Ramifications of secret Defense Dept report

Hi Val,

You are correct that this was never a truly 'secret'
undertaking or intended to be a plan of action. I
find it interesting that the top echlons of the
military would commission a report that was bound to
be harshly critical of the Bush administration's
position on global warming.

This indicates to me that the military is going to
take the initiative behind the scenes to find out for
themselves bypassing the IPCC and everybody else in
their conclusions. Military thinkers do not wait for
the evidence of a threat to be in the high 90% before
acting. The energy lobby and Cato institute seem bent
on demanding this level of proof if I am not mistaken.

There is a lot of evidence that big changes are in the
works climatically. In the last 40 years the
following has been observed in detail.

1) The Northern Icepack has thinned 40% and shrunk in
coverage in the summer.
2) The North Atlantic conveyor has become sharply less
saline (ie dense).
3) Major ice shelf's like the Larson B have collapsed.
4) Widespread permafrost melting in Alaska & Russia
threaten 1/3 of all roads and structures.
5) The ages of last occurace of these changes is
beyond the last ice age and interglacial warming
period (benthic & ice core records).

Notice I did not include Carbon Dioxide as that can be
highly confusing what is going on there. The military
looks for erosion of their fontiers and for my
reasoning, this evidence sure fits the bill.

- Thor

>Here are some links to read up on the recent news of
>the secret Pentagon report on abrupt climate
>change/global warming.
>

In case no one has mentioned it here already, allow me
to explain the so-called 'secret' Pentagon report:

The report was never classified, and was published
well before a hysterical media outlet got ahold of it
and decided to make an issue of it. The report was
intended as a HYPOTHETICAL worst case scenario IF the
worst parts of all the climate change predictions came
to pass. That likelihood is remote, even in the words
of said report's authors. The Pentagon is tasked with
being prepared for worst case scenarios, and so they
commission reports like this all the time. This is why
I can't stand hysterical greenies... All emotional
reaction, little thinking things through. In fact, you
might say they thrive
on that modus operandi.

Val