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02/07/2010 05:23 PM ID: 82798 Permalink   

Osama bin Laden Weighs in on Global Warming

 

In an as-yet-unauthenticated tape broadcast on Al Jazeera, al-Qaeda frontman Osama bin Laden has weighed in on the issue of global warming. In his address he calls global warming a crisis and blames industrial nations - particularly the larger ones.

"We should stop using the dollar and get rid of it ... I know that there would be huge repercussions for that, but this would be the only way to free humankind from slavery ... to America and its companies," said bin Laden.

 
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  this means  
 
that al gore is a terrorist! I KNEW IT!
 
 by: djskagnetti     02/07/2010 06:09 PM     
  who is this convenient for?  
 
who is going to make money off this?
 
 by: djskagnetti     02/07/2010 06:20 PM     
  LMAO  
 
here´s the tactic... get the "bad guy" to say one something (or in this case in many time in the past involving "bin laden videos/tapes to have someone that they´ll think looks like him) so people will support the opposite position...

unfortunately, most people really are this gullible/stupid.

the comment it actually correct yet because it appears to come from "the bad guy" people will tend to hold the opposing view... or use this as cannon fodder and say that we are supporting terrorist by knowing about global warming and acting to prevent its continuation (at least by human driven forces).

as for the dollar comment in terms of international use "he´s" right about that too. no one country´s currency should dominate the world... even a single global currency would be preferable to that, because than atleast all countries are standing on the same ground in terms of dollar value and would be much harder to manipulate, the only difference would be total wealth in indivual nations in that currency... and as it stands now the US dollar is call treated as a global currency... which is actually what most people are fighting for when they are fighting against the use of an international currency to replace the USD´s INTERNATIONAL use, they´re fighting for their currencies global domination to remain... the Amero concept is a whole other issue.
 
 by: HAVOC666     02/07/2010 06:25 PM     
  You tell em, Osama!  
 
...
 
 by: jonnysodoff   02/07/2010 09:26 PM     
  .  
 
Man, if only he´d come out saying global warming is a hoax, it would be so much fun watching the conservatives´ heads explode.
 
 by: lafinjack   02/08/2010 02:23 AM     
  @lafinjack  
 
LOL! Agreed.
 
 by: VermiciousG     02/08/2010 03:45 AM     
  dont be an idiot  
 
...Usama is in on it. Course he wants you to stop using the american dollar... makes it much easier to introduce the amaro.
Or even better yet, the NWO. The new world order currency. Dont believe it? google NWO currency.
 
 by: itts   02/08/2010 06:41 AM     
  credits  
 
credits to an acct in your name .. and scan a chip within your body .. :-)
 
 by: Key2000   02/08/2010 03:07 PM     
  Bah  
 
We just need to all start using space money.
 
 by: jonnysodoff   02/08/2010 06:22 PM     
  Rofl  
 
Yes, getting rid of the dollar would totally fix global warming. Nevermind China quickly rising as a primary spewer of pollution..
 
 by: velger   02/08/2010 10:27 PM     
  @velger  
 
"Nevermind China quickly rising as a primary spewer of pollution.."

indeed... but not per capita, and they´re still a long way off from that.. the US is ranked the 9th largest polluter per capita and china is all the way down at 96th.

china is also taking green energy FAR more seriously than other major emitters, namely the US.

about green energy in china:
http://en.wikipedia.org/
key points:
- "About 16 percent of China´s electricity came from renewable sources in 2006, led by the world´s largest number of hydroelectric generators."

- "Researchers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University have found that China could meet all of their electricity demands from wind power through 2030."

- "China has the largest wind resources in the world and three-quarters of them are offshore."

- "China has become a world leader in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic technology"

- "Work has begun on the 250 million Yuan Kaiyou Green Energy Biomass (Rice Husks) Power Generating project located in the Suqian City Economic Development Zone in Jiangsu Province. The Kaiyou Green Energy Biomass Power project will generate 144 million kwh/year and use 200,000 tpy of crop waste as inputs."

in a decade i expect they will be signifigantly lower than the US comparing total to total again, rather than per capita.

and with progress like this "The initial future target set by the Chinese government was 10 GW by 2010, but estimates suggest that by 2010 the total installed capacity for wind power generation in China will reach 20 GW", they´ll be exporting massive amounts of surplus green energy as well before long as well.
 
 by: HAVOC666     02/08/2010 11:12 PM     
  Renewable?  
 
I work at a nuclear power plant, and the company that owns us has started building more wind power generators. For the most part, it is a good political move, but we can never get all of our energy from wind, and neither can China.

Maybe in a few years when the technology is better, but right now, you cannot rely on the wind generator to consistently deliver power. You also cannot ramp up or ramp down power as needs require.

In my state, about 20% of our energy comes from renewable fuel (mostly nuclear and hydro with a little wind). I would hate for us to go to more wind generators because we give up a lot of land for little ROI. These things are behemoths and each one is typically only 1MWH.

So far, no one has the perfect answer, but hopefully, time and technology will provide some good avenues to explore. So far, all options have some downside, including nuclear and solar.
 
 by: teenspirit91   02/09/2010 03:52 AM     
  @teenspirit91  
 
Hey Genius "NOBODY EVER EVEN SUGGESTED THAT WE EVEN GET MOST OF OUR POWER FROM WIND ENERGY YOU IDIOT"

And I Defy you to name one "political" who has.
 
 by: VermiciousG     02/09/2010 03:57 AM     
  P.S.  
 
