Are we having Global Warming, or is it something else ??

Happyflowerlady

Happyflowerlady

Vagabond Flowerchild
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Northern Alabama
There is just so much information and political rhetoric out now about global warming, and what it is doing to our planet, and also how it is affecting the plants and animals as the climate changes. I am in the Southern United States, and I read that some animals, such as armadillos, are moving further north as the weather is warming up.
Some plants are wintering better, although last winter seemed to get pretty cold. But, I think it was not as cold as the winter before. Even the tornadoes seem to be happening farther north than before.
I have also read that our whole solar system is heating up, and if that is true, then it certainly is not the fault of we humans that it is happening.
I just downloaded a Kindle book from Amazon that explains how the weather change is affecting our plants, and I think it might also be interesting reading for other people ; so here is the link for the book.
It is free on Amazon right now, but may not stay free very long, so HURRY ! (this book is usually about $25 )


http://www.amazon.com/Heatstroke-Na...book/dp/B004GKM2EC/?_bbid=12452&_bbtype=email
 
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There have been several major climate cycles throughout the history of Earth and I don't think there is any doubt that we are getting into the more extreme phase of another natural cycle. The issue I have is the spending of billions of dollars, destroying our basic food crops to burn as fuel for engines, trashing thousands of acres of prime farmland to erect ugly wind farms and solar farms all the while demonizing the least expensive and most efficient sources of fuel available to us and destroying all the jobs that go with the production of those fuels and power plant operations in the process. We have not even slowed the cycle after spending trillions globally and cannot stop much less reverse this natural cycle. All the time and money we're wasting that could be put into preparing for the inevitable climate extremes are lost and cannot be replaced, if we have passed a "tipping point" is the point at which we could have adequately prepared for what's coming.
 
Yes.
Of course the earth has gone through phases, but the earth also has not been as populated as it is now...and the more people, the more pollution/warming/etc.
Mother Earth can only take so much before balking and this time will not be like the other times since earth formed. Too many people.
 
Any volunteers for leaving Earth? The solution certainly isn't depleting the global economy, sort of like torching you house today because there might be some future storm damage to it. Yes it's coming, no we can't prevent it and we better spend our resources wisely preparing for what's coming because it's a stupid trying to stop it. Arrogant as we are to think we can, we can't prevent the solar system from doing what the solar system does, in this case the Sun rules and it will win.
 
In that case I suggest you go to the mountaintop and wait for the Rapture. It's your only hope.

Or alternately we could roll up our sleeves and build a new economic model that is sustainable for the long term. The current model, based on everlasting growth, is not going to work on a finite planet. Sooner or later we run out of rope and then it gets very painful indeed.
 
Of course climate change exhibits cycles, Seabreeze. The sun does this with regular periodicity.

However, the cycles don't necessarily return the earth to the same previous state each time because on top of the cycles there are extraordinary events such a meteor strike and major volcanic events. The effects of these are sudden and dramatic and only partially reversible. The Industrial Revolution is also an extraordinary event in human history but its effects are gradual rather than dramatic. Nevertheless, it's effects over time will be problematic, not so much for the natural world, but for humans and our developed systems, for societies and for economies. The time to deal with a non reversible problem is to act before it gets a firm grip. It is necessary to be as proactive as possible because being reactive really is shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted.
 
We should also be designing houses and other items like appliances and equipment to be more energy efficient.

My bugbear is winter clothing. This might not apply in the US but in OZ, our winter gear is not warm enough and heating in the shops is too hot. If we had lower temperature air conditioning we would rely more on warmer clothing and save energy. We might even manufacture our own clothing designed for our local needs instead of importing it all from China. I think the Chinese think we all live in Darwin.
 
My house built in 1966 is anything but energy efficient. It's very cold in Winter but at least today I haven't felt the need to light the fire. In another couple of hours (3.30pm) I will succumb and start heating the house for the evening.

I'd love to live in an energy efficient building but none are being built in Sydney, not even in the new housing developments.
 
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