They are growing grapes there now so it does not need to be a lot warmer than today.
Posted on 08/31/2006 5:13:46 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Same here. I remember the old folks talking about it too.
Personally, I don't give a hoot about any theories regarding where our climate is going.
A-None of us are going to be around to see any changes.
B-There ain't a damn thing anyone could do about it anyway, even if it is accurate. It is highly unlikely any predictions about what will happen with the climate 150 years from now will be accurate. So what if they are. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
First time in at least 4 or 5 mos. I haven't had to open my window at night.
That was actually due to the eruption of Tambora in Indonesia.
Didn't the history channel just run a documentary episode about how we will all burn to death in the new global warming world?
or
July 1609I can assure you these mountains today never have snow on them even in June much less July.Continuing our course over this lake on the western side, I noticed, while observing the country, some very high mountains on the eastern side, on top of which there was snow.
The Spanish conquistadors also wrote about the cold frosty mornings in Mexico, in the summer.
They are growing grapes there now so it does not need to be a lot warmer than today.
Then their tune changed. Global warming could be attributed to man's actions. Something mankind did could be funded, studied, funded, legislated, funded, and studied some more. Hmmm.
And the big bad CO2 levels? What none of the chicken-littles will tell you is that even if mankind stopped all CO2 emissions - a 100% reduction in our output... It would result in a less than 2% drop in CO2 dumped into the atmosphere yearly. Yep, mother nature accounts for 98%+ of the CO2. Between good years and bad years (eg. think volcanoes) human contributions to CO2 are lost in the noise.
Another example of how the climate alarmists are not backed up with real science? Take the melting of the glaciers. Google "How many glaciers in the world" and all you'll get are a bunch of alarmist links about "many" glaciers melting. Yet even though there are literally thousands (over 10K IIRC) of glaciers, less then 200 have been scientifically studied. How in the hell can they call themselves serious scientists and draw such sweeping conclusions when they have such a small sample? I know all about "statistical methods" - math-speak for numbers to lie for you.
I'm not worried about global warming, nor an ice age. I'm worried about being over-run by flaming idiots spouting sensational garbage.
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Here is the theory: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-11.htm
In quick summary, if enough cold, fresh water coming from the melting polar ice caps and the melting glaciers of Greenland flows into the northern Atlantic, it will shut down the Gulf Stream, which keeps Europe and northeastern North America warm. The worst-case scenario would be a full-blown return of the last ice age - in a period as short as 2 to 3 years from its onset - and the mid-case scenario would be a period like the "little ice age" of a few centuries ago that disrupted worldwide weather patterns leading to extremely harsh winters, droughts, worldwide desertification, crop failures, and wars around the world.
I thought it was Krakatoa - but your'e right. Here's added info. i thought the 1991 reference was interesting! (That never seems to come up in the MSM treatment).
The June 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo was global. Slightly cooler than usual temperatures recorded worldwide and the brilliant sunsets and sunrises have been attributed to this eruption that sent fine ash and gases high into the stratosphere, forming a large volcanic cloud that drifted around the world. The sulfur dioxide (SO2) in this cloud -- about 22 million tons -- combined with water to form droplets of sulfuric acid, blocking some of the sunlight from reaching the Earth and thereby cooling temperatures in some regions by as much as 0.5 degrees °C. An eruption the size of Mount Pinatubo could affect the weather for a few years.
A similar phenomenon occurred in April of 1815 with the cataclysmic eruption of Tambora Volcano in Indonesia, the most powerful eruption in recorded history. Tambora's volcanic cloud lowered global temperatures by as much as 3 degrees °C. Even a year after the eruption, most of the northern hemisphere experienced sharply cooler temperatures during the summer months. In parts of Europe and in North America, 1816 was known as "the year without a summer."
From 1300 to 1850, a period of cataclysmic cold caused havoc. It froze Viking colonists in Greenland, accelerated the Black Death in Europe, etc., etc ...
The original point in the article is highlighted above ... I'm taking exception to the premise there was a 'mini-ice age' underway at the time. Not so ... at least based on the historical accounts I'm reading.
According to the global warming experts there was no little ice age, we have had constant temperatures for over 2000 years prior to 1900. The little ice age is a figment of our imagination. Those poor folks that froze their butts off were really warm.
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