Posted on 07/29/2006 7:54:52 AM PDT by TankerKC
It also goes to California, which oddly, is brown during the summer, and green in the winter....Hmmmm...... I always thought Kentucky Blue was non-migratory.
Clive: Definitely.
I see a direct correlation between the die-off and my own fuel bill here in Toronto which is in the overlapping boundary between the Carolinian forest (which is the same forest noted and pictured in the New England area in the article) and the Laurentian forest.
Although, the phenomenon is somewhat lessened as we go further north out of the boundary area and deeper into the Laurentian forest.
Although the heating season starts earlier further north, the population density is also considerably lower than in Toronto.
But perhaps it could simply be that the Laurentian forest is a hardier ecosystem.
Observational data is scarcer outside of the Greater Toronto area. It is generally conceded that everything important in Canada can be seen from the top of the CN Tower.
LOL!!!LOL!!! soooo funny.
I needed that.
LOL
<< And it's already ten degrees warmer here in Texas than it was just a few hours ago. At this rate the temperature is going to be 200 degrees at the end of the day. Global warming is real, I tell you. >>
It is so, too!
And now for the even better news:
Using the global warmingists model and software, I just ran the feral gummint's debt through my mainframe and am happy to inform all y'all that, come February next year, the feds'll be firmly in the black.
While the exact mechanism for the phenomenon is unclear,
well - I live in the picture -
note a couple things......one of the brown spots is the Adirondack State Park - dont use much heating oil there
the other is the Catskills
We normally call this change......"autumn"
Also, why are those New Englanders still using oil for heating? Oil should be used only when it's the most reasonable. There are alternatives to oil for heating.
That was my point. The global warming advocate says that there is no die-off in the tropics and that is proof that the die-off in the Northeast is man made. The skeptical scientist in the article had already pointed out that autumn might explain the die-off in the Northeast. The article calls the skeptic "discredited global warming skeptic". The article was obviously intended for humor.
Here is the paragraph that contains the questionable argument:
When contacted for comment on the new results, discredited global warming skeptic Dr. John Michaels told this reporter, "I think the NASA scientists should investigate the possibility that this die-off is directly related to decreasing levels of sunlight and the resulting cold temperatures as winter approachers". When told of Dr. Michaels' theory, Jorgeson replied, "Well of course he would say that
everyone knows he is in the pocket of 'big oil'. Besides, how else would you explain the fact that the die-off does not occur in tropical locations, where heating oil use is virtually unheard of?"
Yes, I know it was humor, albeit, poor humor. :)
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