Global Warming ha...

[sparkydog00]

I just lit my Harmen up ...latest in the 10 years i have been burning pellets...
Good thing the mantra is climate change or there would be some explaining to do.

 

[Stentor]

That's precisely the point. We will experience climate change wherever we are. The underlying causes include global warming. Human activity is an important factor in increasing average temperature ("global warming") but is not the only factor.

 

[begreen]

"Local" temps do not reflect "global" trends. For a more immediate, quantifiable result, look at the oceans of the world and measure (and see) the effects of excess carbon dioxide on the pH of the water.

 

[Fsappo]

I predict that over the next 5000 years the climate will change at least once...globally. I also predict that the climate will be effected to "some" degree by human activities.

 

[slls]

Mine still off, house temp 68 deg the cold morning.

 

[Stentor]

I predict that over the next 5000 years the climate will change at least once...globally. I also predict that the climate will be effected to "some" degree by human activities.

Very, very safe prediction. At the other extreme, you could predict that it will change globally in the next ten years. That's a very UNsafe prediction.

What's interesting is the time in the middle. For example, do human activities seem to you likely to greatly impact a defined area like California (more desertification) or Canada (more moderate farming climate, like Illinois now)? Less water from the Colorado River for drinking and irrigation? Is it reasonable to believe that humans should try to reduce the likely (but of course not certain) impact we are having?

 

[smwilliamson]

I predict that the climate inside my stove will change in the next ten months.

 

[Fsappo]

I predict that over the next 5000 years the climate will change at least once...globally. I also predict that the climate will be effected to "some" degree by human activities.

Very, very safe prediction. At the other extreme, you could predict that it will change globally in the next ten years. That's a very UNsafe prediction.

What's interesting is the time in the middle. For example, do human activities seem to you likely to greatly impact a defined area like California (more desertification) or Canada (more moderate farming climate, like Illinois now)? Less water from the Colorado River for drinking and irrigation? Is it reasonable to believe that humans should try to reduce the likely (but of course not certain) impact we are having?

I feel that because no one of us can predict the future, we should all..all humans, as stewards of this amazing and sometimes angry planet should always strive at some level to reduce our dependence on earths non renewable resources and reduce that amount of pollution we create. Not everyone, myself included, will or can live like a pioneer, but if it is at least a thought in the back of our minds...

Maybe I wont throw my trash out the car window
Maybe I wont dump waste oil in my back yard
Maybe I dont need to AC on to bring the house from 72 to 70
Maybe I can recycle
Maybe I can hang the clothes out to dry once in a while

I'm not sure what effect small things like that will have..but if it happened on a world wide scale, maybe we could offset the amount of pollution spewing out of Al Gores private jets by a little bit or put some fuel savings towards the fuel needed for some goofball to go for a joy ride in a Harrier and land on a Carrier.

 

[Vinelife]

I predict Global Warming is a joke...

 

[sparkydog00]

I predict that your going to take a walk in the rain...
And you're gonna get wet...I predict!

-Sparks

 

[Snowy Rivers]

Yessss

WE are having the wettest spring on record here in NW Oregon.

The Quad has been running at least once in the wee hours and then again before breakfast almost every day for the past several.

Forcast is for about 70F today then another cold upper level low pressure area to drop on in for the weekend with rain, showers and cool.

ARRRRRRRRRRG this is definately putting a damper on my business (Dump trucking)

Should be pretty dry and warm by now.

over 5 inches of rain so far this June.

Yess we are having a bit of a change for sure.

Must be the Gulf Oil spill :gulp:


Snowy