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[khyber]

re: the "global warming" issue that rex raised.
Technically, it the theory has NOTHING to do with temperature. It is simply the amount of "energy" that is trapped in the earth's atmosphere.
That energy, depending on a multitude of different scenarios will affect areas differently: In a general sense, common patterns are simply exaggerated: Hot times are hotter; wet, wetter; dry, drier.

This is a simplified take on the issue but I think that if Rex understoo the issue a bit more he'da realized exactly what the greenpeace activist was getting at.

[Gord]

[joe_doufu]

OK, so the world is getting warmer. What's the big deal? Temperature has always fluctuated on this planet. Some scientists have said we're technically still in an Ice age compared to the planet's not-too-distant history. I'd rather be in a nice age than an ice age. (ba-dump-bump) Anyway, my home state is Maine so you know, I'm rooting for global warming -go- -go- -go- !

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[joe_doufu]

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It works like this:

[rapier]

I have always maintained...and you may search my numerous posts on this...that...

The earth's weather is like a spoon balancing on a pin. Steady for a loooooong time. But keep adding grains of sand to that spoon...and one day..in an instant, that spoon will overbalance and flip upside down.

This is the earths ocean current,atmosphere and climate.
Not to mention probable magnetic pole shift.

Its about to change. Far more rapidly than expected. Scientists..and conservative people talk about climate change being gradual...(maybe our great grand children will have minor difficulties etc..)

Balls.!

Look at evidence from former ice ages. Wolly mammoths frozen in motion, preserved mid- meal. Cataclysmic climate change was not gradual..it was sudden! It may take multi-millenia to reach tipping point, but when it does, theres no stopping it.


The earths ecosystems are under unparrallelled stress...as never before.
Due mostly to human meddling in natural processes.
We are on the brink. The process has begun..been triggered.
Some scientists believe it is already too late: a runaway domino has begun.
Many others aren't sure where the point of no return is..and that we have a window of opportunity now to change things. Kyoto doesn't go far enough.The signs are thick and fast now that the "world out of balance" -as forecast millenia ago by native indians, for example..is upon us. The seasons have shifted, the weather more extreme and unpredictable. New weather records are set every year now: birds are nesting 2 weeks earlier than ever before, mammals are colonising territory unavailable to them for millenia previously.
The knowledge is there, the evidence is there. I believe humans are programmed with a default propensity to destroy our planet..out of greed. But we all know the choice between good and evil is still available to humanity. But is the will power?
I don't think so. Humanity has shown an amazing ability to knowingly self destruct for the thrill of short term gain. i believe that within our lifetimes..perhaps 15-20 years off..will be :
1) magnetic shift- tectonic realignment and chaos.
2) accelerating out of control climate change.
3) International warfare over dwindling resources. Involving Nuclear weapons.
4) A shutdown of ocean currents due to meltwater at the poles triggered by man -made global warming.
5)Rising sealevels as the arctic vanishes.
6) Increasing outbreaks of disease/pandemics as ultimate environmental destruction releases formerly contained viruses upon humanity.

[joe_doufu]

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