Comments on: Global Warming: Hell And High Water http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:41:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: margaret http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1391463 margaret Fri, 05 Jan 2007 18:00:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1391463 I don't know about global warming slowing the earth's rotation but my understanding is that it will definitely (probably already is) slow down the ocean currents. From what I know that is not a good thing because one of the effects of the "conveyer belt" current is the way it moderates the planet's weather. Which means that, ironically, some countries may experience colder winters in the future. Europe in particular. Very scary stuff indeed. I don't know about you guys but I'm pretty worried about this coming summer. Could be a hot one! I don’t know about global warming slowing the earth’s rotation but my understanding is that it will definitely (probably already is) slow down the ocean currents.

From what I know that is not a good thing because one of the effects of the “conveyer belt” current is the way it moderates the planet’s weather.

Which means that, ironically, some countries may experience colder winters in the future. Europe in particular.

Very scary stuff indeed.

I don’t know about you guys but I’m pretty worried about this coming summer. Could be a hot one!

]]> By: malcontent http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1390992 malcontent Fri, 05 Jan 2007 16:37:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1390992 This may be a stupid question, but could global warming slow down the earth's rotation? I think of it almost like a figure skater doing a twirl: the more tighly she holds her arms in to he body, the faster she spins, the more loosely, the slower. As the ice caps continue to melt and more and more water moves from the poles to the equator, wouldn't it stand to reason that the earth could actually slow down and days would become longer, even if by just a few minutes? Think of the cost of replacing all those clocks and watches...staggering (wink). This may be a stupid question, but could global warming slow down the earth’s rotation?

I think of it almost like a figure skater doing a twirl: the more tighly she holds her arms in to he body, the faster she spins, the more loosely, the slower.

As the ice caps continue to melt and more and more water moves from the poles to the equator, wouldn’t it stand to reason that the earth could actually slow down and days would become longer, even if by just a few minutes?

Think of the cost of replacing all those clocks and watches…staggering (wink).

]]> By: Dave http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1390634 Dave Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:59:37 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1390634 Rehashes a lot of what James Howard Kunstler has foretold in his book The Long Emergency. Check out http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/ Rehashes a lot of what James Howard Kunstler has foretold in his book The Long Emergency. Check out http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/

]]> By: Johnny Destroyer http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1390393 Johnny Destroyer Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:44:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1390393 HaHaHaHa Doing whats right, and doing what is financially condusive, are often two entirely different things.. The average man enjoys the power and ease of Petrol, and is generally weary of anything Electric due to a multi-billion dollar advertisement blitz that BP and Citgo pay for. I think getting our gasoline domestically produced would be a more realistic step in the right direction. or, we can keep paying exorbenent prices on foreign gas, have a different blend for each state, and allow Mexico and Venezuela to drill five miles off the coast of Texas where its ILLEGAL for domestic corporations to do so.. The energy market, is very simply a racket, and I don't think that Alternative Energy is Viable in this decade.. The electric car has a single charge range of only 60 miles, and windfarms have zoneing issues, nobody wants to look at them..and they aren't PROFITABLE....so, ya know, kinda tough to find venture capitalists.. my rant/ HaHaHaHa

Doing whats right, and doing what is financially condusive, are often two entirely different things..

The average man enjoys the power and ease of Petrol, and is generally weary of anything Electric due to a multi-billion dollar advertisement blitz that BP and Citgo pay for.

I think getting our gasoline domestically produced would be a more realistic step in the right direction.

or, we can keep paying exorbenent prices on foreign gas, have a different blend for each state, and allow Mexico and Venezuela to drill five miles off the coast of Texas where its ILLEGAL for domestic corporations to do so..

The energy market, is very simply a racket, and I don’t think that Alternative Energy is Viable in this decade..

