Then I guess the Earth is doomed! Because the best they'll come up with is some transfer of wealth that does nothing for the environment.

British Prime Minister Does Dale Arden Impression: Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!

4 - 5 - 6
("Torchwood" reference)

Time to call in agent 007, Bond... James Bond.

"If we do not reach a deal at this time, let us be in no doubt: Since once the damage from unchecked emissions growth is done, no retrospective global agreement, in some future period, can undo that choice."

Good. Fifty more days until we don't have to hear from these people since according to them it will all be moot by then anyway.

It's probably only 49 now.

Oh great!!

I have a haircut appointment in 51 days.

He couldn't have given us a 100 days warning? To save the Earth?

He must not like Earth all that much.

Before there was the story of 'Chicken Little', Gordon Brown was the inspiration for the childhood maxim we've all used to convince our kids the folly of telling outrageous lies: "the Boy Who Cried 'Wolf'"

I love all the GLOBAL WARMING deniers! They have been with us since we KNEW all about global warming in the 1970's. They will always be with us just like FLAT EARTH society and the MOON WALK deniers!

But back to reality - MANY kudos to Minister Brown for bringing a sense of URGENCY to the issue.

Yes perhaps it is ALREADY past the point of no return to save the atmosphere.

It is LONG past time for humanity to BEGIN to live in harmony with the natural world.

"But back to reality - MANY kudos to Minister Brown for bringing a sense of URGENCY to the issue."

Maybe the UN can make China and India in charge. Like having Cuba running the UN Human Rights...

It is LONG past time for humanity to BEGIN to live in harmony with the natural world.

#10 | Posted by Monstman

Is that before or after you ditch your computer to go live with the natural world?

So the doomsday date is December 8th??

Thanks goodness it's after Palin's book is released!! lol

So on December 9th, as the world continues to cool, will the GW nuts finally STFU? Or do we have to wait for Gore's deadline? Or the mayor of Tokyo's deadline? With all these deadlines for the end of the earth coming and going, it makes me dizzy!

We are stewards of the earth. We are its master, to judiciously use its resources to better mankind. The GW crowd have no interest in saving the earth, which as the evidence shows is not at risk from anthropogenic warming anyway. The GW crowd is just interested in extra-legal confiscation and redistribution of wealth.

We're all gonna die!

Britian has some home grown loonies too folks, wonder if Dr.Brown wears a tin-foil hat, if he does it's apparently not working, not much doubt they must have trans-mutated him when he takes it off...

This guy is an idiot (you can slap my face for using that terminology but I can't take it anymore). This is the same moron who sold a large amount of Great Britain's gold reserves back around the year 2000. Of course he sold at about the very low price of gold in the last 30 years (about $250/ounce). Of course, we know where the price is today-- north of $1000/ounce. With their economic problems (and ours is similar) I'll bet he wishes he had that gold back now--- guess what, governments are actually purchasing the stuff today-- I wonder why. Where do people like this Brown come from? Outer space? Are they aliens from another planet that have taken over some individuals' bodies and trying to take over earth?

# 17 MATSOP I don't have a clue if they are aliens taking over someone's body or not but the more looney things I witness leaders doing, and proclaiming I don't find it hard to doubt anymore.

What's even worse is there are people that buy into these folks--- talk about a bunch of political Bernie Madoffs running around this globe-- please tell me I'm living through a nightmare and am going to wake to a sane world anytime soon.

Maybe Al Gore got to him.

On the other hand if we don't save the planet maybe I can get some reasonably price ocean front property.

Mankind has the ability to pump enough CO2 into the air to change the climate, but is totally incapable of removing any of it. That's the nutshell from which this nut sprang.

I swear, in 100 years time people are going to look back at these articles the way we look at all those images of the early attempts at human flight.

Can we just skip to the ending and laugh at him now?

Valis,

If we accept the computer-generated climate models as indisputable predictors, at best we can delay warming over the next 100 years by 5 years if bullshit such as Kyoto was perfectly adhered to.

Set aside the scientific debate, for a moment.

What is being proposed in order to 'combat' "climate change" is beyond stupid, no matter which scientific conclusion one is drawn to.

Oh great!!
I have a haircut appointment in 51 days.
#7 | Posted by Lisa

Tell 'em to go basic, short on the sides and flat on the top.

