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It's freezing in the South! Why did the glaciers retreat in the past? Before our carbon issues. Huh? And can we fix it in time to save the planet? Shouldn't we be looking at generation ships to take us to the stars to seek another planet? I don't think this should be a political issue. It's for the scientists, climatologists, etc to figure it out, report on it, make suggestions. Some politician's career should NOT be tied to this! JMO
the thing is...I am certainly no scientist but I don't see how anyone can discount the hyper-industrialization this planet has undergone in the last 300 years and assume that there will be no affect on the delicate ecosystem that is Earth. (unless of course you believe a supreme being created our planet and will just wash away all the filth we leave behind)
BINGO!!! Money is the root of the entire thing. Earth will change ON IT'S OWN, adapt, change again and on and on. And man cannot stop it.
You will have to be careful how you pose your questions around here Kdad. Lot of nasties about that passed Ms Grissams 9th grade science class with a c+ and want to explode their vast sources of paste alink on you. In this modern age of post & paste you don't have to know much of anything as long as you can google and post.
In your neck of the woods, once upon a time, these same guys could be found sittin down by the courthouse with a knife and a whittlin stick and backer juice runnin down there cheek. Nowadays its just clear slobber and a key board.
I am confused on this global warming issue. It was 5 degrees here in my part of KY last night. Had a major ice storm last year about this time. We have had four seasons here for as long as I can remember. Sometimes above normal temps and other times, normal or below temps. Shouldn't it be getting WARMER here all the time? I have a simple theory as to why we are still having four seasons and temps going up and down like normal...
Global warming can be anythng you want it to be just like a $200 hooker, hot... cold, you name it, Al Gore he da ****, what you want is what you git...its your imagination honey!
Being both spekptical and confused about the alleged global warming issue, I sat down and broke-out the calculator a few months ago and did some math. If you take the age of our planet (about 4.6 billion years) and then factor in the very, very brief time that mankind has been able to accurately track our weather patterns andglobal temps. (maybe 100 years?) I reckoned that the comparison was roughly equivalent to having a 50 year-old man go outside for 10 minutes on his 50th birthday and observe the weather. And then making a prediciction on it's "latest pattern" using that miniscule timespan.
This would seem to hardly present a credible test period.
And yeah, down here in normally sunny and tropical Austin, TX, we've been 10-20 degrees below normal for the past month.
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