The electric car has a single charge range of only 60 miles, and windfarms have zoneing issues, nobody wants to look at them..and they aren’t PROFITABLE….so, ya know, kinda tough to find venture capitalists..

my rant/

]]> By: baski http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1390266 baski Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:08:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1390266 To Use only alternate energy i.e natural resources fuels(ethnol, bio-diesel. etc.,) for vehicles, houses and offices(solar panel). wind mill energy. Use of Battery operated vehicles. All the ways to reduce GLOBAL WARMING To Use only alternate energy i.e natural resources fuels(ethnol, bio-diesel. etc.,) for vehicles, houses and offices(solar panel). wind mill energy. Use of Battery operated vehicles. All the ways to reduce GLOBAL WARMING

]]> By: Kindra http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1389349 Kindra Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:41:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1389349 How did I not know about ClimateProgress before?! I love it! How did I not know about ClimateProgress before?! I love it!

]]> By: joey bag O' Donuts http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388436 joey bag O' Donuts Fri, 05 Jan 2007 05:34:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388436 Living in south Fl fot 30 years the only people swimming in the sea in January. People we're slightly blue or definitley drunk. The ocean is hot not luke warm but hot we've not had a a cool day in years. when you work outside especially on roofs you yearn for the middle of october to usher in a little relief not so pal ever drink a gallon of water pus in January do'nt think it'sgetting warmer come ring my shirt in the middle of January. Living in south Fl fot 30 years the only people swimming in the sea in January. People we’re slightly blue or definitley drunk. The ocean is hot not luke warm but hot we’ve not had a a cool day in years. when you work outside especially on roofs you yearn for the middle of october to usher in a little relief not so pal ever drink a gallon of water pus in January do’nt
think it’sgetting warmer come ring my shirt in the middle of January.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388225 ForTruth Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:05:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388225 Good one Zep Tepi. Good one Zep Tepi.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388213 ForTruth Fri, 05 Jan 2007 04:00:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388213 21 Lincoln, This is also why the fundies get such a foothold in politics. Half the eligible voters don't vote, and they sure aren't the fundies. Regular people far outweigh the fundy population, problem is, half of them don't vote. This is how we will go down, apathy, ignorance, laziness. 21

Lincoln,

This is also why the fundies get such a foothold in politics. Half the eligible voters don’t vote, and they sure aren’t the fundies. Regular people far outweigh the fundy population, problem is, half of them don’t vote. This is how we will go down, apathy, ignorance, laziness.

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388206 Zep Tepi Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:56:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388206 Stop standing in the way of progress progressives Comment by hal holmert Humans don't create oxygen Hal, something your V10 desperately needs to operate. Stop standing in the way of progress progressives

Comment by hal holmert

Humans don’t create oxygen Hal, something your V10 desperately needs to operate.

]]> By: Lincoln http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388200 Lincoln Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:54:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388200 Why do people think this is a liberal-conservative thing. Why should we not save our society and economy? Also why are so many people so reluctant to believe the overwhelming majority of scientists on this? I'm not saying we need a concensus to agree or disagree but this concensus means that each scientist has reviewed data and reached the same doom conclusion. And their conclusions, in the form of vetted peer-reviewed papers have been approved. Oh yeah, because 50% or there abouts of US citizens are fat ignorant and lazy. By the time GW is full blown we will not be in charge of the world. This is ready clear. Sad. Why do people think this is a liberal-conservative thing. Why should we not save our society and economy? Also why are so many people so reluctant to believe the overwhelming majority of scientists on this? I’m not saying we need a concensus to agree or disagree but this concensus means that each scientist has reviewed data and reached the same doom conclusion. And their conclusions, in the form of vetted peer-reviewed papers have been approved. Oh yeah, because 50% or there abouts of US citizens are fat ignorant and lazy. By the time GW is full blown we will not be in charge of the world. This is ready clear. Sad.

