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The Global Warming X-Factor: What Al Gore Missed.

Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:37 AM EDT
science, global-warming, fire, earth, al-gore, hell, inconvenient-truth, brimstone
By ScooterDMan
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Yes, the conclusions drawn in Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth are terrifying, but perhaps we are misappropriating our energy. As the graph I have produced on the right indicates, there is an undeniable correlation between the rising temperatures in Hell and the rising temperature of the Earth.

This should be alarming to Global Warming proponents like Gore, yet the relative proximity of Hell — it resides inside the Earth's core, after all — is consistently overlooked by the Scientific Community. Hell's hottest region, of course, is its infamous lake of fire and brimstone, which is vividly described in The Book of Revelation.

Just how hot is Hell? Well, scientists tell us that the melting point of brimstone — more commonly known as sulfur — is approximately 239 Degrees Fahrenheit. It's boiling point, or the temperature at which brimstone will vaporize, is about 832 Degrees Fahrenheit.

So we have a range of possible temperatures, though even if Hell's actual temperature is closer to the low-end estimation, its impact on the Earth's warming trends could be significant. Additionally, as the world's population increases exponentially (750 million in 1750, 6.5 billion today), it's safe to assume the fires of Hell are being fueled by the souls of non-believers at alarming rates.

While the correlation between the highest levels of greenhouse gases in the history of the Earth and its sharply rising temperatures have long been touted by the Scientific Community as "proof" of human complicity in Global Warming, it seems scientists have only been half right. Indeed, humans (the heathens, mainly) are responsible, but it likely has nothing to do over-indulgent energy consumption and more to do with the fire and brimstone furnace that burns below us.

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Noel Hurtley

That was a fairly entertaining read.

  • 1 vote
Reply#1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:54 AM EDT
Ziq

Dude, that was great! loved it!

    Reply#2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:29 AM EDT
    Colin R Williams

    Brilliant. Excellent piece, ScooterDMan.

      Reply#3 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:12 AM EDT
      fritz d cat

      Sir

      Though you are obviously demented, you make so much more sense than Al Gore that I just have to accept your explanation at face value, without doing you the discourtesy of actually investigating your claims scientifically.

      Even before I read your cogent explantion, however, I was beginning to harbor some mustard seed of doubt about Al Gore's qualifications in this area. Having spent some time in the computer technology field myself, it always stuck me as unlikely that one person could be a world authority on climatology while singlehandedly inventing the Internet.

      • 1 vote
      Reply#4 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:12 AM EDT
      ScooterDMan

      it always stuck me as unlikely that one person could be a world authority on climatology while singlehandedly inventing the Internet.

      I didn't invent the Internet, but I am a world authority on climatology.

        #4.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:13 AM EDT
        Greg Hoke

        mustard seed of doubt

        Can I use this without footnoting?

        We are so steeped in eye winks, no one knows if people are the biggest boobs or devilishly clever. Nobody stand up, please. Being in doubt is so tantalizing!

          #4.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:24 PM EDT
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          Behind My Screen

          you are so not funny. Glad you can ignore science. Join the rest of those here on Newsvine who do so.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#5 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:43 AM EDT
          Behind My Screen

          wait... that was a little harsh.... It was funny, but wrong.

          • 2 votes
          #5.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:45 AM EDT
          ScooterDMan

          Glad you can ignore science.

          Don't you see the absolute urgency of ignoring science here? If we buy into scientific propaganda and take responsibility for our "greenhouse gases," then the problem of Global Warming will only get worse.

          It's like trying to curtail the AIDS epidemic in Africa by making prophylactics widely and freely available. It just doesn't make sense.

          In order to reverse the trend of Global Warming we must prepare ourselves spiritually so that we won't wind up in Hell. It's simple logic: The less souls descending into eternal Hellfire, the less intense those fires can be.

          • 13 votes
          #5.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:15 AM EDT
          Behind My Screen

          Ok... Nice satire.

          • 1 vote
          #5.3 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:59 PM EDT
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          mikeomatic

          Let me see... your saying that if we all don't quit lying, cheating, drinking, smoking and doing the horizontal bop, the earth will shake us off like a bunch of fleas off a dogs back, right?

          OK I'll quit on Monday.

