I'll try this again (I should write a book called "Global Warming for
DUMMIES"... I don't mean that as an insult by the by).

Most of the earth is covered in water. The oceans and great lakes are heat
sinks and it is the large bodies of water that drive our weather. For all
practical purposes ALL of our weather. If you have heard of El Nino
(unusual weather for the year because part of the Pacific is warmer than
usual), think of it in those terms only think SUPER El Nino that never ends.
The last ice age occurred because of just a 5-9 degree weather change.
Having your yearly average temperature drop only a few digress is not going
to give you massive glaciers if all you're talking about is the earth's air
temperature dropping a few degrees. It is the change in the oceans that
change the climate. What keeps the West coast so much warmer than the East
coast is the pattern of the ocean's currents. The storms we get are from
high and low pressure, water in the atmosphere, etc. - all of which come
from the ocean. Scientist from several different fields (geology,
paleontology, biology, etc.) all concur that the earth is warming at a
faster rate than seen before and that it is due to man's production of
chemicals that he is putting in the air. At this point you are not seeing
anyone disagree with the data or the theory (none that have gone through
peer review that is.... those papers are all most all coming from the
industries that will be hurt if we ever get the balls to put things right or
by nuts that say the earth is flat).

I have no vested interest in supporting the theory. I in fact don't care
much that it is happening. Life in geological time frame will do just fine.
For humans it will mean more disease of the tropical form, plants and
animals will go extinct which is already happening at the fastest rate since
Dinosaurs because we are destroying their habitat, we will more than likely
have to give up eating meat (I already have), etc. I will find it sad to
see animal types disappear but others will take their place..... they just
may be all of the cockroach, rat, tumbleweed, etc. variety (those that
thrive under adverse conditions..)

Yeah... we need spring soon before I continue with these long winded
monologs....

"Salty Thumb" wrote in message
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"D Kat" wrote in
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Please KNOCK ON WOOD NOW! With global warming what you get is more
extremes in weather (which most people don't seem to understand for
some odd reason) which means you could easily get the same weather we


Well, duh! It's called "global warming", not "global warming except when
it is cold, and man, is it gonna be COLD ... unless you live in an area
where water moderates the climate, in which case the weather will be
strange but not too extreme, but still strange enough that if you've been
around long enough that you start to think something is seriously
abnormal,
but if you haven't then you just think well, this is kind of weird, but
not
as weird as the boss will be if I don't get to the sprocket factory on
time
...."