Wacka Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Student volunteers from colleges around New York State braved freezing cold temperatures on their bikes Wednesday to send a message to state and federal political candidates: pay attention to climate change. You can't make stuff like this up!
Hazed and Amuzed Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 At least they were doing something that they believed in...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Student volunteers from colleges around New York State braved freezing cold temperatures on their bikes Wednesday to send a message to state and federal political candidates: pay attention to climate change. You can't make stuff like this up! Yeah, the fact that it still gets cold in October in New York means an overall climate change isnt happening...that's right My father is the lead forecaster for the Buffalo branch of the National Weather Service and he is absolutely convinced that the world's coastal cities are going to be completely underwater by the year 2050.
blzrul Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 Yeah, the fact that it still gets cold in October in New York means an overall climate change isnt happening...that's right My father is the lead forecaster for the Buffalo branch of the National Weather Service and he is absolutely convinced that the world's coastal cities are going to be completely underwater by the year 2050. Let's make sure we all chip in and send Wacky, Boner and all the rest to a NICE coastal resort to celebrate New Year 2050.
Wacka Posted October 23, 2008 Author Posted October 23, 2008 You probably live closer to the water than I do Debbie. I'll probably not even be here in 2050, I would be 92 then, so what the F do I care.
blzrul Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 You probably live closer to the water than I do Debbie. I'll probably not even be here in 2050, I would be 92 then, so what the F do I care. I'm on top of a hill. You're older than me. ha ha
Wacka Posted October 23, 2008 Author Posted October 23, 2008 I'm on top of a hill. You're older than me. ha ha I'm about 15 miles inland and about 350 feet in altitude. There are many hills available around here. I'm older and wiser
drnykterstein Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 You can't make stuff like this up! We're killing the planet.. LOL!
elegantelliotoffen Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 You probably live closer to the water than I do Debbie. I'll probably not even be here in 2050, I would be 92 then, so what the F do I care. You're 50?
/dev/null Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I'm about 15 miles inland and about 350 feet in altitude. There are many hills available around here. I'm older and wiser I'm near the beach and not far above sea level. There are many girls in bikini's around here I'm younger and hornier
gmac17 Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 my personal problem with the global warming debate (and I'm not convinced of the cause or any possible solutions) is that it alienates a lot of people more than other environmental causes. I give to a lot of environmental groups and I'm all for cleaner air, cleaner water and more preservation - but that doesn't mean there should be a carbon tax to save the world. There isn't much argument about how much forest is being cut down in brazil, while trying to predict the temperature of the earth in 40 years is a whole 'nother animal. My father is the lead forecaster for the Buffalo branch of the National Weather Service and he is absolutely convinced that the world's coastal cities are going to be completely underwater by the year 2050. Ask your father what the weather is going to be like on December 12th. If he's within 3 degrees and can tell me how much precipitation there will be I'll believe what he thinks will happen in 42 years.
Wacka Posted October 23, 2008 Author Posted October 23, 2008 You're 50? Math not your best subject?? I'm 51, will be 52 in March. I have my birthday listed in my profile. New Years 2000 I was 42.
VABills Posted October 23, 2008 Posted October 23, 2008 I'm near the beach and not far above sea level. There are many girls in bikini's around here I'm younger and hornier And gay
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Ask your father what the weather is going to be like on December 12th. If he's within 3 degrees and can tell me how much precipitation there will be I'll believe what he thinks will happen in 42 years. There's a big difference between predicting the exact weather for a day two months in the future (impossible) and predicting general global climate changes (possible through scientific extrapolation). The difference between Earth's average temp. from year to year is rising exponentially, the polar ice caps are melting, water levels are rising, and it's all going to get much much worse according to him. I bet you won't be so concerned about the carbon tax then. You can choose to believe or not believe him, but good luck finding a more qualified source.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Also, with the increased temperature of the Caribbean Sea, our southern coastal states are going to be seeing worse and more destructive hurricanes as time goes on. Hurricanes just feed off of warm water. Katrina might look pretty mild some day in the not so distant future.
Wacka Posted October 24, 2008 Author Posted October 24, 2008 Um, the world temp has been steady or falling since 2000.
drnykterstein Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Um, the world temp has been steady or falling since 2000. http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/cl...ange/change.htm there is full 2000-2008 data here: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/temperature/ I could not find a simple graph, so you gotta view each month individually. they go up though.
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted October 24, 2008 Posted October 24, 2008 Um, the world temp has been steady or falling since 2000. Um, no it hasn't. And this isn't just about since 2000. This problem has existed since the 1950's. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an elite team of meteorologists and climatologists assembled from around the world predicts that the globe's average temperature will have risen 11.6 degrees fahrenheit during the course of the 21st century. That's enough to permanently change life as we know it.
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