Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Dana
art > REAC/PASS-IT > (202)-475-8875 > > > > > Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 01/11/2007 10:55 AM > Please respond to cf-community > > >To: CF-Community > cc: (bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) >Subject:Re: so...the

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
ee how you can make a blanket statement that has > > no way of being verified. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:18 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Su

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Dana
> > no way of being verified. > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:18 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Bruce Sorge
Temps near freezing last night, freezing rain today and sleet/snow tomorrow in the Cali. High Desert. And we are going camping this weekend. Should be fun. On 1/11/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > utterly freezing here past 3 days, ice formed in the dog's water dish > yesterday and

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Erika Walker
utterly freezing here past 3 days, ice formed in the dog's water dish yesterday and today. Tomorrow ... lows in the low 50's highs in the high 60's. Go figure. On 1/11/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Fifth snow day (well technically one day was for power outages after a > huge win

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread William Bowen
Fifth snow day (well technically one day was for power outages after a huge windstorm) of the school year here in our district in Washington. The kids will now be in school until 28 June. On 1/11/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 16 this morning here. > > doesnt matter. > > by 8pm tonight, it

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Tony
16 this morning here. doesnt matter. by 8pm tonight, it will be 50 deg. and 60's this weekend again. :) i love global warming On 1/11/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yup, sunny and a balmy 20 something in Lexington. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Nick McClure
Yup, sunny and a balmy 20 something in Lexington. > -Original Message- > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > And, as predicted, here we sit, one week later, and it's 15F, not > supposed to rise above 20F. > > Stupid New England weather > >

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-11 Thread Crow T . Robot
>And it will be all your fault. > >On 1/5/07, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ha - watch, next week, we'll get blasted with CO-like snow and Canada-like >> wind and ice, and blasts of cold. =) >> And, as predicted, here we sit, one week later, and it's 15F, not supposed to rise ab

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Dana
; > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:18 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > > > > > > > Has there ever been

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
> > -Original Message- > > > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:18 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > > > > > Ha

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Dana
> > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > > > Has there ever been a change as quick in the entire history of the > > world? > > (That wasn't occassioned by a meteor strike or a huge volcanic > > errupt

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
(bcc: Scott A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? >The hybrid highlander with the tow group would run about 36k, which is about >10k more than my escape v6 limited. That is more than just being able to >care about the

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I don't know about many, I don't know too many people that can pay that. I'm >sure there are some that do, but in driving down the road the 40k SUV is >definitely not the most common one out there. It depends on where you live to a great deal. Down in the DC area where I used to live Toyota, Acc

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Mary Jo wrote: > >... yet when you make people WANT it rather than DEMANDING they do it, > >things work out better. > > Yes, a combination of things is usually what is needed. Tax credits and > incentives for buying hybrids have worked well in some areas. Where I used to > live, hybrid owners w

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
> Yes, a combination of things is usually what is needed. Tax credits > and incentives for buying hybrids have worked well in some areas. > Where I used to live, hybrid owners were allowed to use HOV lanes, > which greatly increased the number bought in the area. BTW - here's an excellent site

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
gt; From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:49 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > > > > Nick wrote: > > > Nope, but they still aren't ready for the high

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
Doesn't bio diesel and conversion take just as much fossil based fuels to create than it replaces? > -Original Message- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:49 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no suc

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
I don't know about many, I don't know too many people that can pay that. I'm sure there are some that do, but in driving down the road the 40k SUV is definitely not the most common one out there. The Escape, Explorer, Jeep Cherokee are far more common, and about 10k cheaper. > -Original Messa

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>... yet when you make people WANT it rather than DEMANDING they do it, >things work out better. Yes, a combination of things is usually what is needed. Tax credits and incentives for buying hybrids have worked well in some areas. Where I used to live, hybrid owners were allowed to use HOV lanes

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Larry Lyons
>These guys (UCS) are a radical left-wing group formed to protest the >Vietnam war. So what. The facts remain. If you're going to parrot right wing propaganda, its a good idea to get the facts. What is in dispute over the story? Is it that Exxon has given substantial amounts of cash to cranks

