Current heat may not be out of the ordinary for our planetI'm not one hundred percent sure how extreme levels of carbon dioxide will benefit us all, but, I guess if so many (American) scientists, some with PhD's even, say it will be so we should welcome this increase in a gas that leaves humans and other animals gasping for air as we all suffocate. There doesn't appear to be any hard evidence that may have been presented by these (American) scientists, some with PhD's even, but they do tell us that the hundreds of thousands of other scientists around the world who know that climate change is happening are wrong, without actually stating how or why they are wrong. In other words, these scientists seem to have chosen just to ignore the evidence that is out there and tell us that we should all feel very assured and stop wasting our precious time and money on this whole saving 6 billion people and hundreds of thousands of species of animals and birds thing.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Dear Editor:
To date, more than 31,000 American Scientists (9,029 of them with PHDs) have signed the Oregon Petition asking that Congress not waste billions of taxpayer dollars on the global warming hoax. These Scientists affirm that, “There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing, or will, in the forseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal enviroments of the Earth.”
Geological records show that there have been fluctuations in heating and cooling temperatures for thousands of years. There have been many times of temperatures such as we are experiencing today, yet the gasoline engine, which is blamed for the so-called global warming trend, was not invented until 1870 by Siegfried Marcus in Vienna.
Long before psuedo-scientist Al Gore’s “inconvenient lies” burst upon the scene, the God of heaven promised Noah that while the Earth remains, there will be seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, that these shall not cease (Genesis 8:22). When I was a teenager in the 1950s, we had days of hot weather such as we have had recently.
Richard Crutchfield
Cadiz
Where all of these scientists (some with PhD's remember) failed, Mr. Crutchfield comes through by providing some very important hands-on observational data. Apparently, he went outside one day when he was a kid and it was hot, and that means global warming is a myth. Good work, Richard! And, THEN, to top it all off, he adds in a quote from the most scientific of sources; the bible. God will make seasons, apparently. We've had those for many years, it is true. You can't deny that. I just wish god had mentioned his preferred oxygen to carbon dioxide ratio for the earth's atmosphere when he spoke to Noah, and maybe told him what we should do when the ice at the north and south pole completely disappears. It would've helped us all a great deal.
I am a native of Trigg County, KY (Cadiz is county seat) and I have known Crutchfield since he blew into town more than 30 years ago and started telling all us locals how we should live, worship, what we could and could not read, etc. I've told him to f--k off more than once, but it doesn't do any good.
ReplyDeleteI remember when, back in 1998, Crutchfield waged his crusade to try to stop TCHS from having the prom.
DeleteDuring that crusade, Crutchfield wrote in the CR newspaper, “Other than between a man and woman married to each other, all sexual activity is always sinful – and – the high school prom is a work of the flesh and therefore sinful. ... No account of dancing as an act of worship is found in the New Testament. ... Such words as fornication, lasciviousness, revelings and drunkenness are often descriptive of prom activities... It is lamentable that the prom is a sacred cow and situation ethics are involved in its defense. Even more lamentable is the fact that many preachers will not speak out against dancing for the same reason that they will no longer mention immodest apparel, social drinking, and tobacco – they are afraid of having to seek secular employment after being fired by their church leaders.”
DeleteHe condemned dancing, music, playing cards, racing horses, chewing tobacco, smoking, and anything else that went against his puritanical view of morality.
DeleteAnd woe be unto anybody who’d drink anything stronger than rainwater! Crutchfield preached that the Bible says any person that took a drink of alcohol would “spend eternity in Hell along with murderers, liars, whoremongers and such.”
Nobody ever figured out how he reconciled that with the fact that, according to the Bible (John 2: 1-11) Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine -- and very good wine!
DeleteBack earlier than that, in 1987-88, Crutchfield waged a crusade (and lawsuit) to get Archibald MacLeish’s Pulitzer prize winning book “J.B” and “Cujo” and anything else that he deemed immoral banned from the school classrooms and library.
DeleteIn a screed published in the CR on Dec. 9, 1987, he wrote, “The Bible mentions sex and violence but never exploits or glorifies such as do the contemporary writers of filth. To the contrary, the Bible records the best and worst behavior of mankind and then gives God’s will to the wise. Concerning sex, God declares that all sexual activity outside of scriptural marriage is always sinful. Concerning violence, God tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves. If such Bible teachings were embraced by all; AIDS, illegitimate children, rape, mugging, robberies, drug problems, starvation, homeless, murders, etc. would be deleted from the dictionary.”
