The whole argument along with the idea that 'mankind greatly contributed' to the growing dilemma is pointless. It doesn't even matter exactly who's to blame. What can we do now to slow down and possibly improve the global situation. DUH, just like the government is just discovering they can't spend more than they take in, mankind must learn to use renewable energy sources and live within their means. There is only so much of anything so at some point, when it's gone so will we be.
-----Original Message----- From: lelandj [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 10:30 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Global warming is here On 07/22/2011 10:12 AM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > What is a human spice? Whoops, that should be "human species": Noun: A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g., Homo sapiens Regards, LelandJ > Michael Oke, II > 661-349-6221 > [email protected] > On Jul 22, 2011 5:54 AM, "lelandj"<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 07/21/2011 10:23 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>> I thought you guys were all in favor of Darwinism and survival of the > fittest. >> Darwinism is settled science, but if the human spices were really fit in >> mind, body, and soul, we'd not be destroying ourselves. Humanities >> survival lies in the balance, (eg pun intended). >> >> Right now our planet's delicate echo systems are badly out of balance, >> and the worse is likely still to come. This matters whether you're >> believe in Darwin's "Theory of Evolution", or you're an "Intelligent >> Design" kind of guy. I think you believe in the latter. If so, then >> Rich Perry is the Man. See the two links provided below: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BbkQiQyaYc >> >> http://ap.peninsulaclarion.com/pstories/20110717/858391559.shtml >> >> Regards, >> >> LelandJ >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: lelandj<[email protected]> >>> To: ProFox Email List<[email protected]> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:05 PM >>> Subject: Re: [OT] Global warming is here >>> >>> On 07/21/2011 05:51 PM, Gary Jeurink wrote: >>>> OR we WON'T add those billion to the population because by then, the > climate >>>> changes and resulting food shortages and probable natural disasters will >>>> trim the herd a bunch... >>> Yeap, but the herd might be trimmed to zero, (eg extinction). >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> LelandJ >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: lelandj [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 5:06 PM >>>> To: ProFox Email List >>>> Subject: Re: [OT] Global warming is here >>>> >>>> On 07/21/2011 03:19 PM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>>>> Who can take seriously the ramblings of a man too lazy to proofread his >>>> work? >>>> >>>> Like you would really take anyone seriously that didn't agree with your >>>> position on an issue. That's rich. LOL >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> LelandJ >>>> >>>>> ________________________________ >>>>> From: lelandj<[email protected]> >>>>> To: ProFox Email List<[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 2:05 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [OT] Global warming is here >>>>> >>>>> So What. Your one line zingers, usually in the form of insults, add >>>>> little to a topic being discussed, and aren't exactly literary >>>>> treasures, but sometime they are hilarious. LOL >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> LelandJ >>>>> >>>>> On 07/21/2011 11:22 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: >>>>>> Ricardo writes better than you. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> From: lelandj<[email protected]> >>>>>> To: ProFox Email List<[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:43 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: [OT] Global warming is here >>>>>> >>>>>> The human spices has been too successful to the point of overrun the >>>>>> planet with more population than the earth has resources to sustain. > We >>>>>> have destroyed delicate echo system, included plant and animal life, >>>>>> essential to our long term well being. By the year 2021 we will add >>>>>> another one billion human inhabitants to our plant. >>>>>> >>>>>> What time is it? It's one second before twelve. LOL >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY >>>>>> >>>>>> See article below that appeared in the New York Times yesterday. >>>>>> >>>>>> #---------------------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Op-Ed Contributor >>>>>> Sizzle Factor for a Restless Climate >>>>>> By HEIDI CULLEN >>>>>> Published: July 19, 2011 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ENJOYING the heat wave? The answer is probably no if you live in >>>>>> Abilene, Tex., where temperatures have been at or above 100 degrees > for >>>>>> 40 days this summer. It's been a little cooler in Savannah, Ga., where >>>>>> the mercury hit 90 or more for 56 days in a row. Texas, New Mexico and >>>>>> Oklahoma are coping with their driest nine-month stretch since 1895. >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, it has been a very hot summer after one of the most > extreme-weather >>>>>> springs on record. It's time to face the fact that the weather isn't >>>>>> what it used to be. >>>>>> >>>>>> Every 10 years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration >>>>>> recalculates what it calls climate "normals," 30-year averages of >>>>>> temperature and precipitation for about 7,500 locations across the >>>>>> United States. The latest numbers, released earlier this month, show >>>>>> that the climate of the last 10 years was about 1.5 degrees warmer > than >>>>>> the climate of the 1970s, and the warmest since the first decade of > the >>>>>> last century. Temperatures were, on average, 0.5 degrees warmer from >>>>>> 1981 to 2010 than they were from 1971 to 2000, and the average annual >>>>>> temperatures for all of the lower 48 states have gone up. >>>>>> >>>>>> For climate geeks like me, the new normals offer a fascinating and >>>>>> disturbing snapshot of a restless climate. The numbers don't take > sides >>>>>> or point fingers. They acknowledge both powerful natural climate >>>>>> fluctuations as well as the steady drumbeat of warming caused by > roughly >>>>>> seven billion people trying to live and prosper on a small planet, >>>>>> emitting heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the process. >>>>>> >>>>>> Even this seemingly modest shift in climate can mean a big change in >>>>>> weather. Shifting weather patterns influence energy demand, affect > crop >>>>>> productivity and lead to weather-related disasters. In the United >>>>>> States, in any given year, routine weather events like a hot day or a >>>>>> heavy downpour can cost the economy as much as $485 billion in crop >>>>>> losses, construction delays and travel disruptions, a recent study by >>>>>> the National Center for Atmospheric Research found. In other words, > that >>>>>> extra 1.5 degrees might be more than we can afford. >>>>>> >>>>>> And while the new normals don't point to a cause, climate science > does. >>>>>> Drawing from methods used in epidemiology, a field of climate research >>>>>> called "detection and attribution" tests how human actions like > burning >>>>>> fossil fuels affect climate and increase the odds of extreme weather >>>> events. >>>>>> Heat-trapping pollution at least doubled the likelihood of the > infamous >>>>>> European heat wave that killed more than 30,000 people during the > summer >>>>>> of 2003, according to a study in the journal Nature in 2004. And if we >>>>>> don't ease our grip on the climate, summers like that one will likely >>>>>> happen every other year by 2040, the study warned. Human actions have >>>>>> warmed the climate on all seven continents, and as a result all > weather >>>>>> is now occurring in an environment that bears humanity's signature, > with >>>>>> warmer air and seas and more moisture than there was just a few > decades >>>>>> ago, resulting in more extreme weather. >>>>>> >>>>>> The snapshots of climate history from NOAA can also provide a glimpse > of >>>>>> what's in store locally in the future. Using climate models, we can >>>>>> project what future Julys might look like. For example, by 2050, >>>>>> assuming we continue to pump heat-trapping pollution into our > atmosphere >>>>>> at a rate similar to today's, New Yorkers can expect the number of > July >>>>>> days exceeding 90 degrees to double, and those exceeding 95 degrees to >>>>>> roughly triple. Sweltering days in excess of 100 degrees, rare now, > will >>>>>> become a regular feature of the Big Apple's climate in the 2050s. >>>>>> >>>>>> The next time NOAA calculates its new temperature normals will be in >>>>>> 2021 - when there will be about another billion people on the planet. >>>>>> Lady Gaga may no longer be hot. But the climate almost surely will be. >>>>>> >>>>>> Heidi Cullen, a scientist at Climate Central, a journalism and > research >>>>>> organization, is the author of "The Weather of the Future: Heat Waves, >>>>>> Extreme Storms, and Other Scenes From a Climate-Changed Planet." >>>>>> >>>>>> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/opinion/20cullen.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadli >>>> nes&emc=tha212 >>>>>> or >>>>>> >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/3dvnh9p >>>>>> >>>>>> #----------------------------------------------- >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> LelandJ >>>>>> >>>>>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/793FC89BDA8E4CDA9BF5BF0492DF7711@OwnerPC ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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