ggrtrhhrtgg Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I think we will be in for a shock in the spring when our gardens are all facked. Trees and flowers still have buds, and they have not been insulated for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 sunshine = weatherweather does not equal climateisolated events such as a warm spell are not harbingers of global warming.(i am not a naysayer, just think that confusing issues helps no-one)sorry, AD...not at all meaning to confuse the issue.i have no problem with the sunshine, i do however worry when it's 8C outside in January with no significant snowfall yet. there are reports of animals engaging in spring mating behaviour, while other animals wander around scratching their heads wondering where the snow is and how they are going to store food without the freezer that nature provides them every year.i agree that wrm spells are normal and not harbingers of doom, but other than a brief spell in november, this "winter" has been one long warm spell.colour me worried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 "If you own a four-wheel drive and replace it with a hybrid fuel car, you can achieve a cut of that magnitude in a day reather than half a century."whats wrong with four wheel drive cars? i'm assuming they meant to say gas guzzling big SUV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 I think we will be in for a shock in the spring when our gardens are all facked. Trees and flowers still have buds, and they have not been insulated for the winter.I have several different plants and grasses that are well into their spring growth in my backyard. I'm not sure what they're going to do if winter comes calling. If it stays at 8C all winter long, I'm planing a few palm trees next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 professor on cbc radio one in ottawa is saying that the ice shelf collapse discussed above is due to an abnormally warm august 2005 (when the shelf collapsed). it was local though, the rest of the arctic was at average temperature.the ice shelf and global warming are two separate issues, they are just more noticeable in the same area of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Climate change has occured as long as the Earth has existed. What we don't know for sure is how much stress 6 billion plus people is putting on the Earth. This population level and energy comsumption is unprecidented. Factor that with natural occuring events and it's a crap shoot.I just don't think any of it is good.Today I fed some ducks near my work. Seems to me they should be gone by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popo weenie Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Global Warming not is warmer globe. don,t understand this eithermaybe you meant to say is not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark tonin Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 Anyone seen An Inconvenient Truth? I just watched it last night, and wow, it makes it pretty damn clear that we need to treat global warming as the serious issue that it is.Hopefully people and governments around the world will find the will to act.Peace, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted January 6, 2007 Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 I woke up this morning to the sound of rain and found it really, really... well, "troubling" isn't strong enough. I think of what our kids will be experiencing after we're gone, and their kids.... Getting governments to get in on dealing with all this must be analogous to getting someone to quit smoking after the first signs of cancer. "Just one more pack?"But of course, what am I saying; we know that the science behind the tobacco-cancer link was inconclusive, too, and only intended to hurt big industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edger Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 fear not folks,harper is ready to "get serious" about this issue now... we may all rest easy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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