>> It's not global warming.
>
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> Patrick
>>> It's not global warming.
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> evaporates and turns into clouds, the clouds protect us from harmful sun
> rays and the temperature.
maybee but my mustang 5.0 will still be running.......
> >> It's not global warming.
> > Let hope so. But with rapidly increasing CO2 levels, loss of
> > glacier/polar ice caps and the growing concensus among experts, things
> > are looking ominous.
> >> Just a weird jet stream.
> > Caused by El Nino or La Nina, but we're not sure it their
> > intensity/frequency have been changed by man's activities.
> >> The winter was like this in 1890 (among a few other years that have been
> >> recorded).
> > And the average gobal temperature continues to rise.
> > I know this doesn't account for much, but I do know SE Michigan's
> > winters have been awfully wacky and warmer the last 20+ years. They
> > don't get the cold/snow up there anymore like when I was a kid -- tons
> > of snow, huge snow drifts, 30+ days of continuous below freezing
> > temperatures, snow mobiles running all over the place, etc.-- that
> > stuff doesn't happen anymore.
> At one time they said the Earth's axis was rotating which would cause change
> as well. What I dont get is that even if it were true what is to say the
> Earth wont take care of itself? I mean it gets hotter the water evaporates
> and turns into clouds, the clouds protect us from harmful sun rays and the
> temperature.
Like I said, let's hope. But the signs seem to be indicating we're
overloading the Earth's balancing system. (Can the Earth's system
handle the huge escape of stored energy/oil and the massive clear
cutting of forests in such a short [only 100+ years] period of time?)
Add in human nature's tendancy to act only after things begin to
directly affect our lives and you can see the potential for an
unprecedented disaster. Especially when you factor in the difficulty
of coordinating a global effort to turn things around, AND starting the
effort before it's too late.
Patrick
Joe - 08 Jan 2007 12:23 GMT
>> >> It's not global warming.
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> Patrick
Saw a documentary on PBS not too long ago on how the earth's magnetic
structure is "reversing". Apparently this is something that goes on
every few hundred or thousand years (forgot the time frame), but it's
all part of the cycle.
Personally, I don't think we (mankind) have the power to destroy the
earth. We're just not that strong compared to Mother Nature. We can
certainly screw it up, but I believe it will prevail in the end. It'll
be here long after we annihilate ourselves.
NoOption5L@aol.com - 09 Jan 2007 03:35 GMT
> >> >> It's not global warming.
> >
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> > of coordinating a global effort to turn things around, AND starting
> > the effort before it's too late.
> Saw a documentary on PBS not too long ago on how the earth's magnetic
> structure is "reversing". Apparently this is something that goes on
> every few hundred or thousand years (forgot the time frame), but it's
> all part of the cycle.
Certainly the Earth has variations but they develop over 1,000s of
years, but the global warming theory is based on recent variations that
have happened extremely fast (less than a 100). And in the case of
CO2, have risen to unprecedented levels.
> Personally, I don't think we (mankind) have the power to destroy the
> earth. We're just not that strong compared to Mother Nature. We can
> certainly screw it up, but I believe it will prevail in the end. It'll
> be here long after we annihilate ourselves.
Do you realize the power of our nukes? If enough of them go off, the
rotation of the planet could be upset.
Patrick
Jimmy - 10 Jan 2007 02:17 GMT
> Certainly the Earth has variations but they develop over 1,000s of
> years, but the global warming theory is based on recent variations that
> have happened extremely fast (less than a 100). And in the case of
> CO2, have risen to unprecedented levels.
>
> Patrick
Also, don't forget the medias tendency to blow things out of proportion
and scare the living crap out of people. Like yesterday in NYC and "the
gaseous smell" that was all over the news. I must have gotten 15-20
IM's from people around the country sitting in my office literally
across the street from the WTC site. "Are you ok?" "What's going on
there?" etc etc....look out the window and....NADA..ZILCH...normal
traffic, rainy day...**nothing** out of the ordinary. But people from
California, Florida sending IM's e-mails etc...the missus calls...what
a joke. The media should be hung sometimes the way it plays up stories.
Global warming is the filler scare story when they don't have a maniac
being chased in California, an Avalanche in Colorado or a stinky subway
in NYC (I mean it smells ANYWAY...now we NY're are connoisseurs of BAD
smells? Gimme a break!) We may have a free media but MAN does it
suck.....runaway brides...Brittny's got no panties...who gives a crap?
Nevermind. Apparently millions do cause that's what sells. Fear and
sex....
Joe - 10 Jan 2007 02:53 GMT
NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in news:1168313735.175913.105990
@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
>> >> >> It's not global warming.
>> >
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> have happened extremely fast (less than a 100). And in the case of
> CO2, have risen to unprecedented levels.
Didn't mean to trivialize global warming; just thought of the magnetic
thing. As long as we're on the topic however, I think mankind is at the
point where we all need something as powerful as a threat to the planet
(i.e., global warming) so we all get our act together as a race. Only
in that sense would global warming be good. The longer we wait, the
more screwed up the planet will become until mankind itself becomes
affected. 2 cents, of course.
>> Personally, I don't think we (mankind) have the power to destroy the
>> earth. We're just not that strong compared to Mother Nature. We can
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> Patrick
Yeah, all the nukes are pretty powerful. But they're nothing compared
to nature IMO. Not to get into religion and all, but I think it's
presumptuous to assume that mankind can destroy the planet. We will
destroy ourselves long before we come close to destroying the planet.
lab~rat >:-) - 10 Jan 2007 18:47 GMT
>> >> It's not global warming.
>
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>of coordinating a global effort to turn things around, AND starting the
>effort before it's too late.
Sounds to me like a lost cause. Let's open up the pipes and rock and
roll...
--
lab~rat >:-)
Do you want polite or do you want sincere?