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Global warming: predicting unpredictability

Global warming: predicting unpredictabilityWell...To say that soil moisture doesn't affect convection would be a lie... but it is a very small effect compared to the large-scale circulation. The primary driver of the rainy-season weather is the formation of semi-permanent pressure cells, such as the subtropical ridge across the Southeast...

Tags: Global Climate Change, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

The media have been wrong on climate change before...

The media have been wrong on climate change before...Newsweek often wrongMentioned elsewhere ...Newsweek has often gotten stories wrong.I stopped taking them seriously when they took the premise of Jurassic Park seriously.Cooling was not as big a concern to scientists of the 70's as the business and media institute think.See these...

Tags: carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

More on coverage of NOAA global warming warnings

More on coverage of NOAA global warming warningsand a host of other weather ?extremes??I have noticed how freakin cold it's been in New England all of this month. Is that caused by "Global Warming" too? Your article fails to note that avg temps have not increased for some...

Tags: global warming, NOAA global warming warning, NOAA global warming, NOAA

Discussion threads 2009-06-16

Greenpeace guest post: Time for real IT Leadership in tackling Climate Change

Greenpeace guest post: Time for real IT Leadership in tackling Climate ChangeWho You ArePart of it, right or wrong, is about who you are. In US, it's a time when Democrats are aligning themselves more towards the middle and acclaiming their majority, while distancing themselves from association with more...

Tags: IT leadership, Climate Change, Greenpeace, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Winds of change creating a gale in Washington

Winds of change creating a gale in WashingtonI wonder what Harry's take on this isAs this should be impossible, according to Harry's blogs.http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31363631/ns/us_news-environment/RE: Winds of change creating a gale in WashingtonYou think Dick Cheney had "long suppressed data" about global warming? Are you living in an alternate universe?That is a...

Tags: hypothesis, gale, global climate change, climate change

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Murphy collezioni

Murphy collezioniGrazi mille"More than 300 people in one room almost all of whom agree with me on most issues. Www! - I mean, seriously, how often do you think that happens?"Every night, just before you stop dreaming? Just a guess ;-)"So, quick question: if you just use your iphone -or...

Tags: Outsourcing, VOIP, Rudy

Discussion threads 2009-06-13

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...

Tags: Y2K, global warming, Climate Change, IT SPEND, information technology, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-06-08

Greening air travel?

Greening air travel?The V formation sounds like a good idea.But the vortexes following an airliner are pretty nasty. I can't argue that airliners are the worst polluters per passenger mile. I do know that the container ships pump out more C02 and other terraforming compounds than a whole...

Tags: climate change

Discussion threads 2009-05-16

EPA formally declares a pox on excess greenhouse gas emissions

EPA formally declares a pox on excess greenhouse gas emissionsGovernment OUT of controlTea Parties are happening everywhere, I am surethe new dictator will be mandating all kinds ofnew communist laws.It will take a total crash of the country for people to realize this is not the 'change' or the CHAINS...

Tags: Tea Party, Oboma, global warming, greenhouse gas, greenhouse gas emission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Discussion threads 2009-04-18

First volley in the new American civil war: over climate change

First volley in the new American civil war: over climate changeHigher prices......for everything. Just get used to it until The Obama is voted out Nov. 6, 2012.

Tags: American Civil War, climate change

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?

Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?RE: Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?Energy conservation is great and benefits everyone. Carbon credits are phony. Much warming data is built on computer models that don't show any warming unless a "correction factor" is added.If Al Gore is so serious about climate...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, TVs, Energy Conservation, Carbon Credits, tax, Humanity!, climate change, Obamasiah, Climate Change

Discussion threads 2009-03-28

Climate change: less could mean more. That

Climate change: less could mean more. ThatClimate change is a scamYes, the earth's climate changes. It's natural. But this "climate change" business is the biggest scam of our century.The warming of the planet is actually a good thing, even though it's NOT created by humans. A gradual...

Tags: Climate Change, climate change, Gorified, PM10

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

More precious than platinum

More precious than platinumTry out the following More than half the nation's fruit, nuts, and vegetables come from here.California is the nation's number one dairy state.California's leading commodity is milk and cream. Grapes are second.California's leading export crop is almonds.Nationally, products exclusively grown (99% or more) in California include almonds,...

Tags: Climate Change, Grape

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Climate has changed around climate change. U.S. to be pushy.

Climate has changed around climate change. U.S. to be pushy.Excellent...about timeNeedless to say, the Bush regime was not only a disaster, but had their head in the sand for so many issues. From climate change to energy independence to infrastructuer to on and on...Finally, the leader of the free world...

Tags: climate change, fiction

Discussion threads 2009-01-30

Urgent: global warming may threaten golf glove business

Urgent: global warming may threaten golf glove businessThank you Argentina. NTRE: Urgent: global warming may threaten golf glove businessDid the editor for this place fall asleep? At least run the blog through a spell checker before posting!RE: Urgent: global warming may threaten golf glove businessAl Gore has really stepped in...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

Science on climate change

Science on climate change*yawn*Well, at least we know the environmentalists are still in the gloom and doom business.In the meantime, the real weather forecasters are still trying to predict next week."Current research" is constantly changing - these days I pay little notice. They have a pretty poor record in their...

Tags: Rome, climate change, hurricane, global warming

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Change of political climate re: climate change

Change of political climate re: climate changeYou cannot 'fight' global warmingBecause it is a perfectly natural process, and nature has been doing 99.9% of the warming via the Sun recently.Man-made global warming is a farce that too many people are afraid to speak out against because they are shouting down...

Tags: Man-made Global Warming, Humankind, global warming, political climate, climate change

Discussion threads 2008-12-22

Detroit? Climate Change? Waiting games continue

Detroit? Climate Change? Waiting games continueGlobal warming is a fraud....My sources say the conference in Poznan is of a very different tone that has been found at past conferences. Many scientists are seeking to distance themselves from hard-and-fast assertions that global warming is definitively occurring -- some...

Tags: global warming, Waiting Game, Climate Change, game

Discussion threads 2008-12-15

Blue Jeans, Not Green

Blue Jeans, Not GreenRE: Blue Jeans, Not GreenWell, the nutjobs behind this global warming hoax may in fact eventually get us all piled into a recycled cardboard motor scooter with a solar panel on the hood and a hand held tow rope coiled up on the bumper. Put there to...

Tags: Climate Change, Blue Jeans

Discussion threads 2008-12-14

The future of climate change is in Linux's hands

The future of climate change is in Linux's handsLinux can wipe Al Queda out, too... according to a top secret research. Since national security is at stake, the researchers are reluctant give further details other than promising "this is the year we're gonna do it. Yes, we can."RE: The future...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, climate change, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-12-08