Inhofe 'n me redux

Andrew:

Inhofe is nothing more (or less) a tool of the right wing Conservative movement which denies that global warming exists or if it does, we should leave it to God to fix it. His antics saying global warming is a "hoax" say much about his politics the same way that Tom DeLay said he was going to go around the U.S. prior to the midterms and return a Republican majority to the Congress. Both are wrong, should be discredited and relegated to the pile of people who ultimately represent no constituency but their own political views.

Andrew. Thank you for exposing this kind of distortion that Inhofe and the global warming "contrarians" make when (so-called) discussing this issue. However, I do read reports of studies that are beginning to make the connection between warming and stronger storms.

And thank you for the gift suggestion. I may send it to my older brother, who is a nay-saying "ditto-head."

Thanks Steve,
Indeed, there are some papers asserting a link between hurricane intensification and human-warmed seas, but that debate remains in early stages with lots of uncertainty and reasoned positions on both sides. What is clear is that humans are way too exposed to hurricanes, and that warmer seas will probably strengthen them in future

Inhofe is not an individual that would generaly be worth listening to regarding climate change. The content of what he says is certainly not worth listening to, rather it is the intent of his actions that are worth taking note of and that only because of his leadership on the environment committee in the Senate, which indeed is soon coming to well needed end. His position on the committee is largely due to the Superfund environmental clean up site in Oklahoma, involving contamination hazards from lead mines in the northeastern corner of the state (the sinlge largest superfund clean-up site in the United States). Inhofe's legislative position in the clean up process is largely tied to the mining industry, which has not been held financially accountable for the mess, while the US Government and the nation's tax payers have carried the load of financial responsibilty (either way, the clean up is certainly called for, though delayed due to haggling over who would pay).

["Because no single company can be held responsible for the hazardous waste at Tar Creek, the federal government is required to act," Inhofe said.]

My point is, I'm thinking that Inhofe's interests do not lie solidly with the good folks of his state as a whole, or certainly not with the nation.

Congratulations on the honors for your book. There are indeed a number of good books out there for those interested in exploring the issue. I think an important portion of any of those books is the emphasis that taking action is possible and positive in many ways.

So long, Inhofe!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/12/07/MNGG2MR35T1.DTL&type=politics

I was raised Amish in Indiana, educated as a physicist in Inhofe's Oklahama; and have been involved in the management of oil related waste and environmental matters since in Oklahama and Illinois. As a former Oklahoman with a broad perspective from life experiences (e.g. Amish to Physicist), I would like to say I profoundly disagree with Inhofe approach on climate change.

Inhofe is blinded by oil interest greed. Thus, he downplays and scoffs the call and clear need for incredibly swift and massively signficant action needed, despite the plainest warnings to the realities of global warming and the very imminent, STAGGERING horrors that lie straightway in the path of human kind and the ecology of the world.

A sustainbility motto comes to mind that he should take to heart and ponder while he listens to the sharply inreasing volume and tempo of those Marching against Global Warming to the "beat of a different drummer" than Big Oil - Inhofe is in tune with.

"Live simply, so others may simply live."

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I understand that to his and Bush's credit, the weapons of mass destruction have indeed been found Iraq, albeit the location known all along, greenhouse gas producing fossil fuels there in the 2nd largest world oil reserve. To his and Bush's credit, the War on the Environment ("Cold" War - e.g. the war to deplete our planets "cold reserves") IS callously removing any safe landing zone that may be left for planetary environmental climate and ecological recovery.

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Hurricane Category 6 is blowing in, and Inhofe and Bush are camping out on the beach, like irresponsible citizenry, blatantly ignoring the MANDATORY evacuation warnings; as they are being joy-riding storm enthusiasts clearly out of touch with reality and science. They are presently too deeply immoral and incompetent to provide the very strong ethical leadership necessary to fight this epic battle where failure will shortly result in colossal mortifying consequences.

I do appreciate the work of Andrew Revkin, Mark Lynas, Al Gore, and many other commendable authors and for raising public awareness and understanding of this most critical matter. Much much more of this is need, if we are to have a hope in losing our earth rather than just a hope in hell (the looming one). We need to escape from some of our own technological ingenuity and swiftly kick the carbon habit and the Big Oil & Coal cartel out of office.

Please let me restate the last paragraph of my last post. Thanks.

"I do very much appreciate the commendable work of authors Andrew Revkin, Mark Lynas, Al Gore, and many others for raising public awareness and understanding on this most critical matter. Much much more of this is needed if we are to have a hope in not losing our earth; overwise we will have just "a mere hope in hell " (the looming one when the heat is on). We need to escape from some of our own technological ingenuity and swiftly kick the carbon habit and the Big Oil & Coal cartel out of office.