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Casey Dougall
We're getting there but it's still years away. Plug Power Baby!!! http://www.plugpower.com/ They teamed with Honda for the Home Energy System which is still kicking it in R&D. http://world.honda.com/FuelCell/FCX/station/ The new Home Energy Station system, which can currently produce enough hyd

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
Well I never said I "need" the toys, rather I "need" the vehicle to haul these toys that I choose to have. And you are right, there are trucks out there that do not serve any other purpose other than to say "Look at me!. I have a bling bling truck/suv that I do not need because I will never haul a

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Mary Jo wrote: >But many people simply do not need it. Just look at the trend in car sizes So you need to make "efficiency" less costly while making big cars more costly. That's already the case: I paid a $2500 gas guzzler tax on my car. But that's my choice, so I paid the tax. I'll also have

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
yet when you make people WANT it rather than DEMANDING they do it, things work out better. The Governator wants solar on 1 million rooftops in Cali, so rather than mandating that as a requirement, he introduced a subsidy for Solar for the first 1 million homes to do it. And it's working! 1

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Robert Munn
The government isn't going to change the laws because the legislators know they will get tossed out of office if they try. You can't effectively legislate behavior. People are going to do what they want. Just look at California. The state government tried to dictate to the auto industry that by a

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Really really need as in I have a trailer I tow that, when loaded with >quads, golf cart, BBQ grill and smoker weighs over 3000 lbs. Now I am pretty >sure that there is NOT a hybrid that can haul all of this so thus I need >this truck. Well, some people might really debate the "need" to have thes

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
Certainly a step int he right direction! -Cameron On 1/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nope, but they still aren't ready for the highway, they work well in that > situation, but my point being that the technology is there, is just needs > the proper tweaking.

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Nick wrote: > Nope, but they still aren't ready for the highway, they work well in that > situation, but my point being that the technology is there, is just needs > the proper tweaking. > I like the clean diesel/biodiesel technology. Here's a good example: http://www.autoblog.com/2007/01/07/d

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Cam wrote: > Well that's cool. Hybrid SUVs really save relatively little fuel and > the electric motor is primarily there as a power booster. Are these > dump truck vehicles the same? > I like that Lexus V8 hybrid. If you chucked the electric motor and added some turbos it'd be perfect.

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
12:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > Well that's cool. Hybrid SUVs really save relatively little fuel and > the electric motor is primarily there as a power booster. Are these > d

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>The hybrid highlander with the tow group would run about 36k, which is about >10k more than my escape v6 limited. That is more than just being able to >care about the environment. If I compare them similarly equipped it is about >13k more. Sure, some people can't afford the better hybrids that ar

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Scourge wrote: > Our toys are four stroke engines, not two stroke. My motto is: 2 stroke, 4 stroke, whatever it takes. ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.double

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
Well that's cool. Hybrid SUVs really save relatively little fuel and the electric motor is primarily there as a power booster. Are these dump truck vehicles the same? -Cameron On 1/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm talking about the dump trucks that haul the stuff away also.

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
te: > > > > What about those of us who have these big gas guzzling trucks/SUV > > > because we > > > > need them? > > > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From:

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Gruss Gott
> Mary Jo wrote: > How about actually *buying* more efficient cars...rather than SUVs and > Hummers? To be blunt, that will NEVER work. Capitalism is the solution to all problems so let's apply it here just as GreenPeace learned to do with environmentalism. And what's more environmental than th

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
I'm talking about the dump trucks that haul the stuff away also. > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 12:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warm

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
A. Stewart/REAC/HHQ/HUD) Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? The hybrid highlander with the tow group would run about 36k, which is about 10k more than my escape v6 limited. That is more than just being able to care about the environment. If I c

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
Yeah I saw that Discovery Channel show also. Something tells me that the 20 miles of power cabling required for the Tunnel Boring Machine to operate would not work well for an SUV. :) -Cameron On 1/8/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The technology is there, and has been for years.

