Multinational Study - Global CO2 Output Rising 3% Annually - 300% Faster Than Expected - Telegraph

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The latest study was written by scientists from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States, the University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey, as well as institutes in France and Australia.

It shows that carbon dioxide emissions have been increasing by three per cent a year this decade, compared to a 1.1 per cent a year rise in the 1990s. Three quarters of this rise came from developing countries, with a particularly rapid increase in China.

The rise is much faster than even the most fossil-fuel intensive scenario developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during the 1990s. It suggests that IPCC reports this year predicting reduced harvests, dwindling water supplies, melting glaciers and the loss of species may actually be understated.

It also comes after the International Energy Agency warned recently that China was likely to overtake the United States as the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases by 2010, rather than a decade later as previously assumed.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/04/neco04.xml

[PATRICK]

1. Something struck me about

this discussion about science versus whatever manipulative nonsense exists on the 'other side". When we think of science, the objectivity, the hard facts, the rigorous method, the search for new knowledge, the advances, the technology we get a picture to oppose against the loony right wing bias and the short term greed needs of business powers.

However, scientists are bent to a bias that is as rudimentary as the atoms that comprise their brains. The educational system, the aims and careers and objectives of much of science is set by governments. National governments. Government prone to short term economic pressures if not outright ownership by donors who want the science they want to hear putting money in their bank. The "private sector" then gets hold of scientists as developers and workhorses and sometimes defenders of the status quo for really big bucks. Then a sliver of scientists work for non-profits or do something like pure research.

Despite the faith I have in scientists, who at least are knowledgeable and faithful to their calling- unlike American journalists who need nothing but their bullhorn and their pretensions I think we can sadly begin to enumerate the many reasons that we are getting(and have been for some time) cautious or low-ball analysis from that community as a whole. that, despite the apparent larger number of dedicated truth-tellers compared to, let's say again, American journalists.

In other words, my guess is we hear the most optimistic conclusions or predictions about global warming if for no other reason than to placate governments and businesses into doing something- anything- to at least not make it worse. Hence it comes as no surprise, added to the inbuilt virtue of scientific method caution and rigorous proof, when things get much worse than originally "forecast". We forget how ALL "outliers" who raised loud alarms were even headed off by their own peers. We are 'surprised" along with the scientific community at the results. The very framing of the response shows how a bias has thrown critical judgment well below the mark when any mistake will mean at least the lives of a multitude of people, disastrous events and tip-over into mass extinction and irreversible crisis.

We are at the stage of hoping there are indeed large mysteries and chances. We hope to be given the means to TRY to have input on the situation. I think scientists feel the same foot on their necks, the same pressure, the same barrier to doing or saying anything- of even being heard, and certainly not overthrowing the tyranny of murder/suicide for profit that rules the global economy.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. You might find this article by James Hansen very interesting

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=115x97869

[PATRICK]

4. Thanks

pretty much confirms what should have been at least the subject of a Congressional investigation long ago. When it is far too late then it will be popular to discuss the head-slapping "of course. we coulda, shoulda known". The suppression of science is something- like massive election fraud- that Bush has actually done the service of bringing to light, but it is systemic like almost everything else, not just a matter of the mad villains at the top of the manure pile. That goes for every aspect of human existence and therefore paints a picture of a steady push toward massive extinction and catastrophe.

It is also interesting to note the catastrophic progress of equally shattering hopeful evolution like DNA control, high tech, and hopefully energy breakthroughs which it appears right now haven't a chance of affecting the negative results of a suicidal civilization that is making a world that humanity cannot survive in. self-obsolescence is the remarkably unique choice of intelligent species as compared to the simpler problems of species that eat themselves out of an environment(which is not left out of our Kevorkian future formula either).

I also suspect that the warped evil idiots at the top know very well what is heading down the pike and are thinking of castling themselves in comfort after a long haul of controlling the slaughterhouse and reaping the world's resources, the quicker the better. Bush shutting off the NASA satellites is a deliberate attempt to keep the herd blinded and puts the absolute lie to his "beliefs" in the unreality of climate change. It is all of a piece and those hoping to find sufficient brave souls in each of the systemically, deadly corrupted human institutions to redeem each one the critical flaws, the multiple Achilles' heels, the momentum toward the cliff have only to think of the simple math. You have to stop each and every one of these failings to succeed. Each failure will cost human civilization and lives in massive rapidly approaching losses. And war or capitalism or material consumption or enforced ignorance is a heavy foot on the gas pedal toward doom. No wonder it is a blatant kakistocracy with the best having an uphill struggle to get to the stage where they can begin dodging bullets.

[YankeyMCC]

3. Don't worry Kommander KooKooBananas is going to

get a bunch of his rich friends to think about what should be done on a voluntary basis...maybe sometime the end of next year they'll have a plan for the following decade to Start taking action...no worries plenty of time to continue mucking about :sarcasm: