Global Warming, Except for the Warming Part

Still believe that man-made C0₂ is sending the planet to dangerous levels of heat? Well, more and more people - yes, scientists too - are stepping aboard the Global Warming Deniers bandwagon. Lorne Gunter outlines the growing chorus of dissent:

Don Easterbrook, a geologist at Western Washington University, says, "It's practically a slam dunk that we are in for about 30 years of global cooling," as the sun enters a particularly inactive phase. His examination of warming and cooling trends over the past four centuries shows an "almost exact correlation" between climate fluctuations and solar energy received on Earth, while showing almost "no correlation at all with CO2."

Natural CO2 Emissions Bad, Toxic Mercury Emissions Great

Let's get this straight: CO₂, a naturally occurring gas on which all kinds of plant life depend, is dangerous to the planet at marginally higher levels. But CFL bulbs, which contain extremely high levels of toxic mercury - proven to be very dangerous, particularly to young children - are the environmentally responsible choice. It doesn't take a global warming "scientist" to figure out that there's something wrong with this picture: 1 broken bulb pushes contamination to 300 times EPA limits.

The results were stunning: Breaking a single compact fluorescent bulb on the floor can spike mercury vapor levels in a room – particularly at a child's height – to over 300 times the EPA's standard accepted safety level.

Furthermore, for days after a CFL has been broken, vacuuming or simply crawling across a carpeted floor where the bulb was broken can cause mercury vapor levels to shoot back upwards of 100 times the accepted level of safety.