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
> > > What about those of us who have these big gas guzzling trucks/SUV > > because we > > > need them? > > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Mo

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
The technology is there, and has been for years. Most heavy equipment used in mines and places like have been hybrids for a while. > -Original Message- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Keep using them. The reality is that eventually the fuels > technologies going i

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On 1/8/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a big difference in our country versus others. The efficiency > requirements in other countries demand that the cars be more fuel > efficient. Not so here. The biggest difference is (over)regulation vs free markets. In the US, as pric

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
The hybrid highlander with the tow group would run about 36k, which is about 10k more than my escape v6 limited. That is more than just being able to care about the environment. If I compare them similarly equipped it is about 13k more. I would love be able to pay the extra 10k-13k, but I can't af

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
e: > > What about those of us who have these big gas guzzling trucks/SUV > because we > > need them? > > > > Bruce > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:10 AM &g

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On 1/8/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about those of us who have these big gas guzzling trucks/SUV because we > need them? Keep using them. The reality is that eventually the fuels technologies going into smaller hybrids and cars that use alternate fuels will make it's way into

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
L PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > >And that's perfectly fine - those with > >the means should, without guilt, spend their money however they like. > > But this is a

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Bruce Sorge
What about those of us who have these big gas guzzling trucks/SUV because we need them? Bruce -Original Message- From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:10 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>The hybrid is more expensive, a fair bit more, after doing the math, it >would take 6 or 7 years to make up the difference in the hybrid in the cost >of gas, and that was based on $3.00 a gallon for gas. Right...people don't look at the environmental effects of having a hybrid, just what it mean

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I think this really represents the crux of the problem. Convincing >everyone on the planet to reduce their usage. Reducing the power >consumption incandescent lights generate by the 5% they represent will >require 100% participation, and that's just for a 5% improvement! Even still, if more of

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
ECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 10:10 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > But this is a big part of the problem. People that *do* have the means > to make a difference don't bother, because they spend th

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>And that's perfectly fine - those with >the means should, without guilt, spend their money however they like. But this is a big part of the problem. People that *do* have the means to make a difference don't bother, because they spend their money "however they like" regardless of the environm

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
This is a big part of what I'm talking about. I turn my lights off, and I use compact fluorescents in some places, but not all, as most of my lights have dimmer switches or are on motion detectors so the fluorescents can't be used there. My personal concern is on the cost, I'd rather pay less on my

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Cameron Childress
On 1/8/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You are in fact not saying "There's no way!" You're saying "There's no way > that I'll accept." I think this really represents the crux of the problem. Convincing everyone on the planet to reduce their usage. Reducing the power consumption incan

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 9:17 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > Sure, some of these things work for some people. But I couldn't

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Here's some unscientific proof of global warming: http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/01/05/friday-humor-unscientific-proof-of-global-warming/ On 1/5/07, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then why the frock is it 60 degrees here today, with more of the same on the > way for the weekend? >

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
ngs around. In the last insurance tests, none of those smaller more fuel efficient cars got a good safety rating. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 2:21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's n

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread Nick McClure
iginal Message- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 11:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > Ours is one of the richest nations in the world, and you're going to > us

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-08 Thread James Smith
Global Warming is NOT something you and I can perceive... The average global temperature has increased by only 0.6 degrees over the last 150 years and I know you can't feel that! While small temperature changes like this can cause large shifts in weather, un-seasonable warm or cold weather for a

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Jim Davis
> > On 1/7/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. This isn't an issue of cold homes and no lights - that's just a straw man. We know how to cut back, dammit. We just don't. +) Replace your lightbulbs with compact fluoresc

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. We may be >the worst contributor, but until we have a better way to do these things >that doesn't break the bank, we are going to be in the same situation. Ours is one of the richest nations in the world, and you're going to use the ex

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Robert Munn
i'd settle for cars that run on little white lies... the world would never run out of energy. On 1/7/07, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What we need are cars that run on political bullshit and corruption. > > -Cameron > > On 1/7/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > that

