tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post117191929521353201..comments2024-03-11T04:40:23.756-07:00Comments on The Blog of Phyz: Newsflash: Humans are the cause of global warmingDean Bairdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1172120263021001492007-02-21T20:57:00.000-08:002007-02-21T20:57:00.000-08:00People who tend to look backward see "global warmi...People who tend to look backward see "global warming" as a scheme hatched by Al Gore (they don't think he invented the Internet, but they do think he invented global warming). They imagine it's a leftist plot to hurt big business and free enterprise.<BR/><BR/>Forward-thinking folks know that there will be plenty of money made in the name of curtailing global warming. Plenty. Those who innovate on that front first wil be the ones raking in the profits. Those who deny global warming will be last to the table and thus they will be the ones *providing* the profits.Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1172071541311869122007-02-21T07:25:00.000-08:002007-02-21T07:25:00.000-08:00Regarding the Global Warming issue, I guess the Bu...Regarding the Global Warming issue, I guess the Bush administration policy (sic) is, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, "If you've seen one planet, you've seen them all."<BR/>Wouldn't it have been intereseting if the now nearly defunct Chrysler Corp. had spent its energies and engineering expertise (with the help of Dr. Z?) developing a vehicle and an add campaign around the concept of "It's got a Fuel Cell" rather than the moronic "It's got a Hemi"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1171948673407725792007-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:002007-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:00The point that Al Gore missed in An Inconvenient T...The point that Al Gore missed in An Inconvenient Truth is the cascade failure with CO2 dissolved in ocean water. As the water temperature rises, it becomes less soluble to dissolved gases. So out comes the CO2. But more CO2 in the atmosphere brings on more greenhouse effect and more warming. And that results in more CO2 coming out of the ocean water...<BR/><BR/>A friend back in Michigan hopes for global warming. Especially in February. It's all good fun until we approach venusian temperatures.<BR/><BR/>The disconcerting reality is that we're on a path that we can't get off from at this point. Best we can hope for is to do something nice for distant future generations. As I recall, a Native American traditional value was to consider how one's actions would affect the next ten generations.<BR/><BR/>Of course, James Watt-type evangelicals are convinced we're living in the End Times and hey, we might as well run the earth into... the ground.Dean Bairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681829220589441713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31189917.post-1171925803549218502007-02-19T14:56:00.000-08:002007-02-19T14:56:00.000-08:00Hmmm....Could the reason why Global Cooling predic...Hmmm....<BR/>Could the reason why Global Cooling predicted in the 70's did not come to its cataclysmic Ice Age fruition is (do I dare say it?) Global Warming? We certainly burn more fossil fuel (gasoline, jet fuel, diesel) today than we did in the 70's. Maybe carbonate rocks are formed much faster than we thought (just ask any Creationist). <BR/>Just thinkin' out loud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com