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Jungbauer: Humans have little impact on global warming
Published Saturday, June 30, 2007
Sen. Mike Jungbauer
Recent trends in global temperatures cannot be attributed to human activities, according to Sen. Mike Jungbauer (R-Dist.48), who gave a presentation on global warming to 35 residents, including Rep. Bud Nornes (R-10a) in Fergus Falls on Wednesday.
“I was impressed with his knowledge, background and passion for detail,” Nornes said.
A global climate change survey from the National Registry of Environmental Professionals shows that 34 percent of environmental scientists and practicioners disagree that global warming is a serious problem facing the planet.
“The temperature of Earth is always changing,” Jungbauer said. “It’s pretty weird thinking, to think we can control temperature.”
Jungbauer believes it has become a partisan political issue which has gotten away from the science and is driven more by profits.
“It’s just as bad on either end and there are idiots on both ends,” he said. “We need to educate ourselves. People are profiting from global warming.”
For his views, Jungbauer has been on the receiving end of name calling in the blogosphere, garnering such insults as dimwitted and babbling idiot.
A former pastor, he cites his religious conviction as his means for dealing with such vitriol. He has studied global warming for five years and believes what he says.
“Nobody studies the environment like I do,” he said. “I want to get the truth out there.”
While debunking what he refers to as global warming alarmism, Jungbauer does so with some intriguing facts.
For instance, to combat the fact that human industry is releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, he cites a Science Magazine study which claims the digestion process of termites creates more carbon dioxide than all human industry.
Jungbauer takes Al Gore and his film “An Inconvenient Truth,” to task, citing Gore’s discussion of the deterioration of the Antarctic Peninsula in the film, which Gore expounds on as a sign of the detrimental effects of global warming.
Jungbauer notes the peninsula makes up roughly 2 percent of the total area of Antarctica.
“People are picking snippets of graphs to show you what they want to show you,” he said.
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The Daily Journal is happy to host community conversations about news and life in Fergus Falls and the surrounding area. As hosts, we expect guests will show respect for each other. That means we don't threaten or defame each other, and we keep conversations free of personal attacks. Witty is great. Abusive is not. If you think a post violates these standards, don't escalate the situation. Instead, flag the comment to alert us. We'll take action if necessary. It's not hard. This should be a place where people want to read and contribute -- a place for spirited exchanges of opinion. So those who persist with racist, defamatory or abusive postings risk losing the privilege to post at all.Posted by 1125thmp (anonymous) on June 30, 2007 at 7:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Seems to me that the inconsistancies you point out as being so glaring and a non-contributor to the effects of human activity on the earth are just as glaring and full of inconsistancies as your campaign finance problems, Senate Ethics Committee violations and Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board verdict. I'll just let the record show any remainders, my favourite is the campaign contribution from NPPAC.
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