I'm going to make an interesting hypothesis here

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whoaru99

Is it?

Yes, global warming is real.

John

[merrylander]

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

[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

[elwood127]

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

[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.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by hillbilly

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. I'm lost.

I don't know what it is that you're referring to but China is already using coal for a huge proportion of their energy needs. In the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics the government ordered periodic shut-downs of their factories to get a little smog out of the air. China, like the rest of the world, needs to move away from coal.

A year ago Bush was in the White House. I suppose it's possible that he offered to sell China some "clean coal technology" - as soon as such a thing actually exists.

John

[hillbilly]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I don't know what it is that you're referring to but China is already using coal for a huge proportion of their energy needs. In the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics the government ordered periodic shut-downs of their factories to get a little smog out of the air. China, like the rest of the world, needs to move away from coal.

A year ago Bush was in the White House. I suppose it's possible that he offered to sell China some "clean coal technology" - as soon as such a thing actually exists.

John

I remember Obama himself saying that we need to invest in clean coal technoligies, and later start selling the technology to them. I also remember Obama stating he was wanting to start fining the coal co's real hefty if they didn't come up with and convert to clean coal technologies. He said if they didn't, they'd be forced to rethink it or be fined into bankruptsy. It made news in the little book the light company sends out to folks as well.

[merrylander]

How about coal gassification?

Oh BTW, if you don't believe in global warming take a holiday to the Maldives while you can because they are slowly heading beneath the waves as the sea levels rise.