoing radiation fluxes increase with the increase in sea surface temperatures (SSTs). The observed behavior of radiation fluxes implies negative feedback processes associated with relatively low climate sensitivity. This is the opposite of the behavior of 11 atmospheric models forced by the same SSTs. Therefore, the models display much higher climate sensitivity than is inferred from ERBE…
1)The models display much higher climate sensitivity than is inferred from ERBE.
2) The (negative) feedback in ERBE is mostly from SW while the (positive) feedback in
the models is mostly from OLR.”
Anthony, all of your hard work and NCDC proved climate change yesterday. “Each of the 12 months from June 2011 through May 2012 ranked among the warmest third of their historical distribution for the first time in the 1895-present record. The odds of this occurring randomly are 1 in 531,441.” Since the probability of this occurring is so low, we can essentially eliminate the possibility of chance (i.e. nature) and presume that it was caused by climate change.
Orkneygal says:
June 8, 2012 at 1:54 am
“Very America centric. Not funny at all, actually. Unless you think boring is funny.”
You obviously missed all the Obama administration fun of the past few weeks. It was much better than Hollywood productions.
This is not a good image to show. It’s like the exploding head video. Bad idea.
More like mildly amusing. It seems to hit both political parties a bit. Will appeal more to Ron Paul fans like myself.
I re-posted the You Tube link at Ontario Wind Resistance.
I think Canadians will “get it” — they might grind their teeth and not laugh though.
The AGW/Climate Change hoax is serious business, hurting hundreds of millions of people, even killing thousands. The proponents of this hoax are attacking our freedoms and stealing our money. Nasty comics about the proponents of AGW and their henchmen are the least we can do. This is all out war and we should not pull any punches.
Jay Davis
Kinda weird…. Not funny. Very hard to watch. Dialogue was good, but it could have been presented in a much less violent way.
Orkneygal, sorry I’m too parochial. Have learned some new geography, another day not wasted!
Anthea
Anthea Collins says:
June 8, 2012 at 3:43 am
I thought it was great, I even recognised EPA, although I’m in the UK. Orkneygal should pay more attention. What makes her think it couldn’t happen here?
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It is ALREADY here in the USA.
An explanation of key words in the cartoon:
Curly bulb – http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2011/12/16/congress-kills-light-bulb-ban-sort-of/“>Congress kills light bulb ban sort of
Terrorist Manual – Jihadi Suicide Manual Found on Arizona Smuggling Trail
Amish/Raw Milk – FDA Blasted for Sting Operation Against Pennsylvania Amish Farmer
Faster & furiouser – Documents: ATF used “Fast and Furious” to make the case for gun regulations
Grope – N’- Fly for Granny – 10 of the Most Outrageous TSA Horror Stories and
grandmother in wheel chair made to pay grease money before being cleared to board her plane
Famly farm kids – Child Labor Farm Rules Scrapped By White House Under Political Pressure
Make an example out of people – …USDA office in Maryland. A man there said, “We’re going to make an example of you,”…
USDA seized and slaughtered a flock of sheep
Henshaw
Henshaw Update
Moringland Dairy Case
Keep money you earn – Time to raise taxes on the rich
Obama tax plan would hit the rich
Discussion on small business owners and taxes
Note: The really wealthy do not earn wages so a “Tax the Rich” scheme only hits high income WAGE EARNERS (Upper middle class)and not the really wealthy. It is the usual twisting of words the regulating class is so very fond of. The wrote the book on how to lie while “telling the truth”