Moron.
 
 by: VermiciousG     02/09/2010 03:58 AM     
  @HAVOC666  
 
Blah blah blah china is awesome USA is wrong

http://www.heritage.org/
"Myth #9: China´s greenhouse gas emissions are about the same as America´s.

Truth: China´s emissions are as much as 25 percent larger, and the gap is widening every day.

The effort to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is not usually thought of as a topic when discussing the Chinese economy, but it should be. By itself, the PRC is set to generate the majority of the world´s carbon emissions over the next decade.[20] In contrast, China´s population will fall below 20 percent of the world total. The emissions story is about China´s development model, not size."
 
 by: pexa02   02/09/2010 06:29 AM     
  @Verm  
 
That is exactly why I never post here. A lot of interesting stories that can result in some good discussion, but even non-threatening replies get attacked with name calling and immaturity.

All I was referring to when I mentioned wind power and its current impact on power needs versus generation was the quote from Havoc´s reply,

"Researchers from Harvard University and Tsinghua University have found that China could meet all of their electricity demands from wind power through 2030."

That statement surprised me as we all know the current potential of wind power. The research, I assume, figures in advances to technology, but to see a statement like that from respected research teams was surprising.

Nothing for you to get angry about.
 
 by: teenspirit91   02/09/2010 12:54 PM     
  P.S.  
 
BTW, I never said we get all of our power from wind either, and I never said a politician said it. You really went off the handle without reading what I said.

As far as the political move of building more wind farms...it is good for politics because most state governments give small subsidies for building them, and right now the fed is giving massive grants that pay for about 30% of the total construction costs.
 
 by: teenspirit91   02/09/2010 12:59 PM     
  @teenspirit91  
 
You´re right. I misread something in your comment and mistook your tone and it pissed me off. I apologize.
 
 by: VermiciousG     02/09/2010 11:19 PM     
  again you´re quoting wikipedia  
 
which is completely, utterly, and totally unreliable. what do the words "can be edited by Anyone" mean to you? here is one link
http://seeker401.wordpress.com/
but there are many more. stop quoting wikipedia. it´s like quoting what the little kid down the street said his mom´s uncle´s grandma´s sister´s friend said.
 
 by: djskagnetti     02/10/2010 11:46 AM     
  AT: teenspirit &pexa & djskangetti  
 
"In my state, about 20% of our energy comes from renewable fuel (mostly nuclear and hydro with a little wind)"

LMAO... nuclear (fission) ISN´T renewable (and its not green energy either for that matter contrary to their claims; because of nuclear waste mostly).

"but we can never get all of our energy from wind, and neither can China."

yes i´m certian the US could they could also completely power the US with solar... and so can china... EVEN with current technology.

``I would hate for us to go to more wind generators because we give up a lot of land for little ROI.``

so does nuclear power after you factor in waste and pollution that has that area unusable for life or SAFE agriculture.

``These things are behemoths and each one is typically only 1MWH.```

they can easily produce 7MW of power now on the high end:
http://en.wikipedia.org/
``That statement surprised me as we all know the current potential of wind power. The research, I assume, figures in advances to technology, but to see a statement like that from respected research teams was surprising.``

no it doesn`t, it saying their is enough wind resources in china (much of which is their coast or offshore) tio power the entire country if they kept building wind turbines as they have been.




AT: pexa

``Blah blah blah china is awesome USA is wrong``

ah! another intellectual comment from pexa....LMAO

"Myth #9: China´s greenhouse gas emissions are about the same as America´s.

Truth: China´s emissions are as much as 25 percent larger, and the gap is widening every day.``

and yet PER CAPITA (which is what i was talking about and even said so) the US is still roughly 350-400% higher.

``The effort to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is not usually thought of as a topic when discussing the Chinese economy, but it should be.``

and as i pointed out, they are actually taking it seriously, and have more than established that can be entirely green powered in 2 decades...

if you want to prove how `awesome`the US is, lets see them been china in the race to green... because per capita thats not a race they are even remotely close to winning, and more-over they don`t seem to have any intention of doing so.


AT: djskangetti

`but there are many more. stop quoting wikipedia. it´s like quoting what the little kid down the street said his mom´s uncle´s grandma´s sister´s friend said`

and to prove your point your post a BLOG which ANYONE can create...

OH THE IRONY.

your right it CAN be edited by anyone, but you see those numbers they have occasional in their article... that the equivilent to a bibliography in a book.. i`m sure you had to learn that what was in school.... or in short they are the sources the article is based on... which makes them (proveing they have a source) as reliable as any new we see here (on internet news sites) or MOST of what we see on tv news as well, or most of ANY study EVER done.

wikipedia is perfectly good for quoting general information.
 
 by: HAVOC666     02/10/2010 05:12 PM     
  Havoc is right  
 
China is much more ´green´ than the US is based on the per person model. If you don´t like Wikipedia, look at the sources listed there for confirmation. The numbers confirm his conclusion, that each person in the US produces more emissions than each person in China.

 
 by: jbloodthorn   02/11/2010 02:44 AM     
 
 
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