Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Global Warming
Ummm where is the end of life as we know it? Where are the 15+ hurricanes that would eliminate life in the Gulf of Mexico? Where is the blistering drought? I will conceede that the ice caps are melting, and to that I can see the effects. However out here in So. Cal. the Summers seem to have been milder than in the past. 2005 saw the second largest rainfall on record.
The National Hurricane center has only 4 hurricanes on record this year. Last year we had 15. Granted the season still has 2 months to go, but it isn't looking good to even come close. What about the models that predict a quick cooling of the earth after the polar caps melt? What about the fact that it happened before without us being here? I just saw a Discovery Channel show on the mini-ice age that lasted for a couple hundred years in the 1600 and 1700s. Could what we are experiencing be a rebound to that?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cleaner air. Since I was a child here in the Inland Empire, which is only inland not an empire, the air quality is much better. I applaud the fact that I can see the mountains half of the year. I'm puzzeled that now the greenhouse gasses are so great. Does that mean that when we had more Smog, we had less environmental damage? They keep talking about going back to old levels.
Speaking of greenhouse gasses. The scientist who got us all to save the ozone hole, now has a new badge on her shoulder. It appears that in the wisdom that stopped us using aerosol cans, charcoal lighter, and a host of other things, caused an increase in greenhouse gasses. Perhaps we just helped close the hole that was letting those gasses out?
I also wish that the media could get it right. This all started last night when ABC World News aired a piece on the subject. They talked about some Dr. nammed Twitty that discussed the Apocolypse that was comming if we don't stop what we are doing. The whole time they talked about a 2 degree increase world wide. My question is, is that Celcius as most predictions are or Farenheit? Not that the masses of Americans would understand. Now when the summer temp goes from 91 to 94 they all can scream that Global Warming is here. They will flock to the churches and pray. They will also crank up the air, turn on the T.V., do the laundry, all while staying inside to avoid the impending disaster.
The National Hurricane center has only 4 hurricanes on record this year. Last year we had 15. Granted the season still has 2 months to go, but it isn't looking good to even come close. What about the models that predict a quick cooling of the earth after the polar caps melt? What about the fact that it happened before without us being here? I just saw a Discovery Channel show on the mini-ice age that lasted for a couple hundred years in the 1600 and 1700s. Could what we are experiencing be a rebound to that?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for cleaner air. Since I was a child here in the Inland Empire, which is only inland not an empire, the air quality is much better. I applaud the fact that I can see the mountains half of the year. I'm puzzeled that now the greenhouse gasses are so great. Does that mean that when we had more Smog, we had less environmental damage? They keep talking about going back to old levels.
Speaking of greenhouse gasses. The scientist who got us all to save the ozone hole, now has a new badge on her shoulder. It appears that in the wisdom that stopped us using aerosol cans, charcoal lighter, and a host of other things, caused an increase in greenhouse gasses. Perhaps we just helped close the hole that was letting those gasses out?
I also wish that the media could get it right. This all started last night when ABC World News aired a piece on the subject. They talked about some Dr. nammed Twitty that discussed the Apocolypse that was comming if we don't stop what we are doing. The whole time they talked about a 2 degree increase world wide. My question is, is that Celcius as most predictions are or Farenheit? Not that the masses of Americans would understand. Now when the summer temp goes from 91 to 94 they all can scream that Global Warming is here. They will flock to the churches and pray. They will also crank up the air, turn on the T.V., do the laundry, all while staying inside to avoid the impending disaster.
# posted by Crowder @ 8:52 AM 
