[ale] unusual global warming experiment

[wolf at wolfhalton.info]

The whole argument is like assuming trends in the value of stocks by
their daily up-ticks and down-ticks.
People are being very reactive to global warming as if they are going to
be punished when daddy gets home.
"No sir! I didn't cause no global warming.  Look, it snowed in New
England!"

It may be too late to reverse the trend, even though we could reduce
greenhouse gasses by shuttering the factory feedlot operations that get
us inexpensive beef.  Even though it may be too late, we can still
refrain from making it worse   by learning to eat one less burger per
week.  The ship may be sinking, but at least you can stop opening
windows below the water line. 
The entire history of humanity has been a string of "how we deal with
the unanticipated consequences of our decisions," including technical
advances and distribution systems.

Most of the pollution around cities is caused by factory stacks,
specifically the burning of coal, but the spin magicians make it the
"fault of the masses" by saying we can solve those emission geysers by
reducing the emissions of cars.  

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] unusual global warming experiment
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:12:05 -0500

On Wed February 10 2010, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> Anyway all of these show 2009 globally as cooler than most of the last
10
> years.

10 years? the DC area just set a record snowfall of 65 inches! broke a
record 
from the 1800's!! New York broke a record older than 10 years. It seems
like 
all I've heard so far this winter is " 10 degrees below normal"... it's
DAMN 
cold out there!!


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