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Earthquakes Became Five Times More Energetic Due to Global Warming
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Posted on 06/18/2008 4:49:30 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch

MT BEST, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - June 17, 2008) - New research compiled by Australian scientist Dr Tom Chalko shows that global seismic activity on Earth is now five times more energetic than it was just 20 years ago.

The research proves that destructive ability of earthquakes on Earth increases alarmingly fast and that this trend is set to continue, unless the problem of "global warming" is comprehensively and urgently addressed.

The analysis of more than 386,000 earthquakes between 1973 and 2007 recorded on the US Geological Survey database proved that the global annual energy of earthquakes on Earth began increasing very fast since 1990.

Dr Chalko said that global seismic activity was increasing faster than any other global warming indicator on Earth and that this increase is extremely alarming.

"The most serious environmental danger we face on Earth may not be climate change, but rapidly and systematically increasing seismic, tectonic and volcanic activity," said Dr Chalko.

"Increase in the annual energy of earthquakes is the strongest symptom yet of planetary overheating.

"NASA measurements from space confirm that Earth as a whole absorbs at least 0.85 Megawatt per square kilometer more energy from the Sun than it is able to radiate back to space. This 'thermal imbalance' means that heat generated in the planetary interior cannot escape and that the planetary interior must overheat. Increase in seismic, tectonic and volcanic activities is an unavoidable consequence of the observed thermal imbalance of the planet," said Dr Chalko.

Dr Chalko has urged other scientists to maximize international awareness of the rapid increase in seismic activity, pointing out that this increase is not theoretical but that it is an Observable Fact.

"Unless the problem of global warming (the problem of persistent thermal imbalance of Earth) is addressed urgently and comprehensively -- the rapid increase in global seismic, volcanic and tectonic activity is certain. Consequences of inaction can only be catastrophic. There is no time for half-measures."

For further information please read Dr Chalko's scientific article published at NU Journal of Discovery.

http://nujournal.net/EarthquakeEnergyRise.pdf

Dr Tom Chalko, MSc, PhD, former Melbourne University academic (between 1982-2001) is Head of Geophysics Division at Scientific Engineering Research, Mt Best, Australia.

Contact: Dr Tom Chalko Scientific Engineering Research ph (+61 3) 5681 6361 email tjc@sci-e-research.com


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KEYWORDS: agw; catastrophism; chalko; climatechange; globalwarming; junkscience; tomchalko
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There is no end to waht is blamed on GW. Almost as much as is blamed on GWB!
1 posted on 06/18/2008 4:49:30 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch
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To: ApplegateRanch

What a load of crap—this is a Sci-Fi movie waiting to happen.


2 posted on 06/18/2008 4:51:21 PM PDT by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Dr. Chalko didn’t get the memo. Since “global warming” stopped about 10 years ago, the religious fanatics who propagate climate doom have changed the name of the problem to “climate change.” Since the climate has never been stable in the history of the world, they’re sure they finally got it right.


3 posted on 06/18/2008 4:53:59 PM PDT by Nomorjer Kinov (If the opposite of "pro" is "con" , what is the opposite of progress?)
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To: ApplegateRanch

This has GOT to be a joke.


4 posted on 06/18/2008 4:54:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: ApplegateRanch
They say the Earth retains more heat from sunlight than it can radiate out into space.

Unless the Earth retains heat from sunlight, I believe the planet's temperature would be close to absolute zero and no life would be possible here. The "greenhouse effect" refers to the very mechanism which makes life possible.

5 posted on 06/18/2008 4:56:14 PM PDT by Williams
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To: rbg81
What a load of crap—this is a Sci-Fi movie waiting to happen.


Speak of the devil...

6 posted on 06/18/2008 4:56:21 PM PDT by John123 (Obama said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Global Warming stole my dog, got me fired from my job, and made my wife leave me!

...God, I miss that dog.


7 posted on 06/18/2008 4:56:26 PM PDT by Son Of The Godfather ("You're it!"... Get it?... It's a "tag" line. :))
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To: ApplegateRanch
Some is a great liar! According to the NASA photos of the South Sea Ice at the South Pole has increased this year (it still is increasing) from 1970 by 1 and 1/2 million square Kilometers. So how are we in a global warming period?

http://arctic.atmos.uiuc.edu/cryosphere/IMAGES/current.anom.south.jpg

8 posted on 06/18/2008 4:56:52 PM PDT by YOUGOTIT (The Greatest Threat to our Security is the Royal 100 Club)
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To: ApplegateRanch

It’s getting cooler.


9 posted on 06/18/2008 4:57:42 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Is this a joke?


10 posted on 06/18/2008 4:58:13 PM PDT by uscabjd ( a)
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To: Son Of The Godfather

Hey ... it causes hemorhoids also. And ... it is a proven fact, it makes all politicians morons!!!


11 posted on 06/18/2008 5:00:44 PM PDT by HiramQuick (work harder ... welfare recipients depend on you!)
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To: HiramQuick

DAMN! You beat me to it.


12 posted on 06/18/2008 5:01:43 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: ApplegateRanch


13 posted on 06/18/2008 5:01:56 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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To: uscabjd; BenLurkin
A joke?

