Global warming - yeah, right!

[buckthesystem]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3849683a10,00.html

[Ovedya]

The article was not about global warming. Again, not news, unless you change the title.

[buckthesystem]

The article was not about global warming. Again, not news, unless you change the title.

Sorry Ovedya. The point I was trying to make was that this is to say that global warming is just a fantasy.

It was a news item so I put it under "news".

However, you're absolutely right, so sorry again.

[ayin jade]

Buck, would you mind a suggestion for your news postings? It would help immensely if you would also post the title and the first couple of paragraphs of your news article. That way we can see if it is something of interest to us without having to click the link. For some with dial up, this can be especially frustrating.

For example, with this article, please post it something like this.

Huge icebergs near NZ

An armada of about 100 icebergs was just a few hundred kilometers from Southland last night, prompting warnings for shipping and raising the remote prospect of the first iceberg sighting from the mainland in decades.

The surprised Whenuapai-based crew of an Air Force Orion, on a routine southern patrol looking for illegal fishing, spotted the first of the icebergs about 260km south of Invercargill late yesterday morning.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3849683a10,00.html

[Ovedya]

The article was not about global warming. Again, not news, unless you change the title.

Sorry Ovedya. The point I was trying to make was that this is to say that global warming is just a fantasy.

It was a news item so I put it under "news".

However, you're absolutely right, so sorry again.

But how do icebergs in this region directly relate to global warming? As I understand the current debate, the main issue of contention is whether global warming is just part of a natural cycle or directly linked to excessive carbon emissions caused by human consumption.

[ayin jade]

In the North Atlantic, increased icebergs support the idea of a warming earth. That is, the increased icebergs means the ice sheet is melting, causing the chunks of ice to be broken off and drift into the ocean currents. Perhaps that is what is happening here? I dont know in the case of your article.

[buckthesystem]

The article was not about global warming. Again, not news, unless you change the title.

Sorry Ovedya. The point I was trying to make was that this is to say that global warming is just a fantasy.

It was a news item so I put it under "news".

However, you're absolutely right, so sorry again.

But how do icebergs in this region directly relate to global warming? As I understand the current debate, the main issue of contention is whether global warming is just part of a natural cycle or directly linked to excessive carbon emissions caused by human consumption.

You've got a good point there I guess. I just read the article and thought "oh we're supposed to have global warming, then how come we're surrounded by ice'? I will have to admit that I was just "clutching at straws" with this article.

It would seem that there is evidence that global warming does exist but there is also evidence to suggest that it is just part of the earth's cyclic changes.

I saw an article about a proposal to foist a "carbon tax" on the people of (I think) California. I can't find it now which is infuriating, but I was really angry when I saw the headline (but unfortunately had to go to work and didn't have time to read it). I am immensely glad that America hasn't fallen for the line of "all this is man made, give bucketloads of money to the government and it will all go away".

It seems to be trendy for politicians to talk about global warming and "what we should do about it" because it is a "safe" and "emotive" topic and draws peoples' attention away from more pressing matters.

Maybe this is one of those "Woe is me, the sky is falling, lackaday, lackaday" topics, you know like 30 years ago: "panic, we are heading for another ice age", later: "panic, the 'millenium bug' is going to wreck all computers and any electronic gear", and the latest "panic, bird flu' is coming". All of which "paying more taxes to the state" will fix of course and all of which draw attention away from increasing world government intrusiveness which is far more important.

Thank goodness, every day, that America rejected the "stupidest thing of all time" Kyoto protocol. One of the biggest scams of the century.

[ayin jade]

It would seem that there is evidence that global warming does exist but there is also evidence to suggest that it is just part of the earth's cyclic changes.

My personal belief is that global warming is a combination of the two. That is, it is cyclic, but we are exacerbating the cycle with pollution. Not sure how much it really matters though, since we know He will return and the world will end at some point.

Before anyone jumps on me lol, just because I believe the world will be ending soon doesnt mean I think we should disregard proper stewardship of the earth and lay waste to it.

[BFP]

I don't believe what they are saying about global warming...you really have to watch the media, they are biased

I live way up in Northern Canada. Our winters are just as cold now as they have ever been. This year in fact we are getting alot more snow alot earlier than usual and the temps are way below normal. We have alread had 35 inches of snowfall and we usually only get about 2.

This fall so far is proving to be the coldest is many years

In the 60's and 70's they thought the world was going into another ice age because of "global cooling"

So don't get all worked up about global warming...it means nothing, it is cyclic, period.

http://www.kn4lf.com/globalwarminglie.htm

[Leonard]

Vex: Read and learn. The scientific community by and large considers 'global warming' an utter hoax. A few whose pay depends on government grants to 'study global warming' are oddly VERY INSISTENT against all data that it REALLY is happening.............

FOLLOW THE MONEY TRAIL.