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So much for the propaganda, now for the facts:
1. Scientists predict that, if current warming trends continue in the Arctic, two-thirds of the world's polar bears could disappear by 2050. At the most recent meeting of the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (held in Copenhagen in 2009), the world's leading polar bear scientists reported that of the 19 subpopulations of polar bears, eight were declining, three were stable, one was increasing, and seven had insufficient data to make a determination. At their 2005 meeting in Seattle, the group reclassified the polar bear as vulnerable on the IUCN World Conservation Union's "Red List of Threatened Species," noting that the species could become extinct due to sea ice changes. Individual countries with polar bears have reclassified the species as well. Citing to concerns about shrinking sea ice habitat, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced on May 14, 2008, that it is listing the polar bear as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act. Russia lists the polar bear as "a species of concern." The major threat to the polar bear is shrinking sea ice habitat due to climate change. Other threats include pollution, poaching, and industrial disturbances. Hunting could become a threat if populations are not well managed.
2. "The US President, Barack Obama, supports building nuclear power plants."
Personally, I agree with him. They have a very low carbon footprint.
3. The Copenhagen climate conference descended into farce.
- I think that's evidence of the fact that it was hijacked by poor nations wanting handouts. Since then there have been at least some agreement among the nations that produce around 80% of the greenhouse gas emissions reducing emissions by 20% by 2020, with potential for more reduction.
4. If Bill Clinton's reputation was flawed, did that mean that the United States was a scam?
5. Close. Delete "distinguished scientists" and substitute "politically or otherwise motivated cranks".
6. What on earth has DDT got to do with Global Warming?
7. That may be true, but doesn't invalidate the fact that Anthropogenic Climate Disruption is an imminent threat to our economy and civilisation. On the other hand, the biggest potential threat to food crops is - you guessed it - Global Climate disruption (I use this term, because warming is not the only effect)
8. Correct. If the US and China were not part of Kyoto, why would you expect anything else?
9. It was actually designed to minimise costs. The effects of Climate disruption will be considerably more expensive than the costs of mitigating it - otherwise, why would you bother?
10. Kevin Rudd has never been fair dinkum on this issue. He just uses it as a means of gaining popularity. Like everything else the ALP has done on climate change, his CPRS was incredibly stupid. The subsidies to large industries were almost as stupid. The most intelligent thing that Kevin Rudd has done so far has been to give a speech in Chinese, and even then, he managed to piss off our major trading partner by talking about domestic issues.
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