SNIPAt this point the jury is out but the adding of energy to the system is evident.
Aloha DrStrange
Playing “devils advocate” here…
Did you read the info on the website above regarding the wide spread warming that is happening all across our Solar System? Maybe the “jury is out” because the politically correct and quite popular mainstream medias current position isn’t willing to embrace all the data out there to explain apparent anomalies.
I am all for fixing environmental ills. I just don’t like the way the game is often played.
If you look at over all storm records there are more bigger ones of all varieties happening. That does fit the models so far. More drought and more big storms so more flooding and run off. Dry gets dryer and wet gets wetter…
I know what you mean…
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/07/30/hurricanes_pla.html?category=earth
Still, regarding storm histories, I wonder if the facts are being collected and presented fairly here also. It would be nice to see a longer sample of history then just a century or so. Clearly the earth has climatic cycles that transcend man’s influence and it is important to know, if possible, what the current natural cyclic trending may be, before we blame it on something convenient.
It is far too easy in todays sensationalized media for them to jump to conclusions that feed the sensationalism and TV rating systems they all survive on, then it is for them to tell the whole story or sometimes even the true story.
Headlines that say…THE SKY IS FALLING are way more sellable then a boring announcement that… ALL IS FINE - REST EASY AND RELAX. No crisis, no ratings. No ratings, not money. No money, no story!
Can you tell… ? I tend to be pretty cynical about the media in general and their use of “science” in particular. When, money raised, is the primary measuring tool for gauging the value of a “story”, it gets pretty hard to trust in the veracity of the content. (Few who follow our surf media should have any doubts about this process.)
And the same applies to the science end of the issue. When grants and contributions are the primary way that scientists and their investigations/experiments are funded, we won’t often hear from those scientists who’s views are that, there ISN"T a CRISIS of some major scale.
But if one can create a WORLD WIDE type of CRISIS, whoopee!! How great it that for getting the dollars flowing one’s way! Without a great cause or crisis, to drive funding for the “science”, there will be little science done… so politically incorrect science may rarely get its day in the sun regardless of it’s veracity.
Just some thoughts
That’s a big 'ole swell. Reminds of Aucklands west coast oh about 90% of the time.
Don’t trees need CO2 to survive as well? Add to that there’s a volcano under the South Pole too I believe which must be why the greenhouse effect is making it melt.
Fun apocalyptic movie that
Bill you devil you, recently read some stuff in Discover about a guy in Denmark ) doing research on “solar wind” levels causing ionization in atmosphere causing variations in cloud cover thereby changing the planets temp up and down. http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/the-discover-interview-henrik-svensmark/?searchterm=climate%20change
It is true the media loves a simplistic story that will scare people because is sells. Sells big! But to my way of seeing it, we are headed off a cliff as far as how we unsustainably use energy and everything else. Could be the cliff is far away. Could be pretty close. Which ever is the case we are crapping in our own bed and as a medical practitioner I see the results in human suffering daily. So in this case I think even trumped up hysteria may be useful if it serves to wake folks up and produce a major change in direction for “civilization”… I do have to admit though it makes me a big squeamish the whole media dog and pony show. I like reality best…
threw my dear ol’ mum into the rentacar
an headded fer the high ground yesterday.
wowie.! and it was real clear atmosphere
the parking lot up to the top at mount Tamalpias
was a welcome relief.Looked every which a way
and it was all there in front of me,what a beautiful place.
looked up for evidence of falling sky… not measurable
every one talks about the weather ,it has been said,
but now the people who are shouldering the
responsibility are getting some press time.
The time has come for the weather controlers
to be taken seriously before some evil doer
is thwarted by the batman or the superman
or even mr. somesuch man of windfall fortune.
The day is soon coming when we will have
just one person to hold accountable for the weather.
the quest for weather control is a noble enterprise
a hail and hearty cheer for them thats concentrating.
while we that’s here all day in real time just interpreting it
revel in the mystery of the pattern ever changing
and continue to be amused.
some plants like rain a LOT…
… ambrose…
some plants like a lot of sun
the surf is diffrent every day
watch.