> What about the will of God... maybe the Age > of Enlightenment > has an average temperature similar to Maui year > around??? I'd take that.
That's right! Charlie Lutes said the age of emlightenment would bring sub-tropical weather to the US! This tidbit I heard him say personally, in a talk in Westwood, MA, in 1978 or 1979. --- handsonmaui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is why I have not gotten my panties in a bunch > over global > warming. There is only one verifiable reason for > temperature change > of any significance on this or any other planet in > our solar system... > the SUN (and our orbit in relationship to it)! > > The climate change on Mars as well as its direct > correlation with the > change on earth has been known for some time (but > the news media > doesn't seem to care). Maybe we should blame it on > the Mars rovers?? > > That's not to say I don't support the efforts that > are taking place to > eradicate the perceived problem (warming).. but I > support them for > different reasons.... less oil usage means political > and economic > influence from the Middle East will be greatly > reduced. > Vegetarianism, or at least only occasional meat > consumption, by the > masses will eliminate hog confinement operations and > make more food > (grains and veggies) available for the starving > masses around the world. > > Global warming... doesn't really concern me because > I am not convinced > that it is a negative or positive. > > I can't quite understand why everyone who talks of > the coming of Sat > Yuga, the new millennium, the golden age, etc. gets > all bent out of > shape that things are changing and are so sure the > it is BAD (really > bad). What about the will of God... maybe the Age > of Enlightenment > has an average temperature similar to Maui year > around??? I'd take that. > > HandsOnMaui > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > April 29, 2007 > > > > Climate change hits Mars > > > > Mars is being hit by rapid climate change and it > is happening so fast > > that the red planet could lose its southern ice > cap, writes Jonathan > > Leake. > > > > Scientists from Nasa say that Mars has warmed by > about 0.5C since the > > 1970s. This is similar to the warming experienced > on Earth over > > approximately the same period. > > > > Since there is no known life on Mars it suggests > rapid changes in > > planetary climates could be natural phenomena. > > > > The mechanism at work on Mars appears, however, to > be different from > > that on Earth. One of the researchers, Lori > Fenton, believes > > variations in radiation and temperature across the > surface of the Red > > Planet are generating strong winds. > > > > In a paper published in the journal Nature, she > suggests that such > > winds can stir up giant dust storms, trapping heat > and raising the > > planet's temperature. > > > > Fenton's team unearthed heat maps of the Martian > surface from Nasa's > > Viking mission in the 1970s and compared them with > maps gathered more > > than two decades later by Mars Global Surveyor. > They found there had > > been widespread changes, with some areas becoming > darker. > > > > When a surface darkens it absorbs more heat, > eventually radiating > > that heat back to warm the thin Martian > atmosphere: lighter surfaces > > have the opposite effect. The temperature > differences between the two > > are thought to be stirring up more winds, and > dust, creating a cycle > > that is warming the planet. > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