          • 2 votes
          Reply#6 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:12 AM EDT
          ScooterDMan

          Especially the horizontal bop. The latest USA Today/CNN Gallup Poll suggests that Horizontal Bopping is the leading cause of damnation to Hell, followed closely by Vertical Bopping and miscellaneous Cadoodleing.

          • 4 votes
          #6.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:23 AM EDT
          wintermute1

          Pardon my ignorance -- Horizontal Bop?

            #6.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:20 PM EDT
            crynyd

            I'm not familiar with the Horizontal Bop, but I'm sure it shares more than a passing resemblance to the Horizontal Tango.

            • 1 vote
            #6.3 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:59 PM EDT
            wintermute1

            Oh...

              #6.4 - Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:29 PM EDT
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              Brian Ford

              Sadly, in order for most people to take this seriously, Hell with have to freeze over.

              • 3 votes
              Reply#7 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:29 AM EDT
              ScooterDMan

              Indeed. Unfortunately, right now all Hell is breaking loose.

              • 2 votes
              #7.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:39 AM EDT
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              Zaki

              I love satire, but reading that, I can't help but remember how the Ku Klux Klan used humor to their advantage.

              Maybe I say that since I'm Agnostic. Had I been christian, I probably would have found that hilarious.

                Reply#8 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:06 PM EDT
                ScooterDMan

                I am confused. Can you elaborate?

                • 2 votes
                #8.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:12 PM EDT
                Zaki

                I apologize Scooter. Re-reading that a few more times, I noticed that the caliber of your satire is better than I give it credit.

                I could totally see this hit The Onion. It was brilliant.

                Although I must say, the first and second time I read it, I couldn't help but visualizing a fake former official on Fox News put your article into video.

                The Frenzy Report approves of your satire.

                • 3 votes
                #8.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:09 PM EDT
                ScooterDMan

                Thanks, Zaki. At first I was sort of concerned, as I wasn't expecting that the piece would draw any connection to the KKK.

                • 2 votes
                #8.3 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:43 PM EDT
                Greg Hoke

                Hey stop pickin' on my man, Zaki;) He was up all night walking on the Newsvine team Relay for Life. He was probably a little sleep deprived after spending the last night wallowing in altruism, doing his bit to end cancer.

                While walking the Grove City track, we had a little conversation about how humor can be a great alternative to angry political disputes. I probably put the idea in his head by pointing out how that knife cuts both ways: the KKK uses racist jokes to help people swallow their white supremacy crap.

                I am really enjoying this spate of parody on the vine this weekend. However, let's not get too loosy goosy. The same approach can be used against the ideas we hold near and dear. Probably we need to spice our conversation with a little humor, a little righteous indignation, and a whole lot of patient listening so we can find that one comment that may convince somebody to stop acting against their own interests.

                • 3 votes
                #8.4 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:50 PM EDT
                Brian Ford

                And while I agree that this was funny and well written -- I'm also on record with the belief that Satire is sort of a "punch and run" when making an argument.

                It pretty much puts the satirist in the position of saying "Don't get so worked up, it's only humor" even though they've laid out a pretty barbed critique.

                And those who disagree are often expect to bite their tongue and "lighten up".

                In my view, if you write a satirical piece -- especially one on a controversial subject -- you have to be ready to answer to criticisms and differences of opinion on the topic.

                • 4 votes
                #8.5 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:56 PM EDT
                ScooterDMan

                In my view, if you write a satirical piece -- especially one on a controversial subject -- you have to be ready to answer to criticisms and differences of opinion on the topic.

                Lighten up!

                ;)

                Good point, in all seriousness. I wanted to write something serious about the issue, but I've written too many serious pieces around here. I do, however, feel prepared to entertain serious criticism regarding the issue.

                • 3 votes
                #8.6 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:34 PM EDT
                Greg Hoke

                ScooterDMan,

                Just wanted to underscore what you just said. Speaking for myself, I'm thinking, "boy, that was nice, purifying laughter!" Then I come back a few hours later and think... hmm I thought of a few things the author could have said. Maybe I should write a satirical piece, too. Maybe what the world needs now is for everyone to think of some jokes that rip into the idiots that are wrecking our country and the world. But, in my heart, though I have appreciated the comic relief, I am going to have to bear down and get serious tomorrow.

