At a time when Americans increasingly aren't buying into the theory of anthropogenic global warming according to a recent Rasmussen poll, NBC and its cable news network MSNBC are bringing out the big guns to slow the rise of that mentality down.
On NBC's April 26 "Today," anchor Lester Holt previewed his special "Future Earth: Journey to the End of the World," slated to appear on MSNBC on the night of April 26. According to the preview shown by Holt, the TV special is remarkably similar to Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," forecasting several doom-and-gloom scenarios.
"With the Arctic possibly ice free as soon as the summer of 2013, the world will warm even faster as the Arctic's waters absorb the sun's rays rather than being reflected by ice," Holt said. "The result unfortunately might bring on a doomsday scenario befitting a Hollywood disaster film. But this will be no movie - the likelihood of super storms picking up strength from warming ocean waters, oceans on the rise."
Some have questioned NBC Universal's willingness to promote environmental alarmism, as it is doing with this special program and the segment previewing it. According a Washington Examiner article and a follow-up segment on Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" on April 23, General Electric (NYSE:GE) stands to profit off of a cap-and-trade policy if enacted to by the Obama administration in the name of preventing global warming.
However, Holt's segment took a step farther, forecasting what might happen if the ice in Greenland melted as well - claiming the global sea level would rise about 23 feet.
"Worldwide, hundreds of millions of people near the coasts may be pushed inland, with lowlands like southern Florida threatened with submersion," Holt said, as Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty stands outside of New York City is shown underwater with computer animation. "And major coastal cities, from New York to Shanghai - flooded."
Also according to Holt - rainfall patterns would be disrupted and the European continent would be sent in to mini-Ice Age.
"And there may be one other negative effect of a Greenland melt - cold water runoff could divert the warm Gulf Stream from reaching Europe - plunging that continent into a mini-Ice Age," Holt said.
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Typical...
April 26, 2009 - 11:52 ET by unkeeafThis story is stunningly irresponsible, even for the NBC family of networks. 100% pure propaganda, and they know it. Misuse of the public trust in this manner should be criminal.
MSM = PR firm for the Democrat Party
First noticeably warm day of
April 26, 2009 - 12:19 ET by winston smithFirst noticeably warm day of year and it didn't take long for the Global Warming scammers to crawl out of the woodwork and begin peddling their wares. Same old fictitious crap, a new year.
Water freezes faster than ice melts
April 26, 2009 - 12:27 ET by Gary HallThe thin ice v thick ice discussion is also in play. There is indeed much more absorbsion of the suns heat with more water exposed. However, with a string of cold winters, and a shift back in the ocean circulation cycles, the Arctic sea ice can grow extrememly fast. Instantly there is more reflection and less absorbsion of heat. The cycle can reverse a heck of a lot faster than the current one.
Enough's Enough
April 26, 2009 - 12:28 ET by rammingspeedHolt is twinked out doofus, a tool of the left, and a dangerous, dangerous man. Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth has been discredited and outright savaged by top scientists, and now we have Gore's movie redux. The global warming people are working themselves into the same corner as the Spotted Owl people from the early 1990s (when a family of Spotted Owls had nested in a K Mart sign less then a mile from the virgin forest where environmentalists said the owls had to live, or they'd become extinct.)
This show will cause those scientists who know better to work even harder to present the truth to the public, and the public's perception of the global warmers will sink even lower
I laughed myself silly during this presentation.
April 26, 2009 - 12:36 ET by pahuberPS loved the hippies hypothesizing and want what they are smoking : )
Jeff - remember Time Mag. Arctic Ice Expanding graphic?
April 26, 2009 - 12:41 ET by Gary HallRemember this? At a glance, I'd have to wonder if there is not more ice cover right now, than in 1960 - it's May.
(;~> gary
Covered their a$$ess It's HOT and it's COLD
April 26, 2009 - 12:47 ET by upcountrywaterNice video graphic of the Sun at high noon over the North pole/ sarc.
warming causing a mini ice age in europe.... LOONS..
I DO NOT WORRY ABOUT GREENLAND MELTING..EVER!!
I worry about your pals the islamofubars planting H-bombs.
Hay did you ever free your sail boat, from the ice?
Here is a picture, saved by a nuclear powered ship
Reagan VS 0bama
Keep in mind the REAL
April 26, 2009 - 13:28 ET by gopcongressKeep in mind the REAL reason for this accelerated coverage. Congress is getting ready to have inquisitions...er, hearings about "climate change."
http://www.climatede...
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Well it's been another
April 26, 2009 - 13:36 ET by MidAmericaWell it's been another cool spring here in my section of the country. We should have had many warm days before now that encourage the morel mushrooms to pop up. It's a great day when you can walk the hillsides covered with trees and wildflowers while listening to scores of birds calling out to each other. Overhead, a bright warm sun makes you forget the winter chill. And of course, there's the mushrooms. Even when you only find a few, it still was a good day.
MA...Boy do I ever Second
April 26, 2009 - 13:44 ET by bigtimerMA...
Boy do I ever Second that...
I always look forward to the morels...not long at all in my part of the country either!
Yum-Yum!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Two questions
April 26, 2009 - 13:46 ET by Jake61) What is the best temperature for Earth?
2) Who makes the decision?
Apparently, there's a big
April 26, 2009 - 15:02 ET by Chris NormanApparently, there's a big thermostat in Al Gore's hallway.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
The fact that science
April 26, 2009 - 15:05 ET by Chris NormanThe fact that science fiction techniques are being used to sell all of this as science fact should reveal the utter sham and fantasy behind the whole thing.
The "Mainstream" Media: By liberals. For liberals.
