Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:10 pm
Hey, glad to know I can help you build your faith in something! LOL
The problem is, that our datum is "incomplete" as we have only kept records from the mid 1800's onward- we may be in a noraml "warming" part of the "Warming/cooling" cycle.Me wrote:I know some of you don't agree with climate change/global warming but there is a new datum in effect and updated because the reality is the oceans have risen from 1' to 3' yet there is many a drought... it's accelerating.
Nevertheless I am still going on vacation
Good points!ElfDude wrote:Anecdotally... the vikings named Greenland what they did because it was green when they discovered it. At the same time, Scotland was able to grow vinyards. Obviously those things are no longer true. Since that time the planet went through what is called the "little ice age". Now we seem to be coming out of it (maybe... the planet hasn't warmed measurably since 1998).
Why do some wish to convince us that the planet is better off with an average global temperature like we had during the 1940's as opposed to one like we had during the 16th century? Were the warm temperatures of the 16th century wiping out species left and right and destroying humankind? Not that I've heard of. Perhaps with a warmer AGT we will be able to grow food in places where we currently cannot.
There's a lot that could be discussed.
How about Minnesota?Big Blue Owl wrote:Agreed, but my difficulty with "warming" is that I love/crave/can't live without winter, snow, cold, ice, fresh, humidity-free air. I hate bugs, heat, mugginess, burning hot surfaces, and having to use AC. So I and others like me are basically facked. Maybe a move to Alaska would be good, but then I'd probably be swept right back on a wave of melting ice mountains.
I was taught that Greenland and Iceland, respectively, were named soElfDude wrote:Anecdotally... the vikings named Greenland what they did because it was green when they discovered it. At the same time, Scotland was able to grow vinyards. Obviously those things are no longer true. Since that time the planet went through what is called the "little ice age". Now we seem to be coming out of it (maybe... the planet hasn't warmed measurably since 1998).
Why do some wish to convince us that the planet is better off with an average global temperature like we had during the 1940's as opposed to one like we had during the 16th century? Were the warm temperatures of the 16th century wiping out species left and right and destroying humankind? Not that I've heard of. Perhaps with a warmer AGT we will be able to grow food in places where we currently cannot.
There's a lot that could be discussed.
....and obviously then, Scotland stuck with what they knew and remains....... ScottyCygnusX1 wrote: In other words, Greenland is actually ICY, and Iceland GREEN.![]()
Noooooooo...that means you're from the land of SCOTCH.Rocinante wrote:....and obviously then, Scotland stuck with what they knew and remains....... ScottyCygnusX1 wrote: In other words, Greenland is actually ICY, and Iceland GREEN.![]()
Jeez...they can be.....if you don't buy them a drinkCygnusX1 wrote:Does that mean that IRELAND is the land of IRE??Rocinante wrote:....and obviously then, Scotland stuck with what they knew and remains....... ScottyCygnusX1 wrote: In other words, Greenland is actually ICY, and Iceland GREEN.![]()
grrrrr....
LEAVE??? BEFORE YOU FINISH YOUR DRINK???Rocinante wrote:Jeez...they can be.....if you don't buy them a drinkCygnusX1 wrote:Does that mean that IRELAND is the land of IRE??Rocinante wrote: ....and obviously then, Scotland stuck with what they knew and remains....... Scottygrrrrr....
Which is always a pleasure for me, however, they always try and leave before you're finished drinkin' yur grog
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That said....some of us don't know when to stopCygnusX1 wrote:LEAVE??? BEFORE YOU FINISH YOUR DRINK???Rocinante wrote:Jeez...they can be.....if you don't buy them a drinkCygnusX1 wrote: Does that mean that IRELAND is the land of IRE??grrrrr....
Which is always a pleasure for me, however, they always try and leave before you're finished drinkin' yur grog
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That's just un-American.![]()
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Waste a beer or drink here and you'll get a foot-in-the-arse.