                For instance, I'm trying to write an article on this very subject of global warming. I took a lot of notes and I want to list Al Gores arguments one by one. I want people to really think about this stuff and figure out what we need to do to stop global warming. Comic relief has it's place. But then we have to get down to business of making sure as many people as possible watch the film and really take it as a call to action - in the voting booth and in where we decide to work, live, and go to school. Hell, it might even help someone decide to go on for an advanced degree in climatology or how to design carbon neutral office towers. The world only needs so many comedians. Laughter should leaven our conversation. Serious commitment to principles should guide our lives. Some of favorite comedians are George Carlin, Robin Williams, and Richard Pryor. There is an integrity behind their life's work that is serious, despite the laughter. In fact the reason we laugh is often because it releases the pent up tension we feel as vulnerable human beings in a world that seems beyond our control. I am certain we can get things in order again.

                Sorry for the lecture, but this just seemed to be the place. Thanks for a nice article and for hosting a nice discussion thread.

                • 1 vote
                #8.7 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:37 PM EDT
                ScooterDMan

                Don't be sorry. You are 100% correct. The attempt at humor is most definitely an outlet for frustration I feel because I live in a society where it seems so many people are persuaded by un-reason.

                I took five friends to see An Inconvenient Truth and, though we weren't skeptics going in, we left feeling like we had learned something new, mainly that we really can do things to help reverse this terrifying trend.

                So I came home with a renewed sense of purpose, and, like you, I began thinking about writing a serious piece for Newsvine because I know there's an audience here. But in doing some research I came across this. It was like being socked in the stomach. And the overall doubt doesn't stop at FoxNews, either.

                I have this feeling that's it's just too late. And I hope that I'm wrong, but we are arriving at a point here where each scientific discovery, no matter how carefully constructed and supported, is subject to unreason of the people who feel most threatened by it.

                I feel like my country is being ruined by idiots. Reason and evidence are forsaken for "faith," and as a result, my rhetorical strategy is rendered meaningless. So I might as well just make fun.

                • 2 votes
                #8.8 - Sun Jun 25, 2006 12:41 AM EDT
                Behind My Screen

                I think I may be coming around to your way of thinking on the matter.

                • 1 vote
                #8.9 - Sun Jun 25, 2006 8:31 PM EDT
                Adam Becker

                Thanks, Zaki. At first I was sort of concerned, as I wasn't expecting that the piece would draw any connection to the KKK.

                That'd be a first for something you wrote, I believe?

                  #8.10 - Thu Sep 7, 2006 4:01 PM EDT
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                  wags001

                  Let us not forget the often forgotten book of the bible, the Book of Whoopee. It says like our fine author pointed out that "Cadoodleing in any form will cast you into the lake of fire whose temperatures will soar and the day will come when bopping, be it vertical or horizontal, will cast so many into the tepid lake that the temperature of hell will make it uncomfortably hot on the surface for the heathens. p.s. Al Gore will actually cause the end of the world, the whole warming thing is just uncomfortable, and he didn't invent the Internet... don't believe that." I swear its scripture, the "p.s." and the ellipses, who knew the bible used the ellipses.

                  • 3 votes
                  Reply#9 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:53 PM EDT
                  fakir

                  If you wait until the end credits are done rolling, Gore briefly mentions this exact issue. He quickly outlines a proposal to harness the fires of Hell as a cheap, reliable source of energy. Already millions of homes and businesses are utilizing geothermal energy, so Gore actually advocates sending MORE souls to eternal damnation. This, initially, seems counterproductive, but if you think about it, it really makes sense. Unlike finite sources like oil and coal, there will always be a surplus of souls burning in the lake of fire. This cheap, clean fuel could power our factories, light our streets, and recharge our variable-speed "neck/back massagers." So please, give Gore some credit. He's done his research.

                  • 4 votes
                  Reply#10 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:22 PM EDT
                  K.Hodge

                  wouldn't those souls that are being burnt be black as coal? and considering the reasons that they are there in the first place i would disagree that they'd but a clean fuel.

