Here in NYC, we already have gondolas, so were good to go. Commence "Global Warming" proceedure.
A final thought that probably won't please the environmentalists: Whatever the truth of climate change turns out to be, today's vast investment in climate research will likely lead someday to technologies that really will allow us to alter local and global weather.
Hmmm ...
Before I start turning Pittsburgh into my tropical island paradise (average temperature year-round: 82degF) I might note that there are some people who actually like seasons, who actually think it's a brainy scheme to have this "winter" we are suffering through.
Now, I don't understand them, and they don't understand me, but I can't help but wonder how the politics of that would work. If nothing else, "winter" costs millions (if not billions) of dollars a year and more people die from the cold than died in Hurricane Katrina, a once a decade plus event.
My business partner and I have noted that it's been a record mild winter so far here, and of course we wonder if it's an example of "global warming". But then we remember that last time we looked, the "global warming" people were looking forward to a new ice age to prove their theories.
So, if you could change the climate in your area, what would you do? What do you think politicians should do? I suppose in theory there's a market for eternal summer and one for eternal winter (for ski buffs).
And what would happen to house prices in Florida if you could have Florida weather nationwide?
(I have pinged some friends who I think might have interesting observations/ideas).
Thoughts?
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Here in NYC, we already have gondolas, so were good to go. Commence "Global Warming" proceedure.
I cannot read the entire article because I am a skinflint.
The one thing that bothers me about "Global Warming" is that all of the apocalyptic scenarios all presume that the Carbon Cycle is fundamentally unstable.
If this were really the case, we wouldn't be here to agonize over it.
The models are, in fact, unstable because they have been chosen to be such, by eliminating any negative feedback, that I say, must exist.
For example:
Warmer temperatures means more water vapor which means more clouds which means more solar reflection.
Or more CO2 + longer growing season means more plants which means more CO2 sequestration.
"So, if you could change the climate in your area, what would you do? What do you think politicians should do? I suppose in theory there's a market for eternal summer and one for eternal winter (for ski buffs)."
Since I really love plants and their way of cleaning the air we breathe, I'd want more rain in So. Cal. Most plants seem to appreciate the seasons and so do I. So I'd like to keep all 4 seasons.
Well, you know Ventura County - it's about perfect. About the only thing I would change is having more thunder storms - but it would have to be at a fairly consistent time so I could plan around them.