More Global Warming Hysteria

As we noted the other day, the onslaught is in full effect and it's getting sillier by the day.

Today's foray into utter banality has global warming propagandist Al Gore being nominated for the now greatly devalued Nobel Peace Prize.

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.

"A prerequisite for winning the Nobel Peace Prize is making a difference, and Al Gore has made a difference," Conservative Member of Parliament Boerge Brende, a former minister of environment and then of trade, told The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, the UN released an absurd report claiming a possible increase of up to 7 degrees by 2100.

The earth's surface temperature will probably rise by between 1.8 and 4.0 C (3.24 and 7.24 F) by the turn of the century, according to a "best estimate" agreed by the UN's top scientific panel for global warming, sources said.

The estimate was released as the world's top climate experts struggled against the clock to hammer out a consensus report on global warming that is already radiating political shockwaves.

The 1.8-4.0 C warming is experts' "best estimate" in forecasts for 2090-2099 compared to 1980-1999, depending on how much carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas, enters the atmosphere by 2100.

Apparently, it's all our fault. Let's just ignore billions of years of climate change and instead, with moral vanity and preening certitude, think that a time period of under 100 years is really all that significant.

PARIS (AP) -- The most authoritative report on climate change is using the strongest wording ever on the source of global warming, saying it is "very likely" caused by humans and already is leading to killer heat waves and stronger hurricanes, delegates who have seen the report said Thursday.

Dozens of scientists and bureaucrats from 113 countries are editing the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in closed-door meetings in Paris. Their report, which must be unanimously approved, is to be released Friday and is considered an authoritative document that could influence government and industrial policy worldwide.

It will be interesting to see how much airtime the dissenters are given. I suspect very little.

When you see experts from the UN predicting something may probably be very likely, be very wary. They have no accountability, a miserable track record, and an uncanny knack for ignoring the facts when consistently proven wrong.