sorry for the space this one is going to take folks, but
I am going to assume this was posted with a desire to hear answers! I also assume the included facts will be read, so here goes:
1) if the earth is warming how come our winters are colder than ever? They are NOT. You are reading the wrong bullcrap!
( NOTE, #1 city experiencing global warming!!)
57% of Major U.S. Cities Are Seeing Warmer WintersSan Francisco (WeatherBill.com) – Winter is getting warmer for 57 percent of some of the biggest cities
in the United States. That’s the latest finding from the weather risk managers at WeatherBill. The study
highlights temperature changes across 42 states and 130 cities and finds that more than half of the large
cities studied are experiencing an increase in winter temperatures, especially in the Midwest.
In the winter, November through February, 74 of the 130 cities studied show increasing temperatures.
Increases are most prevalent in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and in the Midwest. Eight
Midwestern cities, including Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee and Omaha, show at least a 0.2ºF increase
annually. That equals a 6.0ºF increase over a 30 year period. Cities are experiencing temperature
increases in every United States region except the Pacific
The study uses thirty years of historical data from 130 National Weather Service Stations to determine
winter and summer temperature trends for U.S. cities with a population of at least 100,000.
WeatherBill published this original study to
Top Five Cities Experiencing Winter Warming Trends
#1 Minneapolis/ St. Paul, MinnesotaAnnual Trend Temperature: 0.2°F
Over 30 Years: 6.4°F
It’s not Minnesota summers that bring in the tourists. Winters are the bread-and-butter for the state.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, temperatures did not rise
above 50°F for more than 140 days in 2001. That’s g ood news for businesses that thrive on snow. But
December 2006 was the fourth warmest December on record for the Twin Cities. NOAA reports the
temperature was 17°F above average the last three w eeks of December, 2006.
http://www.weatherbill.com/static/content/temperature_trends_summary_2007-09.pdf
(2) if the earth is warming, how come it is cooling? It is NOT cooling! Wrong again!!! Here are some hard cold facts you cannot dispute.
We are now observing real changes due to higher temperatures. Here are some examples:
• The Mt. Kilimanjaro glacier, which has survived the past 11,000 years, is currently at risk of disappearing by 2020 if present rates of melting continue;
• Enormous tracts of Siberian peatlands, with vast stores of carbon, are beginning to thaw and release carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere;
• The Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica has lost volume as large chunks (some as large as the state of Rhode Island) have recently broken free and melted;
• The annual surface area of Arctic sea ice has declined eight percent over the past several decades;
• Large-scale increases in ocean temperatures have been detected over the past 45 years; and
• Plants and animals are changing their habitation ranges, sometimes dramatically, such as robins and mosquitoes in the Arctic that were previously unknown there.
Antarctic ice core records vividly illustrate that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels today are higher than levels recorded over the past 650,000 years (see figure below). Atmospheric CO2 levels have risen 30 percent in the last 150 years, with half of that rise occurring only in the last three decades. It is a well-established scientific fact that CO2 (and other gases emitted from industrial and agricultural sources) traps heat in the atmosphere, so it is no surprise that we are now witnessing a dramatic increase in temperature.
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/hockeystickFAQ.html
(3) if the earth is warming, how come only liberal ass clowns believe the earth is warming? And yes, McCain is a liberl ass clown.
Liberals are NOT the only ones believing this. This is your Paranoia and Fantasy world again. YOU are the only one who does not believe it!
EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY in the world believe this. Every leader, every person, every legitimate group.. The majority of scientists who are worth a plug nickle, including NASA, know that it is warming! SMART people understand that it is warming.
Look at how many people and groups KNOW this is true!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070501193009AAdvx4j
(4) if the earth is warming why is that a bad thing, a warming earth would be far better than a cooling earth.
Because it causes flooding and climate changes like we are witnessing now.(hurricanes, tornados, typhoons, etc) It will change the shores of the continents in the USA and cities on the coasts will be gone. Droughts ! loss of coral reefs which are habitats for vital ecosystem for plants, animals, etc.
(5) Why do you want to waste trillions of dollars on an unproven and unprovable theory such as the dopey theory of global frickin warmin?
First of all, it is proven, we just cannot get our government to support it and allow reports that do so to come out, not even from their own government depts. To not do something about this is to invite disaster to the world. It will cost far more in the future if we do nothing about it now.
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080619_climatereport.html
Posted by Sally*Sally* on July 1, 2008 at 04:30 AM