Can't stop the sun
April 26, 2009 - 16:44 ET by 10ksnookerFrom doing what it's going to do, no matter how much hot air NBC spews.
It's going to get cold, and they can't stop that either.
BTW: How do we know how much atmospheric CO2 is too much? Do they think removing all the plant food from the atmosphere is agood idea?
Agree with the stunningly stupid for ignorant viewers. I wonder if they know how paying more in taxes fixes the climate. I would like tha answer to that one.
What does the IPCC Say?
April 26, 2009 - 16:45 ET by PopularTechEven the alarmist IPCC does not support these conclusions...
- "Computer Models" project a sea level rise of only 7-23 inches (0.18-0.59m) in the next 100 years. (IPCC)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
The oceans are self
April 26, 2009 - 19:10 ET by JerryThe oceans are self regulating. Rivers pour billions of gallons of h20 into the oceans every SECOND. And the sea levels don't rise a single inch. Maybe we should dam up all the rivers to prevent global oceanic catastrophic over-filling calamity crisis change syndrome!
When asked if he went to war with Iraq to derail the impeachment vote: “I don’t think any serious person would believe that any President would do such a thing." - President Clinton (Dec 1998).
"Climate Change"
April 26, 2009 - 19:31 ET by AnotherFedUpOneCBS 60 Minutes is at it tonight as well. Now Coal is the culprit and even has a coal guy saying its bad!
Throwing out the Bovine Scatology flag here.......
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/23/60minutes/main4964301.shtml
A fedup one, Is that a frisbee shaped flag..I'll play.
April 26, 2009 - 22:26 ET by upcountrywaterThat guy must have one of the highest NEGATIVE carbon credit scores, known to man!! We need a conversion of carbon credits to real life.
Years ago some karma kook told me that this guy
would live several billion ,trillion years in hell , kuz if you kill just one chicken that is equal to a 1,000 years of time.
We are getting a new religion, shoved into our pocket books, and NO that 10% stuff ain't near enough.
Reagan VS 0bama
FedUp and ucw... Once
April 26, 2009 - 22:29 ET by bigtimerFedUp and ucw...
Once again, all I can say it thanks, I keep more informed on the internet than I ever could elsewhere.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
UCW
April 27, 2009 - 10:23 ET by AnotherFedUpOneThe problem with the BS flag being a frsibee is, so many of them would be flyin' around we would be doing more ducking than catching!
The Insane Left wants to Cripple our Electrical Capacity
April 27, 2009 - 09:00 ET by PopularTechFACT - 49% of U.S. electrical generation comes from Coal (EIA) (22% Natural Gas, 19% Nuclear, 6% Hydroelectric, 2.5% from "Renewables" and 1.5% from Oil)
Lets shut down HALF of our electrical generating capability! Only someone absolutely INSANE could come up with an idea like this.
Even better lets emulate Denmark and use useless Wind Power!
Wind power is a complete disaster (Financial Post, Canada)
"Denmark, the world’s most wind-intensive nation, with more than 6,000 turbines generating 19% of its electricity, has yet to close a single fossil-fuel plant. It requires 50% more coal-generated electricity to cover wind power’s unpredictability, and pollution and carbon dioxide emissions have risen (by 36% in 2006 alone)."
We are already having our own problems thanks to eco-insanity...
Loss of Wind Causes Texas Power Grid Emergency (Reuters)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
Electricity
April 27, 2009 - 09:07 ET by AgnosticYou must reserve certain 'luxury' commodities for the party faithfuls otherwise how could you reward the loyal subjects who turn in their family for not recycling.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
Re Wind Scam
April 27, 2009 - 09:59 ET by slickwillie2001Good links, but I have little hope that our poorly educated population will understand the problems with wind power. It's just too easy for the other side to show that image of 'free' wind power, when the wind is blowing and the things are turning. Factors like baseline and the startup time required for a coal plant are way too technical. The subsidies that wind power gets are also deceptive, because government mandates the excess cost of wind to be passed on to customers.
So many times I see instances where our failing system of K-12 education seems to favor democratic party policies; makes me think that's part of the plan.
Looks like the LEFT is
April 26, 2009 - 22:01 ET by SvenLooks like the LEFT is desperate to have Obama's proposed Cap and Trade passed in the congress.
Okay, What if it's True
April 27, 2009 - 00:30 ET by rightwingidiotLets assume that it's all true. All the ice is going to melt and the sea levels are going to rise 23 feet.
And, what if that's going to happen no matter if we are here or not. What if it's going to happen and we had nor have anything to do with it. What if Mother Nature is just one cruel bitch and there's not a damn thing we could have done to cause it or can do to keep it from happening.
That's the problem with theories they're like assholes, everyone has one.
Being consumed with doing something prevents one from considering whether they should be doing anything at all.
The Truth about Sea-Level Rising
April 27, 2009 - 09:45 ET by PopularTechIt's not!
Claim That Sea Level Is Rising Is a Total Fraud (PDF) (Nils-Axel Mörner, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of Paleogeophysics & Geodynamics)
Obama: "Cap & Trade Will Cause Electricity Rates To Skyrocket"
referenced your post from Jeremiah Films
April 27, 2009 - 13:53 ET by AtTheWaterCoolerI've linked to this post from Discerning Science - Global Warming - Debate
I believe that it's our
April 27, 2009 - 13:59 ET by LSawyerI believe that it's our responsibility to take care of the earth we live on. But who cares how hot it is if people are dying everyday as a result of poverty. I'll throw my support behind policies that will end extreme poverty before I'll give two thoughts to even caring about "global warming."
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