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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Cap and Trade
	Date:	6/26/2009 5:18:20 PM

Some inconvenient factoids related to the whole global warming fiasco that further raises the question as to why the Messiah and Congress are trying to ram this through so quickly.

1. Numerous European and Asian countries are abandoning the carbon cap and trade concept and other carbon reduction efforts because of the growing skepticism about the relationship with global climates.

2. There are over 700 highly qualified scientists that have announced their skepticism about man's influence on global climates. This is more than ten times the number that were part of the 2007 UN panel on global climates that is much trumpeted by the left. This includes a number that were on the panel.

3. Based on more reliable data than we have ever had, while carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, global climates have been flat since 2001. Less reliable data indicates that global climates have actually cooled over the last decade while CO2 levels are up. These data suggest there is no correlation or at least suggests more scientific study is needed before a conclusion can be reached.

4. Numerous peer-reviewed scientific papers have thoroughly debunked all the doomsday prophecies related to the melting of polar ice caps, hurricanes and tornadoes, polar bear populations and many of the other alleged crises that are used to convince the scientifically illiterate of the impending end of the world.

And yet the Democrat controlled Congress and the Obama administration want to shove through a risky and wildly expensive cap and trade tax scheme that will do nothing to impact global climates and will do everything to further devastate our economy. Other developed countries are already putting their plans on the shelf until the science is truly settled. One has to wonder why the rush?