You know it is; I know it is, but to the “scientist” and news organizations that carried the story, it is not a joke.

The earthquake data MIGHT be real, but the “explanation” is pure hokum.

14 posted on 06/18/2008 5:03:05 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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There is NO global warming... When are the idiots going to get it right? It does not exist. Never did. Climate change is normal, natural and NOT caused by man. Climate change is cyclical. The last mini-ice age ended 150 or so years ago...and things naturally warmed up. The 1930s were the warmest. Now things are slowly cooling down but we have some warmer and some cooler years in between. It is natural. It is the way Mother Nature and the Sun work.


15 posted on 06/18/2008 5:05:14 PM PDT by JanineC
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To: ApplegateRanch

Then why didn’t the Earth shake itself apart during the Medieval Warm Period, when it was even warmer than today?


16 posted on 06/18/2008 5:06:01 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Global Warming, if it existed (and it doesn’t), describes relatively small changes in the temperature of the ATMOSPHERE, not huge developing temperature-differentials in the underground MAGMA.

What a donkey-brain.


17 posted on 06/18/2008 5:08:46 PM PDT by samtheman (http://www.americansolutions.com/ (Sign the DrillHereDrillNow petition))
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To: ApplegateRanch
Unbelievable
18 posted on 06/18/2008 5:09:06 PM PDT by loreldan (Can't vote for Obama, so rah rah McCain I guess)
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To: ApplegateRanch
Even the UN IPCC (the embodiment of the much-vaunted “scientific consensus”) didn't predict this nonsense. The “IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Working Group II Report: “Impacts Adaptation and Vulnerability” does not have anything at all to say about climate affecting earthquakes. There is one mention of earthquakes — where they might lead to cooling. The whole report is here.

http://www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm

For a quick search look at the index.

These twits are making this up as they go along.

19 posted on 06/18/2008 5:09:12 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: ApplegateRanch

In 416AD Krakatoa destroyed itself in a massive explosion.

Those Romans and their SUVs.


21 posted on 06/18/2008 5:11:42 PM PDT by samtheman (http://www.americansolutions.com/ (Sign the DrillHereDrillNow petition))
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To: ApplegateRanch
Ever notice that erectile dysfunction drugs hit the market after the global warming scare began?

Coincidence?

I think not!

22 posted on 06/18/2008 5:12:34 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Nightmare Science (Authority as Truth)
06/18/2008 1:28:24 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 12 replies · 331+ views
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032963/posts


23 posted on 06/18/2008 5:12:34 PM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
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To: ApplegateRanch

And pigs fly due to high wind.


24 posted on 06/18/2008 5:13:19 PM PDT by indylindy (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: ApplegateRanch
There is no end to waht is blamed on GW. Almost as much as is blamed on GWB!

A little known fact is that Bush's birth name was Global Warming Bush. He changed it to George Walker Bush when he first went into politics.

Crazy? Maybe, but have you ever seen a copy of his birth certificate?

Didn't think so.

25 posted on 06/18/2008 5:13:21 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Tom Manion '08-My only reason for voting this year)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Do you think I can blame the following on GW: The Packers losing to the Giants, The Tampa Bay Lightning bad season and my son’s sandcastle that was washed away at the beach?


26 posted on 06/18/2008 5:13:28 PM PDT by EagleandLiberty (Psst... Serious questions Conservatives - want McCain or a Marxist in the White House?)
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To: ApplegateRanch

You think that article is idiotic, try this one from the same webpage:

No second Chance: Can Earth Explode as a result of Global Warming?

“Overheating the center of the inner core reactor due to the so­called greenhouse effect on the surface of Earth may cause the meltdown condition, enrichment of nuclear fuel and a gigantic atomic explosion.”

http://nujournal.net/core.pdf


27 posted on 06/18/2008 5:14:14 PM PDT by idkfa
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To: DuncanWaring
Then why didn’t the Earth shake itself apart during the Medieval Warm Period

Isn't that why Avalon sank, drowning Morgan le Fey?

Even farther back, at the end of the last glacial period, the same thing caused Atlantis Lemuria, & Mu to slide into the depths. Ask Plato & Churchward. *<];-)

28 posted on 06/18/2008 5:14:35 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: ApplegateRanch

OMG! The earth is going to explode and we are all gonna die!


29 posted on 06/18/2008 5:14:44 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: Son Of The Godfather

Therefore, global warming is a country music song.


30 posted on 06/18/2008 5:14:57 PM PDT by reg45
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To: ApplegateRanch

GLobal warming makes bigger earth quakes? I’ll have to ask my geologist friend about that. Bet he cracks up laughing just from the question.


31 posted on 06/18/2008 5:15:54 PM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: ApplegateRanch

And I thought that crashing sound was the sky falling! What a relief, just an earthquake caused by carbon overload.


32 posted on 06/18/2008 5:16:21 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: EagleandLiberty

The sand castle for sure. Without warming, you wouldn’t have been at the beach!


33 posted on 06/18/2008 5:16:51 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: ApplegateRanch

34 posted on 06/18/2008 5:17:35 PM PDT by Coffee200am
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To: o_zarkman44

Or all that shaking could be the result of algore and michael moore roaming the earth.


