Global Warming Is a Cause of This Year’s Extreme Weather

I won't argue with the author about whether or not global warming is occurring or not becuase I'd waste breath. He or she belives it is. Not important, but the idea thats its man made is arrogant on our part. There is one big factor (its actually 2 or 3 in one) is the thing we like to call our sun. First part, we orbit it elliptacally so there are portions of time when we are closer to it, second off the suns surface activity cycles have a much bigger role than some would like to admit. Sunspots and solar flares produce unfathomably large amounts of energy into space. Some of that energy gets here some goes off in other directions. I hate it when everyone gets all doom and gloom from something that is largely misunderstood or the evidence isn't concrete. As far as surface activity there are several scientist that are scared that by the ned of the next decade we will be moving towards the next ice age, kind of like the late 70's before the globe started a warming trend.
And as for fossils fuels, there may be some evidence that they aren't fossil fuels, simply hydrocarbons. I belive that NASA has found (don't ask me how) that possbly 2-3 moons of Saturn are full of hydrocarbons. Who knows maybe there was life there millions of years ago but the didn't find any evidence to support that.

Correction. The word is ABIOTIC

There seems to b a lot of talk about running out of oil in this string of comments. What if oil in NOT a fossil fuel but a natural product of the earth's evolution and is being constantly created? Just Google the word 'abotic' and see what Russian scientists discovered over 50 years ago and what Russia is now exploiting.

This year's bad weather is a direct result of allowing gay marriage.

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1st Fact. True, the natural forces do cause climate changes which take place in a long period, sometimes millions to thousands.
2nd Fact Human pollution has occured in a short time period. Satalites are showing pictures of changes to our land. These are photos and not opinions of individuals. Example in just 100 years we have reduced the forest to 70%.

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Enough frat-boy yappings. When I bought my house 6 years ago in Seattle and asked for ceiling fans to be installed, the builder looked at my weird. It doesn't get that hot in Seattle during the summer. You might want to save that money he said. I stood firm and said that the trend indicate that things will get warm within a decade. Better now then later.

Yesterday it was 99 degrees and I got sunburned. Last year was the same thing. And I had to buy extra fans for my downstairs rooms that didn't have ceiling fans. The year before that my town experienced a once-in-a-lifetime flood, with both bridges out of town cut off. Now for the first time ever, wheat, fruits, and corn can't be grown reliably in the Midwest and food prices are rising even more drastically.

Green is just doing more with less. If you want to be a fat-ass and waste, go and burn your money on all the gas you want. It's going to the Mideast for all the good that does. Money talks, and as things get more expensive, know it's dimwits gluttonous Americans like you that are weighing this country down with the same ol' BS that got beer-buddy W elected and now the dollar worth some half its value 7 years ago and a trillion dollars in red debt that your kids will be too poor to pay off.

GW my A$$! Check out this chart!!!!:

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What global warming, Sharon????? Check this chart out!!!:
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Enough frat-boy yappings. When I bought my house 6 years ago in Seattle and asked for ceiling fans to be installed, the builder looked at my weird. It doesn't get that hot in Seattle during the summer. You might want to save that money he said. I stood firm and said that the trend indicate that things will get warm within a decade. Better now then later.

Yesterday it was 99 degrees and I got sunburned. Last year was the same thing. And I had to buy extra fans for my downstairs rooms that didn't have ceiling fans. The year before that my town experienced a once-in-a-lifetime flood, with both bridges out of town cut off. Now for the first time ever, wheat, fruits, and corn can't be grown reliably in the Midwest and food prices are rising even more drastically.

Green is just doing more with less. If you want to be a fat-ass and waste, go and burn your money on all the gas you want. It's going to the Mideast for all the good that does. Money talks, and as things get more expensive, know it's dimwits gluttonous Americans like you that are weighing this country down with the same ol' BS that got beer-buddy W elected and now the dollar worth some half its value 7 years ago and a trillion dollars in red debt that your kids will be too poor to pay off.

the sun will eventually expand swallowing the whole planet so whatever we dont use will be destroyed! QUIT BUGGING ME ABOUT MY SUV and piss off greenies.

What's the Mark Twain quote - everybody talks about the weather but nobody does much about it?

Regardless of whether you believe in the Gospel of Global Warming according to Al Gore or you think the whole thing is an elaborate liberal media hoax of the worst order, it is obvious that the cost of rampant, unchecked growth in coastal and low-lying areas is costing us billions of dollars annually in insurance and replacement costs. Ditto for the areas vulnerable to forest fires.

At this point, where and how the extreme weather comes from is no longer the only issue.

It is past time we started looking long and hard at where we allow people to build, and perhaps more to the point, where we allow them to re-build.

As wonderful as New Orleans is, as delightful as the coastal sections of North Carolina and Florida are, as fertile as the Mississippi valley may be, and as prestigous as the canyons of California have become, it may be time for us to re-evaluate our national flood policy, our national hurricane policy, and perhaps, our national fire-fighting policy.

What seems beyond argument is that when Man goes up against Nature, Nature wins everytime. We aren't subduing the earth - the earth is subduing us.

Comment: Global Warming? Yes, but only to a certain point. As long as the earth has the ability to shield certain portions of itself from the sun then those areas will stay cold.

Man Made? Yes, but indirectly. Man has caused the Earth to become unbalanced and this has set off a chain of events that will continue to affect the Earth until it is rectified. The wobbling of the Earth and the shifting Poles will allow the sun to melt ice not normally exposed to the sun for long periods of time to remain exposed, thus not allowing it to refreeze resulting in a warmer climate.

How has man caused the Earth to become unbalanced? Man has populated and built massive cities in areas without regard to the effects it has on a rotating mass.

Can the Earth become balanced again? Yes, The Earth's crust is at this very moment giving way to the centrifugal force and breaking apart at its fault lines.

Example: Place liquid in a hollow ball, spin on an axes.
Result: Fluid inside the ball will spread out evenly until the ball is perfectly balanced.

Historic Example: Earth was once hot and liquid; as the Earth cooled the outer crust hardened into a semi-balanced state and continued to take the shape we know today.

Everyday Example: Remove the lead weights from the rims used to balance your car tires, drive your car at the speeds you normally drive.
Result: The centrifugal force of your rotating tires will wobble violently until eventually your tires will fall apart or the balls joint holding your tires will break.

How long will it take for the Earth to realign? According to scientists it initially took millions of years.

Can we wait for millions of years? Sure, if we want to continually suffer the effects of the Earth trying to balance itself out.

Can man speed up the process? Yes, Man could do the math and get the Earth back on track.

Will man do this? No, Man will continue to blame this on nature using historical data. Also those in position of power and authority will never have the will power to take the hard road to rebalancing the Earth, too much rearranging involved.

The physics of the planet will continue to do its thing until it is satisfied. Enjoy!