                  • 1 vote
                  #10.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:41 PM EDT
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                  Jim Dent

                  I hate to say that I disagree with your findings but..... well, I disagree.......

                  • 2 votes
                  Reply#11 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:35 PM EDT
                  ScooterDMan

                  Ah! Do not read Jim Dent's rebuttal. There is no room for alternative theories to the one I have posted above.

                  ;)

                  • 2 votes
                  #11.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:35 PM EDT
                  Jim Dent

                  You climate scientist's are all alike....your way or the highway.. :-)

                    #11.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:51 PM EDT
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                    Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)

                    Hetep and Respect

                    Loved the Graph! Was that a picture of the King?

                      Reply#12 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 2:50 PM EDT
                      George I.

                      Hi-larious!

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#13 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:23 PM EDT
                      Dom Pody

                      Pfft. Everyone knows global warming is caused by the decrease in the pirate population!

                      • 2 votes
                      Reply#14 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:29 PM EDT
                      Greg Plancich

                      What ScooterDMan missed:

                      While there is a correlation between humans' greenhouse gas emmisions, Hell's temperature, and global warming, there is another factor concerning pirates. Simply, the less pirates there are (the real kind, not the skinny nerdy ones), the warmer the earth gets.

                      Many of you may have heard of this before, but I believe you have forgotten because today is an especially warm day here in Seattle.

                      • 2 votes
                      Reply#15 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:14 PM EDT
                      Greg Plancich

                      Ah, img tags aren't allowed.

                      Direct link.

                      • 1 vote
                      #15.1 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:15 PM EDT
                      Dom Pody

                      Look at the post above yours :)

                      • 2 votes
                      #15.2 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:45 PM EDT
                      Greg Plancich

                      Damn! Beaten by my own high-speed scrollin!

                      • 1 vote
                      #15.3 - Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:48 PM EDT
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                      Phaedrus72

                      When did you get so funny, Scooter?! I don't remember you being quite this funny before.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#16 - Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:16 PM EDT
                      ScooterDMan

                      I got this funny last Monday night. I was never funny before, and then suddenly, BOOM!

                      • 2 votes
                      #16.1 - Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:45 PM EDT
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                      LankaFool

                      I love that picture on the hell chart.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#17 - Sun Jun 25, 2006 10:50 PM EDT
                      Catch22

                      I love that picture on the hell chart.

                      I was thinking that too. Do you just paste in pictures... I need to try that!

                      • 1 vote
                      #17.1 - Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:53 PM EDT
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                      Catch22

                      Heaven Actually Hotter than HELL!!??: Heaven bigger cause of global warming than Hell?

                      The temperature of heaven can be rather accurately computed. Our authority is the Bible, Isaiah 30:26 reads, Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold as the light of seven days. Thus, heaven receives from the moon as much radiation as the earth does from the sun, and in addition seven times seven (forty nine) times as much as the earth does from the sun, or fifty times in all. The light we receive from the moon is one ten-thousandth of the light we receive from the sun, so we can ignore that. With these data we can compute the temperature of heaven: The radiation falling on heaven will heat it to the point where the heat lost by radiation is just equal to the heat received by radiation. In other words, heaven loses fifty times as much heat as the earth by radiation. Using the Stefan-Boltzmann fourth power law for radiation

                      (H/E)4 = 50
                      where E is the absolute temperature of the earth, 300°K (273+27). This gives H the absolute temperature of heaven, as 798° absolute (525°C).

                      The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed but it must be less than 444.6°C, the temperature at which brimstone or sulfur changes from a liquid to a gas. Revelations 21:8: But the fearful and unbelieving... shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone." A lake of molten brimstone [sulfur] means that its temperature must be at or below the boiling point, which is 444.6°C. (Above that point, it would be a vapor, not a lake.)

                      We have then, temperature of heaven, 525°C (977°F). Temperature of hell, less than 445°F). Therefore heaven is hotter than hell.

                      Are you sure the temperature of Hell didnt peak between 1600 and 1800? As you noted:

                      Hell's hottest region, of course, is its infamous lake of fire and brimstone

                      . Has the lake become a vapor?

                      In any case, clearly you have overlooked the temperature of heaven in your computation!

                      • 3 votes
                      Reply#18 - Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:01 PM EDT
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