Someone challenged him to reconcile that with Numbers 31:1-18:
The LORD said to Moses, “Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.” So Moses said to the people, “Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the LORD’s vengeance on them. Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel.” So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel. Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling. They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses, and killed every man. Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder. They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps. They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals, and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.
Moses, Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the community went to meet them outside the camp. Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who returned from the battle. “Have you allowed all the women to live?” he asked them. “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the LORD in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people. Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”
How dare you! Don't you know that to disagree with Crutchfield is to disagree with God?
ReplyDeleteAnother ex-Trigg native.
And, of course, anyone who opposed Crutchfield in politics – local, state, or national – was Satan’s minion.
DeleteOn Oct. 10, 1996, he wrote, “It is easily understood how adulterers, abortionists, homosexuals, lairs and others who hold God’s laws in contempt will vote for Bill Clinton... How can those who profess belief in the bible and a judgment day vote for a hypocrite who champions every unholy agenda devised by Satan? ... And how can anyone who lost a loved on a field of honor put a draft dodger in command of a military force that he loathes?”
Well, guess who Crutchfield supported for president in 2016? A three times married, twice divorced, boastful womanizer and Vietnam-era draft dodger.
Crutchfield was a Christian nationalist decades before the term came into vogue. In his worldview, the United States should be a theonomy, defined as “a Christian theory and movement that proposes that divine law should govern societies, especially through the application of the Old Testament's judicial laws.” To put it another way, he wanted the United States to become a nominally “Christian” version of Iran’s Islamic Republic, ruled over by a clique of like-minded preachers who would have the final say in all matters, just like the ayatollahs.
DeleteWell, CO2 hit the milestone 400 ppm this past week. Don't suppose Crutchfield is too concerned. I am. We may have reached the point of no return.
ReplyDeleteTrigg native (with PhD)
Well, CO2 ppm is now 420. Effects are become more and more obvious.
ReplyDeleteWorst drought in 1200 years in Southwest. Lake Mead going dry.
ReplyDeleteThousand year floods in E. KY, St. Louis, and Dallas.
One third of the country of Pakistan under water in worst flood in recorded history. Millions of people displaced and hungry.
The Global Heating crisis is upon us.
Record breaking heatwave in California
ReplyDeleteWorst heatwave and drought in Europe since the end of the Middle Ages
Worst in at least 200 years flood in northwest Georgia.
Hurricane Ian, supercharged by global heating, devastates Florida.
ReplyDeleteUnprecedented drought in the Mississippi Valley. In some places there is "not even 10 feet of water" in the Mississippi River's navigation channel. Barge traffic stopped.
ReplyDeleteExtensive drought caused Mississippi River to reach its lowest level in recorded history at Memphis today. Water level still falling.
ReplyDeleteWell, 2023 has been the hottest year since records began 175 years ago, and most likely the hottest in 125,000 years.
ReplyDeleteCO2 now 425 ppm.
ReplyDeleteThe summer of 2023 was the hottest in the Northern Hemisphere in more than 2,000 years.
ReplyDeleteMonthly mean atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations reached a record high of 427 parts per million (ppm) in April 2024. This represents an increase of roughly 20 percent compared with average CO2 levels recorded in April 1990.
ReplyDeleteTwo hundred years ago, it was 284 ppm.
Pope Francis’ recent comment perfectly describes Crutchfield: “There are people who are foolish, and even foolish if they show you them research. they don't believe it... They don't understand the situation or because of their interest, but climate change exists.”
ReplyDeleteReuters -- World hits streak of record temperatures as UN warns of 'climate hell'
ReplyDelete“NOAA June 6, 2024 – During a year of extremes, carbon dioxide levels surge faster than ever. The two-year increase in Keeling Curve peak is the largest on record. Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence.”
ReplyDeleteThe European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that last Sunday, July 24, 2024, the Earth’s global average surface air temperature reached 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit). This was the highest average temperature recorded since record keeping began in 1940.
ReplyDeleteCarlo Buontempo, the EU climate monitor’s director, said, “What is truly staggering is how large the difference is between the temperature of the last 13 months and the previous temperature records. We are now in truly uncharted territory and as the climate keeps warming, we are bound to see new records being broken in future months and years.”