Forget the Earth, Brown is looking for anything that will save his sorry ass.

It's now 48 days and counting. Let's keep this post up for a couple more months so we can all get a good laugh out of this climate morons.

"we can all get a good laugh out of this(sic) climate morons."

Let's keep it up for a generation or two so we can get a good laugh at the expense of this illiterate shit.

"...please tell me I'm living through a nightmare and am going to wake to a sane world anytime soon."

Not likely...not as long as Dear Leader and his little friends have power to do anything.

I'm not a climate-change denier by any stretch - in fact, I do think humans can cause and have caused serious harm to the earth - but putting a specific date on irreversible damage sets Brown up for easy ridicule. But then, maybe he achieved his goal of drawing attention to the issue...

More likely that in 50 days, it'll be early December, and we'll be all freezing our asses off, and looking forward to warmer weather. Good luck on the big-government-is-the-answer-
to-everything types getting much done then.

Tell 'em to go basic, short on the sides and flat on the top.

#24 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2009-10-21 07:14 AM

Doc's staple in the 60's. When he had hair of course. Now? Buys one small bottle of shampoo a year....

"Human activity is driving Earth's 'sixth great extinction event'"

You mean there where five before this and the world still servives? How is this possible? Who was responsible for the previous five? Must be Bush.

servives

Quick call the spelling police!

You're all naive... don't you know that 2012 is the key???? Scientists have failed to tell everyone that gravity is effected by the warmth of a Planet... therefore, as we warm up as a planet, our gravity will draw in the planet Nirubu. Do not fret though because the Aliens on Planet Nirubu are much smarter than us (since they are Democrats and all) and as the planet is about to slam into Earth, they will beam us aboard their Space Ship and carry us off to the Andromeda Galaxy to our new home planet Rylos. There we will all train to be Starfighters and use the "death blosom" weapon to defeat the Ko-Dan Empire. Just who are these Rylos inhabitants and soon to be Starfighter trainers??? You guessed it, the Mayans!!!!!

Thus, the Mayan calendar predicts the end of Earth due to global warming, yet the beginning of our new lives in "The Last Starfighter: Global Meltdown".

Actually the Mayans are saying that in 2013 you just have to buy their new calendar.

#10 Montsman,

"love all the GLOBAL WARMING deniers! They have been with us since we KNEW all about global warming in the 1970's. They will always be with us just like FLAT EARTH society and the MOON WALK deniers! But back to reality - MANY kudos to Minister Brown for bringing a sense of URGENCY to the issue."

Nothing like the rantings of a religious zealot.

OK..I know this is a waste of time....but here goes.

1> "we knew all about global warming since the 70's

.....and out come the flat-earthers and 'The Earth is only 6000 years old' crowd.

#36 | Posted by foshaffer
"OK..I know this is a waste of time....but here goes."

Not a waste of time, it would be great if more people would post as well as you have. I for one concur with your views, excellent post, with good references. It is frustrating to see so many people totally ignore the science and jump on the hysteria bandwagon without knowing the facts; new religion? It has all the makings. This is a relatively new field of science with the possibility of effecting so many if we get it wrong, why such a rush to react with such little knowledge? Because so much money is involved?

Remember, that the only thing that remains consistent is change. The climate will change one way or the other and there is little to nothing man can do to chance that.

Thanks

#36, #37

Yet the Arctic Ice Sheet continues to retreat in spite of what any of you chose to "believe".

Satellite images of recent years show that the polar cap of the Earth has been lessening in size. About 80 percent of ice will disappear in the Arctic Ocean during the forthcoming decade. It may vanish entirely in 20 years, scientists say.

This is obviously "normal" so carry on!

Here in Michigan we have had two cold winters in a row and the largest consecutive snowfalls that I can remember. This year's spring, winter, and fall have been downright cold--- we have morphed to "climate change" from "global warming" probably because we have had a cooling trend in the last 11 years. I think we can all agree on the new moniker "climate change" since factually, climate always changes. Maybe, we're making progress.

If it cuts Christmas commercials short, bring on the global warming. 50 days to death beats 90 days of obnoxious ads anytime.

Great, so in 51 days can someone shoot this ignorant son of a bitch so we don't have to listen to his shit any more?