KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'...........

I’m just assuming that I have more meanness then everyone else.
I can’t even stand the sight of him. Hard to avoid tho when you see stuff like this. So here. I’m happy to share my misery. But I’ll be kind to fellow right wingers and won’t share this damnable cold that refuses to go away. Maybe I can give it to Al Bore. How can I do that through a computer. cough-wheeze-sneeze.

December 4, 2009
Copenhagen targets not tough enough, says Al Gore

Even if a deal is reached at the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen next week it will only be the first step towards the far more radical cuts that are needed in global carbon emissions, Al Gore, the former US Vice-President, told The Times last night.

Mr Gore said that to avoid the worst ravages of climate change world leaders would have to come together again to set more drastic reductions than those now planned.

“Even a final treaty will have to set the stage for other tougher reductions at a later date,” he said. “We have already overshot the safe levels of CO2 in the atmosphere.”

He insisted that the present goal set for Copenhagen of stabilising world emissions of carbon dioxide at or below 450 parts per million — enough to prevent a rise in average global temperatures of no more than 2C — was insufficient and a safer target would be 350 parts per million.

Easy enough for those of us who can’t stand the man and his distorted message of a falling sky. The problem is, govts. listen to him like he’s the second coming. Millions hang on what he says and I swear guys, there’s folks here abouts who have made his message a religion.

“Are we doing enough? The answer is obviously no — 450 is not the right target. But it is presently seen as beyond the capacity of governments around the world. We are stretching the capacity of governments even to hit a 450 target.”

“We are gambling with the future of human civilisation in accepting odds that by any definition make our present course reckless . . . But it’s still the most likely path to success.”

Speaking from San Francisco, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and veteran climate campaigner also raised the pressure on President Obama to offer more stringent cuts in US emissions than the present offer of a 17 per cent reduction by 2020.

Mr Gore said that figure from the US, the world’s second-biggest carbon polluter, was “weaker than it should be” although he expressed sympathy for the challenges that Mr Obama faces in driving tough carbon regulation through a resistant House of Representatives. He said: “I’m glad that he is putting reduction targets on the table. I wish that they were stronger but I recognise the difficulties he faces in the Senate.”

Mr Gore also threw his weight behind calls for a system of international carbon taxes

PAY ATTENTION TO THAT LAST LINE SCREAMERS. Cos the folks on this side are already mentioning that and many buying into it. Look for a lot of crap to be forced down our collective throats, thanks to Mr. Bore.

More of the article is HERE