That record didn’t last long.
ReplyDeleteCBS News reports: “Monday was the hottest day ever measured by humans, beating a record set the day before, as countries across the globe continue to feel the heat, according to the European climate change service. Provisional satellite data published by Copernicus early Wednesday showed that Monday broke Sunday's mark by 0.1 degree Fahrenheit.”
European Union climate monitoring organization Copernicus reports that summer 2024 was the hottest on record.
ReplyDeleteCNN: Sept. 16 - "A once-in-1,000-year rainfall event from an unnamed storm floods homes and forces rescues in North Carolina"
ReplyDeleteFrom CBS News Climate Watch “The majority of Americans support climate reforms. Why won’t Congress deliver?” Sept. 23, 2024
ReplyDeleteAbout 49% in Trigg County, Kentucky are worried about global warming.
About 57% believe it will harm future generations.
About 50.2% believe congress should do more to address it.
Roughly 65.9% support regulating CO2.
73% support funding research into renewable energy.
(The story has a map with data for every county in the U.S.A.)
Why won't Congress deliver?
ReplyDeleteBecause people in places like rural Kentucky keep on voting for climate change deniers like our Rep. James Comer and Donald Trump.
Why? Because some preacher like Crutchfield -- he died several years ago -- tells them how to vote and they obey!
Hurricane Helene, supercharged by human induced global heating, has left a swath of death and destruction from Florida to North Carolina and Kentucky.
ReplyDeleteNBC – “Record heat makes for a sweltering start to October in the West -- Across the U.S., 36 million people are under heat alerts. In parts of Arizona, California and Nevada, temperatures are expected to be 10 to 25 degrees Fahrenheit higher than normal.”
ReplyDeleteDeath toll from Helene is now 220 and increasing. Vast areas without electric power, drinking water, etc.
ReplyDeleteHurricane Kirk is now a monster category 4 storm in the Atlantic.
Further east, tropical storm Leslie is strengthening.
National Hurricane Center is keeping close watch on a system in the Gulf of Mexico that has potential to develop into another tropical storm.
9:30 am Sunday 10-06-24
ReplyDelete“Tropical Storm Milton To Become A Hurricane Tonight, Poses Major Hurricane Threat To Florida” Storm expected to be category 3 when it makes landfall. Major flooding.
2:38 pm Sunday, 10-06-2024
ReplyDeleteMilton didn't wait until tonight to become a hurricane. The storm is now officially a category 1 hurricane.
6:53 am Monday 10-07-2024
ReplyDeleteMilton, supercharged by abnormally warm water in Gulf, has strengthened to category 3 overnight. Now expected to be category 4 when it makes landfall.
10:25 a.m. Monday 10-07-2024
ReplyDeleteNWS now predicts Milton will be a category 5 hurricane when it makes landfall in the Tampa, Florida, area.
11:34 a.m. Monday 10-07-2024
ReplyDeleteNWS now says Milton is a category 5 hurricane. Minimum wind speeds of 157 mph.
At 2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) the National Hurricane Center announced that Hurricane Milton had “explosively intensified” into a monster storm with 175-mph sustained winds.
ReplyDeleteAnother climate change tipping point reached.
ReplyDeleteThe Arctic Report Card, issued by NOAA, says that as climate has warmed, the Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon gases than it absorbs.
The consequences of this will be disastrous.
Fifty years ago, on Dec. 18, 1974, Dr. Ronald Fegley, director of the Mauna Loa Observatory that measures changes in the atmosphere, told UPI journalist Ruth Youngblood, “If we can pick up dangerous situations soon enough, there is a possibility something can be done.”
ReplyDeleteFegley noted that CO2 had increased from 312 ppm in 1957 to 322 in 1974, and said that the increase was “caused by the burning of fossil fuels.”
He also warned, “There is some fear that more carbon dioxide could cause a greenhouse effect where the atmosphere would hold more heat and warm the surface. If this happened, it would cause major problems such as melting the polar ice caps.”
Today, CO2 in the atmosphere is 428 ppm – an increase of 106 ppm from what it was in 1974.
Had Dr. Fegley’s warning been heeded 50 years ago, there was a real chance that climate disaster could have been avoided.
Unfortunately, thanks to the influence of preachers like Crutchfield, that warning was not heeded. Climate disaster in now probably inevitable. A child born today will grow up in a hellish world thanks to him.