Do you miss the days of "global warming"?

Question

1998 seems so long ago.

Answer 1

Yeah, righr, Dana.  As if you had any money.

Answer 2

A meteorologist at best can predict accurately the weather for about 48-72 hours based on current satellite data. How can these so called scientists predict anything beyond this? Y2K was a big moneymaker for computer geeks and most of the world fell for it. People are becoming dramatic over every unusual weather occurence. Wake up everyone it's B.S.

Answer 3

If you think global warming has stopped, you should take my wager (linked below).

I await your acceptance.

Answer 4

I love how the proponents think they are right because they have an arsenal of links to post up here.  Im sorry but I dont know how to post the books I read.  The books used the same sources as the IPCC and went on to show that this is naturally occuring.  There arent any links that we can post that the proponents wont try to shoot down by saying "oil money" or "peer reviewed".

I honestly dont feel like flipping through a book so I can site resources, peer reviewed journals.  Global warmers just use wikipedia charts and links to the IPCC website... which I wouldnt trust anyways.  

You cant change someones beliefs on global warming, its like a religion.  They just wont accept the fact that we dont have all the info, and we dont know what exactly is going on.  If the atmosphere was warming via co2, it would warm where the co2 is, why is the warming seen at the north pole only really?  

The only thing that makes the warmers 100% sure is the arctic sea ice melting.  Like I said above, why would the atmosphere warm at the north pole only?  I believe the miniscule, unnoticable increase in the rest of the northern hemisphere is just caused by the warmer arctic, which MUST be caused by something other than co2... because it doesnt make sense for it to warm in one area more than another if co2 is evenly distributed.

oh, and good for you coolcat... you think maybe that drought is caused by the fact that no hurricanes made landfall in that area in 2 years?

Answer 5

Yes, global warming, y2k, the asteroid near impact, killer bees - these things bring back memories.

Answer 6

sappy

One problem with global warming is that the concept is so vague in the minds of the people. The critical interpretation is basically how it’s explained in school and the news. However most of the public see global warming connected with the ozone and pollutants which cause harmful greenhouse gasses, etc. therefore investigating and fighting for things like alternative energy (ie. Solar, wind, hydrogen, ethanol, biodiesel, etc)

Greenhouse gases are real and do contribute to global warming. Think of the different gas layers like ozone (o3) that circumference the globe as the clear plastic on a greenhouse. Longer rays of light from the Sun go in and reflect off different thermal masses bouncing back and creating shorter lengths of energy that cannot exist the plastic barrier. These beams then just continue to bounce around inside the green house until they’re finally absorbed completely (some do escape but very few), thereby warming the greenhouse greatly even in cold temperatures.

Basically there are 2 ways that this reaction (or lack of) affects the planet. Global warming and global cooling.

1. as we add to the gases in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer is (Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc), we add to the plastic of the greenhouse, trapping more short wave length energy and heating the earth more.

2. as we deplete the ozone (with chlorofluorocarbons or CFCs), we allow more long wave length energy, which bounces back out to space without heating any thermal masses on earth, thereby cooling the planet.

It’s pretty easy to see the results..

Melting ice sheets & glaciers

Floods & droughts

Great hurricanes & cyclones

Seasonal extremes

Seasonal phenomena’s

Species extinction

New & resurgent diseases

There are many ways to stop both global warming and cooling from accruing or at least slow them down until we can discover a way to reverse it, but Stop burning fossil fuels is the biggest.

I currently own 2 converted h2 vehicles which run on 100% hydrogen and 1 EV (electric vehicle), not to mention our home is completely off the grid, using alternative energy (solar, wind, etc)

If you interested I offer several DIY alternative guides to walk you step by step threw Greener living, how to run your car on alternative fuels and being self-sufficient, at agua-luna com or

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Hope this helped, feel free to contact me personally if you have any questions if you’d like assistance in making your first self sufficient steps, I’m willing to walk you step by step threw the process. I’ve written several how-to DIY guides available at http://www.agua-luna.com on the subject. I also offer online and on-site workshops, seminars and internships to help others help the environment.

Dan Martin

Retired Boeing Engineer now living 100% Off-the-Grid with my family, using Alternative Energy & loving every minute.

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Answer 7

I wish I could forget, but it's still reappearing.