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[achilles]

Well, is it warm or is it cool?

[daitong]

Is this a mistaken Gobots thread?

[C20Percent]

Don't ask questions about global warming.

[achilles]

Don't ask questions about global warming.

Hey, gotta know whether to wear shorts or a jacket!

[Cat-Scratch]

Hey, gotta know whether to wear shorts or a jacket!

Pants............wear pants for the love of all.

The last time you didn't, you got jailed.

[achilles]

Pants............wear pants for the love of all.

The last time you didn't, you got jailed.

Every time I get jailed, they just let me out for being too awsome to keep behind bars! They want me to share my awesomeness with the world! I know, I could wear a kilt!! After all, I am half Scottish. And I'me told they can be warm.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

The global warming theory, if you believe it, will result in arctic ice melting, which will result in more fresh water being released into the oceans, which is not as good at conducting heat as salt water, which will result in global cooling and a mini ice age. Or something.

[Apache Chef]

Yeah, I've always thought that global warming propaganda works a lot better in the summer.

[kingbobb]

The global warming theory, if you believe it, will result in arctic ice melting, which will result in more fresh water being released into the oceans, which is not as good at conducting heat as salt water, which will result in global cooling and a mini ice age. Or something.

That seems to fit the pattern set out in the story.

People 10-20 years ago were saying that then was the time to curtail greenhouse gas production. 5-10 years ago, most scientists were saying it was already too late, that greenhouse gas levels had hit critical mass, and that whatever cycle had been initiated was already underway.

The whole point that people always missed with this discussion wasn't that temperature change was going to bring about doomsday. The point was that rapid temperature fluctuations brought about by a higher average temperature...meaning some places would be warmer at times, some cooler at times, and yes, that means a place could be both warmer and cooler...would bring about rapid climate changes. The obvious impacts of that would be habitat change, which could be catastrophic to sensitive species that don't have the ability to migrate as fast as their habitat does. Species like amphibians, which traditionally are the most sensitive to minor habitat changes, or even top predators like the polar bear, which essentially feed during a single season, and when the ice floes they use to feed on melted, lost their primary food source. It even impacts humans, as we're so tied down by our development that we're unable to relocate.

So, sure, it seems that maybe the Earth has a method to counter a rapid rise in temp, but the fix is to provide for an equally rapid decline in temps. Niether is good news for people.

[Timbales]

George Gobel was pretty cool.

[Deux]

The global warming theory, if you believe it, will result in arctic ice melting, which will result in more fresh water being released into the oceans, which is not as good at conducting heat as salt water, which will result in global cooling and a mini ice age. Or something.

Awesome. I love jackets.

[achilles]

George Gobel was pretty cool.

Blame it on the booze. And the drugs. And the women. Whatever.

Anyhow, fixed now!

[US Agent]

Global whatever it is this week - one of the most profitable scams of modern times.

[Cat-Scratch]

Every time I get jailed, they just let me out for being too awsome to keep behind bars! They want me to share my awesomeness with the world! I know, I could wear a kilt!! After all, I am half Scottish. And I'me told they can be warm.

Riiiiiiight. Sure they do.

Umm, you want to wear a kilt so it's easier for you when you return all that beer you drink and that's all there is to it.

[kingbobb]

Global whatever it is this week - one of the most profitable scams of modern times.

It's warming this week.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/19/eco.globalwarmingsurvey/index.html

Although this study went to 5 times the scientists of the previous study, saying it was cooling, did. And it surveyed more than just climatologists.

In the end, I don't think it matters. Too many people are frogs, sitting in the pot of water as the temperature slowly rises toward boiling, not noticing because they refuse to expand their vision to see things long term. So what if it's cold right now, and polar ice coverage is rebounding. It's winter, of course it's going to rebound. But come next summer, when the polar ice cap retreats even further, will we still just be sitting in the pot waiting to boil, or will we start looking for ways to turn off the stove?