I'm going to make an interesting hypothesis here

[Charles]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I agree. Global warming is real, but there is damn little we can do about it.
It's part of a natural cycle. We can try to lessen OUR impact. And we do have an impact.
But nothing we do is going to stop it.

Dave

Once we kill ourselves off, everything will be cool.

Chas

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by merrylander

We, by last count, have received more than 6" above our "normal" rainfall.

Meanwhile, California has been falling farther and farther behind every year for the last 4 or 5 years. We no longer have a "fire season" out here. Now it's year 'round. Used to be that winter rains kept the fire danger down until late summer when things got really dry. Not any more.

John

[JCricket]

Originally Posted by Charles

Well, it wasn't that long ago that Israel left a big hole in the ground over in Syria. Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if a B2 left a big hole in the ground over in Syria, and Israel took credit for it.

I still think that the Iraq War was all about containing Iran and putting pressure on the Saudis, and had nothing to do with removing Saddam.

Chas

I'll agree with this much, and could come up with far more colorful depictions of why the war in Iraq was started. I'll leave it at that for now.

[elwood127]

I chuckle when I think of the anarchy that will insue after the glacier covers america. Just like that movie. Move over mexico.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Charles

Once we kill ourselves off, everything will be cool.

Chas

Not what I meant to say, Bro.

Dave

[whoaru99]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Global warming is real.

Is it?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whoaru99

Is it?

Yes, global warming is real.

John

[whoaru99]

OK. I just wanted to be sure since there are now more questions than ever.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whoaru99

OK. I just wanted to be sure since there are now more questions than ever.

Right, and as Tucker Carlson says, Sarah Palin is as smart as Al Gore.

How anyone can fail to see what's happening all over the world, from melting polar ice to crazy weather all over the world and not realize that something is wrong just baffles me but all that aside, all the things that are being suggested to mitigate global warming, like reducing carbon emissions and developing alternative clean sources of energy - they're all things we should be doing anyway.

The Japanese know this. So do the Europeans. Even the Chinese know this. All of them are busy developing new clean technology and leaving us in the dust. We should be doing this too but we're not, partly because our politicians have been bought and paid for by the corporations that have laid waste to the environment and partly because we've outsourced most of our manufacturing capacity.

John

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Right, and as Tucker Carlson says, Sarah Palin is as smart as Al Gore.

How anyone can fail to see what's happening all over the world, from melting polar ice to crazy weather all over the world and not realize that something is wrong just baffles me but all that aside, all the things that are being suggested to mitigate global warming, like reducing carbon emissions and developing alternative clean sources of energy - they're all things we should be doing anyway.

The Japanese know this. So do the Europeans. Even the Chinese know this. All of them are busy developing new clean technology and leaving us in the dust. We should be doing this too but we're not, partly because our politicians have been bought and paid for by the corporations that have laid waste to the environment and partly because we've outsourced most of our manufacturing capacity.

John

Now I'm getting confused. Again, about a year ago ( give or take a month or two ) I remember Obama saying on TV that we needed to have a talk with China and try to convince them to lean towards clean coal technologies, and even sell the technology to them ( after we figure it out ourselves ). I'm lost.