I know i'm usually not very serious around here, but please allow me a moment.

last night i finally watched 'an inconvenient truth', and i was blown away. the thought crossed my mind that the warmer temperatures in the pacific that we are attributing our heavy snow patterns to may actually be part of a much bigger pattern.

if you get a chance, you should see the movie.

 

Also see: Day After Tomorrow
cuz that's how we're all gonna end up!

 

well, day after tomorrow seemed like pure hollywood sensation until I saw 'truth' and then started researching the facts behind both movies... scary

 

Sorry. I was cold a few years ago and spent my life savings on various aerosol products. I figured I'd pray 'em out and it would get warmer...my bad.

 

Yep... I wanted to be a meteoroligist when I was a kid so I studied the weather a lot. When I saw that movie it scared me cuz I knew there was truth to it.

 

Truth to cold weather, in-land, hurricanes? Really?

 

Truth that global warming will melt the icebergs, causing desalination of the ocean and bizarre weather patterns.....

 

Ok. Yeah, we've been having some strange weather here too (KS). Of cousre KS is know for it's weird weather (75 degrees one day, 20 the next) but it's been around 15-20 dregrees warmer then average all winter. In fact, today it's in the mid 50s when it's supposed to be more like 30s.

 

NOAA finally acknowledged 'global warming' officially yesterday...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/10/sc...us&oref=slogin

 

if you get a chance to see the movie, cap, you should.

 

IN the 1970 and early 80's it was global cooling. Now it warming. Make up your minds scientists! Is it gonna be hot or cold?

 

Houston weather is jacked up, it was HOT days before thanksgiving and magically, it was freezing thanksgiving day. same situation for christmas!

 

So what you are saying is that is hot in the summer and cold in the winter. I think we are on to something here.

(just playing with ya)

 

Yes. Global warming will mean the average surface temp. planetwide is higher, but that doesn't mean that certain area won't get colder.

 

Will do sir.

 

I'll have to check that out

 

it's nuts...but i'm gonna do what i can to start conserving my share of energy.

you guys who know me, know i'm far from a tree hugger, so consider the source

 

Isn't the US doing better then Europe? I heard that we are but maybe I'm wrong. We need to get other countries like China on board before it will make a dent.

I'm not much of a tree hugger either. Because if I start with a tree.... I want to go all the way with it.

 

well, apparently the US is responsible for the lion's share of the carbon emissions. we may be taking more action than other countries, but not if you consider our percentage of the emissions. i think if that was stated, it was spin.

The US is the only one of two industrialized nations not to ratify the 'kyoto accord'

 

I would never put Kyoto's on my accord...
I guess I'm going to have to watch the movie to see what we are talking about.