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Cameron Childress
What we need are cars that run on political bullshit and corruption. -Cameron On 1/7/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > that isn't a solution for everyone. the problem is scale. we need a solution > that works for 100 million households, and that's just this country. what > about vehicl

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Robert Munn
that isn't a solution for everyone. the problem is scale. we need a solution that works for 100 million households, and that's just this country. what about vehicles? until we solve the issue of vehicle fuel, we're stuck. On 1/7/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, wood/coal

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Erika Walker
Well, wood/coal burning stoves? dont keep the heat set above 66-68. Keep the lights off you dont need? Some people, especially those that live in places where heat and hot water are included in their rent, abuse those resources because they dont have to pay for them. I mean there's ways to c

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Nick McClure
OK, but how? We need to heat our homes and power our lights. We may be the worst contributor, but until we have a better way to do these things that doesn't break the bank, we are going to be in the same situation. They are making good steps in some areas, more and more cars are getting more fuel

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-07 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>You can convince everyone in the world that we're the sole cause of global >warming, but unless you have an alternative solution to the world's energy >needs, no one is going to listen. You do realize that of industrialized countries, the US is one of the worst contributors yet is on the low end

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Gruss Gott
> Doogie wrote: > I still believe the magnetic poles of the earth are shifting I buy that, but the rest of the stuff ... I dunno ... ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Casey Dougall
I still believe the magnetic poles of the earth are shifting at such a rate that this is causing pockets/gaps to take place which are taken as global warming but in effect are just the natural affect of this process happening. No one else believes in this theory but hey, I'm going to keep on rockin

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Gruss Gott
> RoMunn wrote: > So we're headed for an ice age? And here I thought the planet was getting > warmer. > My theory has always been ... and let me take this opportunity to note that I am NOT a scientist ... Earth's climate is just a closed system in equilibrium. Global Warming, if it operates by e

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Munn
So we're headed for an ice age? And here I thought the planet was getting warmer. On 1/5/07, Erika Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sure, until you cant surf anymore because the ocean turned to ice. then > we'll see if you care .. > > /me runs > > On 1/5/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Jerry Johnson
But there are no models that predict a reversal in this type of time frame. Normally, these things take eons, not years. On 1/5/07, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't doubt global warming, I doubt the casue is greenhouse gasses. I > think we are seeing the start of a pole rever

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Russel Madere
I don't doubt global warming, I doubt the casue is greenhouse gasses. I think we are seeing the start of a pole reversal. The scientific evidence indicates that a pole reversal and the FSM are both as likely causes of global warming as greenhouse gasses. >Then why the frock is it 60 degrees h

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Gruss Gott
> cRay wrote: > It's been unseasonably warm for the past 5+ winters around here. Here's what a local weather dude says about MN: Stephanie Holeve writes, "Is there any way to predict how many more years we can expect unusually warm winters? Is there a possibility that this is a permanent phenomen

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Erika Walker
sure, until you cant surf anymore because the ocean turned to ice. then we'll see if you care .. /me runs On 1/5/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oh who freaking cares? Global warming is not something that keeps me up at > night. > > >

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Nick McClure
ct: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > >Those changes occurred as part of the natural warming and cooling > >cycles of the planet. > > > >Not one scientist denies that there IS a natural warming and cooling > cycle. > > True and there certa

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Sam
These guys (UCS) are a radical left-wing group formed to protest the Vietnam war. http://www.activistcash.com/organization_overview.cfm/oid/145 UCS continues to involve itself in issues where scientific credentials carry little weight. For example, the group opposes urban sprawl, disputes a

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Those changes occurred as part of the natural warming and cooling >cycles of the planet. > >Not one scientist denies that there IS a natural warming and cooling cycle. True and there certainly have been spikes as well in the past as well, but from things like meteors and super volcano eruptions.

