Posted on 10/13/2005 12:39:31 PM PDT by proud_yank
LOL, this is too funny. They told us 1999 was going to be the warmest ever. Then they told us 2000 was going to be the warmest ever. Then they told us 2001 was going to be the warmest ever. Then they told us 2002 was going to be the warmest ever. Then they told us 2003 was going to be the warmest ever. Then they told us 2004 was going to be the warmest ever. Still 1998 remains the 'warmest ever', which really means the warmest in the last 50 or so years.
Unfortunately, that means the Sun is causing it, and unless somebody can figure out how to fly up to Old Sol, and reset the themostat, we are just going to have to endure.
The problem I've had with the Global Warming crowd all along is that they have an agenda to cripple the West's economies, and give the worst polluters a pass. That, and many of 'em were promoting a New Ice Age a while back.
Truth is, we just do not have enough accurate data, over a wide enough time frame ( geologic, meaning thousands and tens of thousands of years ) to have more than the vaguest idea of what is happening, or what to do about it.
Our sister site in Canada actually has a couple of good sub-forums regarding this:
Kind of like that old Twilight Zone episode where the Earth got knocked off course by an asteroid or something.
200 million square miles is greater than the entire surface area of the Earth. Maybe she mean 2 million??
http://news.forum.publicradio.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/06/110244
What would be better is Billions for research on Star Wars!
Oh, wait.
I'd be mighty grateful if I didn't have to drag my snow blower out this year. Mighty grateful.
... Glaven
What do you think? 2008? 2010? 2012? What year will we be water skiing across the North Pole?
Will Santa start attaching barges to house boats? Will he give a while new meaning to "water wings?"
Exactly where will the Fortress of Solitude relocate?
Totally. I mean, when have we ever gotten a benefit from scientists?
When government gets involved it is going to cost billions and the results are in doubt.
NASA is a prime example; it did great until it reached its goal of landing people on the moon. Except for Hubble the rest has been a make work program.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4290340.stm
Actually some good tidbits, even though bbc, once you get past some of the editorials ...
Uh-oh. Sounds like we're heading into an era of global cooling. Better add more CO2 to the atmosphere!
Generally, I agree with you. But of course there are some major exceptions. A lot of very important research does get done at universities.
Greenland Ice Cap Is Melting, Raising Sea Level
Source: The Associated Press
Published: Jul 20, 2000 - 04:05 PM Author: By Paul Recer
Posted on 07/20/2000 14:37:50 PDT by Ms. AntiFeminazi
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3977712e1941.htm
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