35 posted on 06/18/2008 5:17:46 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: ApplegateRanch

“This ‘thermal imbalance’ means that heat generated in the planetary interior cannot escape”

Has this man ever seen a volcanic eruption? Just who paid him for this crock?


36 posted on 06/18/2008 5:18:05 PM PDT by popdonnelly (Does Obama know ANYONE who likes America, capitalism, or white people?)
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To: samtheman

“What a donkey-brain.”

What have you got against donkeys?


37 posted on 06/18/2008 5:19:00 PM PDT by dalereed (both)
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To: ApplegateRanch
CBS News carried this AP story therefore it's fake, but accurate. If you google Dr. Tom Chalko you can see he's a total crackpot.
38 posted on 06/18/2008 5:20:53 PM PDT by Reeses (Leftism is powered by the evil force of envy.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; SunkenCiv

Shamelss self promotion of posting ping.

As for you Sunk, this guy claims we’re all sunk! *<];-)


39 posted on 06/18/2008 5:21:07 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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To: keepitreal

Michael Moron farted.......


40 posted on 06/18/2008 5:21:07 PM PDT by o_zarkman44 (No Bull in 08!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Let me guess where this guy does his studies late at night. hic.

Thar’s gold in that thar global warmin’.


41 posted on 06/18/2008 5:22:16 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Folks you cannot make this stuff up. Unbelievable.


42 posted on 06/18/2008 5:23:20 PM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: ApplegateRanch

Earthquakes are not caused by Global Warming, but the two are closely related. Global Warming is caused by burning huge amounts of oil. Pumping that much oil out of the Earth is causing it to shrink and shrivel up like a prune. As it shrinks, earthquakes happen in ever increasing numbers. Therefore, the number and intensity of earthquakes is a reliable measure of the rate of Global Warming.


43 posted on 06/18/2008 5:23:52 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Tom Manion '08-My only reason for voting this year)
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To: Reeses
I tried to post that source, but the 'AP' sourcing forced the Mod to pull it.

If you google Dr. Tom Chalko you can see he's a total crackpot.

Do you have any evidence that this guy is bigger crackpot than Gore, Hanson, et al? To me, they are all one & the same.

44 posted on 06/18/2008 5:24:00 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (The Great Obamanation of Desolation, attempting to sit in the Oval Office, where he ought not..)
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Hmmm- Think of where civilization would be if the ancient earthquakes/volcanoes like the one that buried Pompeii and the one that buried the Minoans on Crete (now thought to have been Atlantis) and the great quake of 1906 in S.F., hadn't set progress back so far...and buried all their SUV’s an’ stuff

"In North America the great earthquakes of 1811-1812 occurred near New Madrid, Missouri. The magnitude of the quakes are not known, but they are estimated to have been about 8 on the Richter scale. There were actually three large quakes with aftershocks between and for months after. The quake was so wide-spread it was felt as far away as Boston. "

It actually rang church bells in Boston...but it didn't do much damage near the epicenter as the population was small to non-existant at the time.

I hope the sheeple are smart enough to GOOGLE the HISTORY of quakes and see they have been going on, and as big, ever since the world came into existence... http://www.readinessinfo.com/eqhistory.shtml

45 posted on 06/18/2008 5:24:24 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (No trees were killed in sending this message but a large number of electrons were terrible agitated)
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To: ApplegateRanch
The analysis of more than 386,000 earthquakes between 1973 and 2007 recorded on the US Geological Survey database proved that the global annual energy of earthquakes on Earth began increasing very fast since 1990.

Or maybe the USGS has deployed more sensitive seismographs between 1973 and 2007, and adding up the total energy of all the detected earthquakes keeps on increasing, because we are detecting many more small earthquakes today than we could in 1973.

46 posted on 06/18/2008 5:26:21 PM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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To: ApplegateRanch
Dr Tom Chalko, global warming, global "change" and other moonbattiness generated research is about you receiving money for doing nothing. Right?

It is all about redistribution of money. Chalko, you are a fraud along with your god Algore.

47 posted on 06/18/2008 5:28:50 PM PDT by afnamvet
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To: DuncanWaring
Then why didn’t the Earth shake itself apart during the Medieval Warm Period, when it was even warmer than today?

Bingo!

Actually, I think it's time for a class action suit against the Goracles.

They promised warming and I was looking forward to it. Instead, it's getting colder.

The little "Medieval Warm Period" brought about the greatest time of posterity on all walks of life that they had ever experienced. The Little Ice Age, conversely, brought devastation.

48 posted on 06/18/2008 5:29:47 PM PDT by maine-iac7 (No trees were killed in sending this message but a large number of electrons were terrible agitated)
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To: ApplegateRanch; rdl6989; IrishCatholic; Normandy; Delacon; TenthAmendmentChampion; Horusra; ...
 




Beam me to Planet Gore !

49 posted on 06/18/2008 5:30:36 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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To: keepitreal

You are right... we are doomed. Right now it’s June 18th and it’s 58degrees out. I’m burning up!


50 posted on 06/18/2008 5:31:49 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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