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread William Bowen
> Solar Flares? a minor contribution, and even that is being generous. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgr

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Sam
Solar Flares? On 1/5/07, Jerry Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has there ever been a change as quick in the entire history of the world? > (That wasn't occassioned by a meteor strike or a huge volcanic erruption?) > > The answer is no. > > So, in the history of the world, the temperature has

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Robert Munn
Oh who freaking cares? Global warming is not something that keeps me up at night. Unless as a species we suddenly decide to stop all activity that potentially contributes to global warming, we're stuck with its effects for the short term. In the long term, we need to stop using internal combustion

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
C/HHQ/HUD) Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? Tree hugger hippie! *dumps Glycol into storm drain* > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Sub

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Ray Champagne
Tree hugger hippie! *dumps Glycol into storm drain* > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 12:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > As far

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Larry Lyons
>Larger swings, and different temperatures (and different changes) depending >on where on Earth you are. But only about a 2 degree actual change overall. > Exactly, global warming mean that there is going to be a lot more extremes, hotter days in January, possibly very cold days as well. However

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Duane
> Ha - watch, next week, we'll get blasted with CO-like snow and Canada-like > wind and ice, and blasts of cold. =) Heh! Its about the same weather right now on Canada's East cost. Its unseasonably warm here too - temps this week were 9C-17C (49F-65F) way to warm for this part of the country for

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
As far as global warming goes, we know that were polluting the planet.. so why not err on the side of caution, and attempt to undo the damage we've done? I believe that the planet, like any living thing will attempt to defend itself, quite possibly at the human race's extreme detrement Scott A.

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread William Bowen
> Ohio and Pennsylvania? Uh, them ain't southern. Maybe it's a regional thing... out here in Washington State, "Back East" is anything east of Idaho. also, there's "The Northwest" which includes Washington, Idaho and Oregon, and "The Rest" which includes everything else. -- will "If my life w

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Jerry Johnson
>From here, part of Canada is southern. On 1/5/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ohio and Pennsylvania? Uh, them ain't southern. > ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 wit

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Nick McClure
Ohio and Pennsylvania? Uh, them ain't southern. > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > No, Ray, we

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Nick McClure
OTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > I believe they can get temperature ranges by taking polar ice core > samples > > Sco

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread William Bowen
> I believe they can get temperature ranges by taking polar ice core samples Yup 400,000 + years in Antarctica and 150,000 ish in Greenland, with the last ~20K being specifically dateable to the year, rather than the millenia. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread William Bowen
> So just out of curiosity, how do we explain the temperature changes that > occurred before we got here, and the other ice ages and the times when the > ice melted. Those changes occurred as part of the natural warming and cooling cycles of the planet. Not one scientist denies that there IS a na

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Ray Champagne
One 'o them big states below us - they're all the same. > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:40 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > Impo

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Jerry Johnson
on the location thing. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:31 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > Importance: High > &g

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Scott_A . _Stewart
art/REAC/HHQ/HUD) Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? I wasn't aware of temperature recordings from 1 million years ago. Maybe sense we have reasonable scientific methods of gathering and recording temperatures, but I don't see how you can make a

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Ray Champagne
Oh. My bad on the location thing. > -Original Message- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > Importance: High > > I'm i

Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Jerry Johnson
They have very detailed records of temperatures going back ages and ages. For example, from ice-core samples from Greenland and Antarctica. I thikn they have gone back more than 4 million years in Antartica, at least. On 1/5/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wasn't aware of tempe

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Nick McClure
21 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > You say "we" like you and I have the same temp trends. Aren't you in > NC or > something? Usually, by now, we would be well below freezing around > here - > on ave

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Ian Skinner
I wasn't aware of temperature recordings from 1 million years ago. I guess that depends on what you make of the science of using ice cores and other techniques that satisfy many scientists of what the temperatures where like long ago. -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.B

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Ray Champagne
Must...resist...urge...to...bring...up...religion... Ha ha > -Original Message- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:25 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > I w

RE: so...there's no such thing as global warming?

2007-01-05 Thread Nick McClure
m: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:18 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: so...there's no such thing as global warming? > > Has there ever been a change as quick in the entire history of the > world? > (That wasn't oc

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