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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:47 AM Original message |
Sun Makes History: First Spotless Month in a Century |
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CherokeeDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. I Have That Argument With My Dad, Regularly... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's my concern too. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Global Warming is a total misnomer. Global Volatility makes more sense. |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 06:43 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. You are correct. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is major |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
3. I have another take... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. At most, it'll probably mask the effects of global warming |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. In other words, depending on your world view, we've either gotten really |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Global dimming does as well, that would be pollution trails from jets, which has a cooling effect |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Interesting? Well, science is always interesting, but I wouldn't |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. A mass extinction is underway. As it is, us humans are the last surviving |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. You're forgetting that we (homo sapiens) have lived through ice ages |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Huh? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. People die every year in my area from heat prostration |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Read and learn |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I've read and know |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. But 50 years of global warming data is? |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. We don't just have data, we know the process |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. You probably don't recall the summer of 2003 that killed *30,000* people in Europe! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No, I'm thinking perfectly clear. |
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bean fidhleir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 04:31 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Sorry, but you're not. Note *why* they die. It's for the reasons I gave |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. And why do people die of the heat? |
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TTowntom (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
47. This is totally off base |
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denverbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
8. I actually hope this is correct, in some ways. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. As long as we take advantage of the time |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Oregon Coast blackberries are not ready yet, a month late |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Bush blames the Democrats |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. I hope it does have a rapid-cooling effect... |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. but what if we have to take all the canadians in as refugees of a mini ice age.. the |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Nah...Canadians know how to handle the cold. |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. not when things are under ice, and tons of snow.. maybe 30 ' of snow that never melts for a couple |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. As long as we use the time wisely. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:23 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Could be.... |
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JanusAscending (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 10:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. May I suggest....... |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. I see no down-side. |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 08:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. This wouldn't stop global warming |
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FredStembottom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 09:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Which is just what I was hoping for in my post..... |
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TTowntom (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. You miss the point |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Greenhouse forcing doesn't explain the current trend? |
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TTowntom (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Not very well no. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Here's what the climate scientists ("alarmists") at RealClimate have to say: |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. But even if the earth actually cools down a bit, it won't affect the level of pollution in the air.. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
17. Do we have suits for heat that aren't asbestos yet? |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. they forgot the real consequences.FAMINE, STARVATION.while we turn the food that'd save into alcohol |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-01-08 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
24. It has only been a hundred years without one |
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TTowntom (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. About equal to our climate data |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. The proxy data are better than you think |
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NJCher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 04:53 AM Response to Original message |
38. Not by Fire but by Ice (title of book) |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
42. To learn why solar forcing does not contribute to global warming: |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
43. What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) |
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TTowntom (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. A bit out of date. |
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Barrett808 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Welcome to DU, TTowntom! |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Must have grown out of its teen years |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. Well, We didn't have an ice age after 1913. |
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skoalyman (751 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-02-08 05:16 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. First Spotless Month in a Century cant Say the same for mcnuts lol |
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