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388195 Zep Tepi Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:53:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388195 Shameful Comment by halbert holmert You left out Katrina. Shameful
Comment by halbert holmert

You left out Katrina.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388192 ForTruth Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:52:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388192 Yes Hal we pick up on how you are one of the few folks from the Right, who happen to be capable of sarcasm and irony. Yes Hal we pick up on how you are one of the few folks from the Right, who happen to be capable of sarcasm and irony.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388184 ForTruth Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:49:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388184 Hal I live in AZ, Global warming sucks here. Hal

I live in AZ, Global warming sucks here.

]]> By: Kiki http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388072 Kiki Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:56:23 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388072 Wind turbines...Awesome... How about some in my homestate of MA...right off the cape... oh wait. Maybe some over here...oh wait. over there...oh wait. So yeah...we should build 1 million of them...just make sure they're in no one's back yard. How about Northern Alaska...perfect...no one lives there... oh wait...Forgot...can't be near <em>any other living thing</em>...but yeah...we gotta have 'em. ...And that nuclear waste dump too...need it...so long as it's not within 100 miles of any person, any person's view, or any living organism....Got it all figured out haven't we. Wind turbines…Awesome… How about some in my homestate of MA…right off the cape… oh wait.

Maybe some over here…oh wait.

over there…oh wait.

So yeah…we should build 1 million of them…just make sure they’re in no one’s back yard.

How about Northern Alaska…perfect…no one lives there… oh wait…Forgot…can’t be near any other living thing…but yeah…we gotta have ‘em.

…And that nuclear waste dump too…need it…so long as it’s not within 100 miles of any person, any person’s view, or any living organism….Got it all figured out haven’t we.

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388018 Zep Tepi Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:27:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388018 What a great ad for your book, Mr. Rommm! ClimateProgress, CampusProgress….what’s next, Relationship Progress, ParentProgress…..or how progressivism saved the planet by neutering mankind. Comment by mighty aphrodite Do you ever stop being negative MA? How about Cimate Course? Or Climate Surge? Or maybe Climate Compassion? What a great ad for your book, Mr. Rommm! ClimateProgress, CampusProgress….what’s next, Relationship Progress, ParentProgress…..or how progressivism saved the planet by neutering mankind.

Comment by mighty aphrodite

Do you ever stop being negative MA?

How about Cimate Course?

Or Climate Surge?

Or maybe Climate Compassion?

]]> By: Zep Tepi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1388013 Zep Tepi Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:24:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1388013 You know, I was thinking if we used draft turbines (As the huge amount of draft one gets in tall buildings) instead of wind turbines, it would be much more feasible and could be used in places that don't have steady winds. Also we could use solar heating (like a chimney) to make the updraft more efficient. Just an Idea. You know, I was thinking if we used draft turbines (As the huge amount of draft one gets in tall buildings) instead of wind turbines, it would be much more feasible and could be used in places that don’t have steady winds. Also we could use solar heating (like a chimney) to make the updraft more efficient.

Just an Idea.

]]> By: John Gilpins http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1387955 John Gilpins Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:08:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1387955 America is a CRAZY place. As I write this, there are 12 posts discussing environmentalism. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 113 POSTS DISCUSSING THE MUSLIM FAITH. John America is a CRAZY place.

As I write this, there are 12 posts discussing environmentalism. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 113 POSTS DISCUSSING THE MUSLIM FAITH.

John

]]> By: margaret http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1387657 margaret Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:44:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1387657 ma, you've got a few good ideas there! thanks for sharing! ma, you’ve got a few good ideas there! thanks for sharing!

]]> By: mighty aphrodite http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/comment-page-1/#comment-1387566 mighty aphrodite Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:04:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/04/hell-and-high-water/#comment-1387566 What a great ad for your book, Mr. Rommm! ClimateProgress, CampusProgress....what's next, Relationship Progress, ParentProgress.....or how progressivism saved the planet by neutering mankind. What a great ad for your book, Mr. Rommm! ClimateProgress, CampusProgress….what’s next, Relationship Progress, ParentProgress…..or how progressivism saved the planet by neutering mankind.

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