Nahh, Kevin. Not *gripping* enough.

What you need is an Andy Warhol-esque platejob camera mounted *inside* a toilet as the impeccable white mommy of earlier scenes takes a nice squat and we get to watch her dilating asshole 'n' peristaltic throbs up close 'n' personal like ...

Of course there'd be a piece of plexiglas mounted over the camera to prevent damaging the expensive equipment.

Bob

ceck out fishscam.com same thing. Corporate trade groups are on the attack against what the percieve as scaremongering by environmentalist groups. Interesting that they are all rolling out big media campaigns at the same time.

[David Foster Wallace mode / OFF]

There was a great one that made me laugh till the tears came ...
CO2: It's what salad has for lunch!
...
Blessings to the creative spirit behind that one!

Venus is the planet for honeymoons.

Never underestimate the ignorance of the American voting public. They love the clever commercials...AND American IDOL...give me a break!

Blessings to the creative spirit behind that one!

my creative spirit thanks you. :)

Modeled on the Jolt Cola slogan:

All the carbon a carbon-based lifeform needs.

And twice the oxygen!

Bob

Oh, that's funny. Glad I checked the blog this morning, nice to start the day with laughing out loud. Thanks Publius.

Cee Oh Two
Not good for you?
It could be true ...
It turns you blue!

Cee Oh Two
Thy name be true
Close up the flue
You'll cough and spew!

Cee Oh Two
Plants green in hue
Do not eschew
Breath that you blew

Cee Oh Two
Jets high that flew
Freeway milieu
Vaporous stew

Cee Oh Two
Don't ever do
What Fu Manchu
Does prior clue

Bob

rmck1: "Cee Oh Two
Not good for you?"

Now you're just showing off!

And in the "A haiku a day keeps global warming at bay" category...

CO2
by PTate

At dawn, the lark sings
and calls to its young.
Pigeons eat all the seed corn.

This line that "CO2 is not a pollutant" has been around for quite awhile. GWB used in in the 2000 campaign - it was one of the first things that made me truly realize what a dunce he is.

Anyone who has gotten past page two in any good tratise on the global warming issue knows that what matters is not the direct effects of CO2 on our bodies, but the greenhouse effects of the perecentage of CO2 in the atmosphere. But I guess Georgie just couldn't handle that high theoretical level. The ad sponsors seem to be counting on the fact that a lot of other people won't be able to either.

But I guess Georgie just couldn't handle that high theoretical level.

no, George can. he just thinks everyone is stupid so it's OK for him to spout lies.

cleek: "no, George can. he just thinks everyone is stupid so it's OK for him to spout lies.

And alas, have we proved GWB wrong?? Has anyone challenged him on his lies.

*sigh*

977 days to go.

I'm disappointed. I thought I deserved some mention for my comment about making trubine engines out of silicon carbide.

there is some good news. In the same issue of Science that I quoted yesterday, on p. 825, in an article titled "No doubt about it, the world is warming", a group commissioned by Bush resolved the differences between the majority and the dissenters from the University of Alabama (John Christy and Roy Spencer).

The bad news: their estimate of the rate of global warming is double the previous estimate. The new estimate is 1.5C per century. you can read it at www.sciencemag.org, but you have to pay.

Bob, I'm begging you: step away from Gravity's Rainbow...put it down.

The bad news: their estimate of the rate of global warming is double the previous estimate. The new estimate is 1.5C per century. you can read it at www.sciencemag.org, but you have to pay.

Climate sensitivity isn't measured in spans of time but in terms of concentrations of a given forcing. For example, CO2 is a forcing. Climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere is generally believed to be the range of 1.5 Celsius to 4.5 Celsius. That is, if you double the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, temperatures will rise from 1.5 to 4.5 degrees Celsius. (Sensitivities are logarithmic not linear. An increase from 400ppm to 800ppm will produce the same increase as 200-400ppm. The first leap in temps, therefore, is easier to produce than subsequent ones. Unfortunately.) There are models that push sensitivities to the high end and beyond that a bit, but there isn't a consensus for that at all. At an increase of 3 Celsius, we start to get into the predicted cataclysmic events range.

CFShep:

Gravity's Rainbow? I'm actually (re)reading Mason & Dixon, atm ...

That disgusting little firsties riff was actually inspired by David Foster Wallace's short story "The Suffering Channel."

Bob

All I could come up with was a pop-culture allusion....

That disgusting little firsties riff was actually inspired by David Foster Wallace's short story "The Suffering Channel."

Bob
Posted by: rmck1

I just wish I had not read that post.

Sorry and you know I like ya, but...

I know I promised to read something unimproving but instead I just finished Paul Theroux's "Dark Star - Safari overland from Cairo to Cape Town".

It should be required reading...aren't ya'll glad I can't give you homework?

CFShep:

Oh c'mon, Cyn, you've *gotta* love a phrase like "peristaltic throb" ... just a little?

*ducking under desk*

Bob

>>Oh c'mon, Cyn, you've *gotta* love a phrase like "peristaltic throb" ... just a little?

>>grin

I like it a lot. I like it so much I might steal it to describe the way oil money moves through Lafayette. I've been stuck with the trite 'tidal wave' analogy for a while. Make a nice change.

It's not as easy as I'd think.

C02, keeps your soda bubbley longer.

Even more funny, anyone else planning to Al Gore's new movie Fahrenheit .911?

Gore's the new Moore. A Moore we can trust and control.

CFShep:

Sphinctral dynamics.

Oooh, shit, I crack myself up so hard I can barely type ...

Bob

Oooh, shit, I crack myself up so hard I can barely type ...

Bob
Posted by: rmck1

Holy crap.

>>laughing

my favorite was "CO2 - All the goodness of CO but now with MORE oxygen!"

dan: "my favorite was "CO2 - All the goodness of CO but now with MORE oxygen!"

Seeing that one again, it IS a hoot. LOL.

Jeffrey Davis: Climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere is generally believed to be the range of 1.5 Celsius to 4.5 Celsius.

That could be. I quoted a particular source about the actual estimated rate of temperature change, that came from a report commissioned by the president. The really important news, I think, is that the dissenters from Alabama now agree. Also important is that they came to agreement by hashing out all their technical points in a face-to-face conference required by the administration.

That could be. I quoted a particular source about the actual estimated rate of temperature change, that came from a report commissioned by the president. The really important news, I think, is that the dissenters from Alabama now agree. Also important is that they came to agreement by hashing out all their technical points in a face-to-face conference required by the administration.

The IPCC makes periodic reports about the state of the scientific consensus regarding climate change. Their last report is where the 1.5-4.5C figure comes from. Their next report is due (IIRC) next year.

CO2: It's what salad has for lunch

Now that is actually funny.

Fight global warming...bottle more beer

dan,

my favorite was "CO2 - All the goodness of CO but now with MORE oxygen!"

Thanks! Do go on . . . (blush)

Really. One tries one's best, of course, but any notice is appreciated. (Peeks to see if faux modesty is working)

How about a counter ad:

"CO2: Nature's Oven Bag"

Carbon dioxide --the smell of other people breathing.

Carbon "Princess Di" Oxide, tinting the breath of Royalty for hundreds of years, with an air of elegance and quality.

Putting the blue in your blood.