Its Snowing

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UPDATED: Thursday, January 18, 2007 20:39
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SUCCATASH

Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:10 AM

I'd like to add that I have not watched Al Gore's movie, but I did see a preview of it on the Daily Show.

It was a quick scene about the glaciers melting, causing floods. Al Gore said something dramatic about the 9/11 memorial in NYC being covered by water. Sad music played in the background.

I was disgusted that he would use 9/11 that way, and it made me not want to watch his movie.

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:26 AM

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We have smart scientists, can't we figure this out?

First we'd have to remove politics from the equation, and that's like askin a fish not to swim.

Actually I think the best folk to ask are upper-end meteorologists, wound up having a long, somewhat drunken convo in 1998 with one while living in TX, and his "best guesses" were instrumental in my decision to move to MI.

Make of that what you will.

-F

HERO

Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:24 PM

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Originally posted by traveler:
I drive a cheap Honda Civic that gets something like 35 to 38 MPG

Good cars, great milage, squashed two pulling into my parking space this morning.

H

CANTTAKESKY

Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:56 PM

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Originally posted by Hero:
The answer to both is a sad yes.

The mark of a good religion is that no matter what happens, the evidence can be interpreted to support one's beliefs. Good things happen? It's God's plan. Bad things happen? It's God's plan.

I find similarities with global warming rhetoric. It's hot? Global warming. It's cold? It's global warming.

Science differs from religion precisely in that all hypotheses and theories have to be falsifiable, that is, scientific ideas have to be able to be proven wrong. That is one aspect of politicized global warming that I have a hard time with; the theory of global warming is no longer falsifiable in that arena and therefore no longer subject to scientific scrutiny.

Can't Take My Gorram Sky

SUCCATASH

Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:03 AM

"Gott kann dich nicht vor mir beschuetzen, weil ich nicht boese bin."

RUE

Saturday, January 13, 2007 4:10 AM

CTS,

"That is one aspect of politicized global warming that I have a hard time with; the theory of global warming is no longer falsifiable in that arena and therefore no longer subject to scientific scrutiny."

I'm getting really tired of your pretensions. Please stop claiming knowledge where you have none. Do you think all research has stopped on global warming? That the biggest question and smallest details are now irrelevant? Jeez. This is just another of your stooopid claims among all your stooopid claims.

FREMDFIRMA

Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:55 AM

Rue ? WTF man ?

She says that once folk make it a RELIGIOUS, rather than SCIENTIFIC, belief, that evidence (for them) no longer matters...

To THOSE PEOPLE, research and details ARE irrelevant, because they take it as matter of faith rather than evidence.

What's got yer chain in a knot mano, enquiring minds wanna know, cause distorting what's said and applyin nastiness ain't your usual MO.

-Frem

CITIZEN

Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:37 AM

The facts are that the Earth is getting warmer at a pretty much unprecedented rate in all our data, and although the Earth isn't as hot as it has been in the past other warming factors are unprecedented or at the highest levels in hundreds of thousands of years. The variables are doing strange things which they haven't done in the past, and all of this happened in step with the industrial revolution.

Though I'm sure it's all just a major coincidence. Although we are missing the other, although I'm sure far more likely, possibility that the naturally warming Earth actually caused the Industrial Revolution.

More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

TRAVELER

Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:32 PM

Hello Hero:

I know. I have to park at the far end of my companies parking lot so the Chevy pickups don't flatten it.

Traveler

FREMDFIRMA

Sunday, January 14, 2007 9:47 AM

Hey Trav ?

Not to derail the OBVIOUSLY impending flamewar (much)...

But who's the chick on the left, i *know* that scene is familiar but cursed if i can remember from where...

That's been twistin my brain ever since you made it your sig.
Gotta know, man, gotta know..

-Frem

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