Comments on: EPA greenhouse gas decision worries contractors /news/2009/12/08/construction-groups-fear-effects-of-epa-decision/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:35:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Alex 77 /news/2009/12/08/construction-groups-fear-effects-of-epa-decision/#comment-7022 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:35:54 +0000 /?p=44029#comment-7022 “Glenn Beck is all the climate science I need.”

–Shrimper

Shrimps – it is simply breathtaking to be reading your fact-free anti-science screed here in late 2009. The atmospheric greenhouse effect has been firmly proven and understood for over 40 years, yet you demonstrate that there are still dunces among us that think we can dump 90 million tons of excess greenhouse gases into our atmosphere every day, consequence free. Truly some magical non-thinking on your part.

Mankind has added 30% more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than the climate cycle would dictate, resulting in rising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (390 ppm vs. 280 100 years ago), with global temperatures are increasing apace to match. Just like multiple climate models show. Physical evidence of this global temperature increase is seen worldwide by rapidly melting glaciers, increased ocean acidification, melting permafrost, expanding deserts, and more frequent extreme weather events. But yes, you keep on thinking that it is all a coincidence, part of some vast global liberal conspiracy limit your freedom.

Adult minds recognize that slightly increased costs for clean energy are a small price to pay for preserving the climatic conditions in which modern civilization developed.

So Shrimps, I’ll leave you with a question: If you were running national and global climate policy, what level of global CO2 concentrations would be your goal, and how would you achieve it?

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By: Douglas /news/2009/12/08/construction-groups-fear-effects-of-epa-decision/#comment-6950 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:00:29 +0000 /?p=44029#comment-6950 It’s true that new environmental restrictions can be a nerve-wrecking development; however, there is also vast potential for construction companies to profit from this. There are a slew of companies who have embraced the green collar economy as a way to integrate sound business practices with environmental stability and they are seeing significant gains. The site has an expansive directory of B2B resources and businesses across the country that are doing just this. They also have a number of case studies that outline the advantages and opportunities associated with green construction. It seems as though those companies who embrace this “green collar” economy are the ones that will see the best returns as the country moves toward environmental sustainability. Check out greencollareconomy.com; the information there will really show how green-thinking companies will be successful moving forward.

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By: The Shrimper /news/2009/12/08/construction-groups-fear-effects-of-epa-decision/#comment-6918 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:52:10 +0000 /?p=44029#comment-6918 Every contractor SHOULD be worried……… every AMERICAN should be worried. The EPA has embraced the junk science of anthropogenic global warming (oh, excuse me, forgot it’s now “climate change”..). The UK University of East Anglia email revelations have exposed the true agenda, fraud and deceit at the heart of this greatest scientific hoax in history.
Every reader of this post, should do everything they can to oppose and defeat these insane, anti-capitalist, statist policies enbraced by the liberal nutcases at EPA. Whether its crap and tax (i.e. cap and trade) or any other job and economy killing proposals….. the answer needs to be a resounding .. NO, NO. and NO.

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