Nov 16 2007
Physicist have been looking for this since Einstein……
Laid-Back Surfer Dude May Be Next Einstein
At this time I have no comment, but I will once I read his paper. It will be interesting to hear from Dr. Michio Kaku……
A. Garrett Lisi, is the physicist who has developed this theory. You can read his paper in .pdf format here: An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything
Nov 12 2007
Every one’s been talking about this lately and this week is Global Warming week on the Eschatology Channel. You might know it better as the History Channel but since most of their programming, at least in the past few months, deals with the end of the world, I re-named it the Eschatology Channel. This week is death by Global Warming. Yea that picture is the cover of Al Gore’s Inconvenient Truth rather ironic don’t ya think.
Last night was there first viewing of a show entitled Global Warming?. Now I figured since the title had a question mark in it that they might had come to their collective senses and were going to present both sides of the issue, but alas it was not so. They were singing the same sad song of human induced global warming. Well in this piece I want to take a look at their three points of global warming.
Point #1: The climate across the world is changing.
Ok, I’m going to go out on a limb here and agree with Mr. Gore. Everybody get up off the floor and finish reading the piece. I think we can safely say that the climate is changing. At least in the show a few of the scientist they had gathered were calling it global climate change and not global warming. I can say from my own self-educated (I know we’re the most dangerous kind) experience that things have changed from the 60’s when I was a kid running around in the North Central Texas area. Back in the day by October things were already cooling down. By Halloween we were wearing jackets. The first week of November usually brought the first frosts and by Thanksgiving we might have even had our first ice storm. Anybody remember the Leon Lett fumble that cost the Dallas Cowboys the 1993 Thanksgiving Day game against the Miami Dolphins? In contrast, it’s November the 12th and I am writing this with the doors and windows open, it’s a very comfortable evening, temperature in the low 70’s. The rest of the week is supposed to be in the 80’s temperature wise.
But don’t take my word for it let’s read what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has to say about it. This is from their web site page about climate change:
The Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. From glacial periods (or “ice ages”) where ice covered significant portions of the Earth to interglacial periods where ice retreated to the poles or melted entirely - the climate has continuously changed.
Scientists have been able to piece together a picture of the Earth’s climate dating back decades to millions of years ago by analyzing a number of surrogate, or “proxy,” measures of climate such as ice cores, boreholes, tree rings, glacier lengths, pollen remains, and ocean sediments, and by studying changes in the Earth’s orbit around the sun.
So even I can agree with the Gore-ites when they say that the times they are a changin’.
Point #2: Human actions on this planet have cause the climate change.
Well I think this is the point that causes all the trouble. We could line up a series of scientist on both sides of this argument and I guess the one who wins is the one who files the last scientist in. Once again let’s turn to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Their web site is a perfect example of this argument. They actually have two pages to describe the reasons behind climate change. One they call the “Past Climate Change” page and one the “Recent Climate Change” page. Now if we look at the reasons here prior to 1750 they are all natural. The orbit of the Sun, changes in the Sun’s intensity, and volcanic activity are reasons for climate change. After 1750 however, those issues are no longer a factor, it’s has to be human input. I don’t suppose it could be a combination of things could it.
Now I’m not against being a good steward. I think we should all be doing our part to help conserve our planets resources. However to state unequivocally that humans are solely responsible for the current climate change is just absurd. The hypocritical fashion in which the message is delivered is insulting. The reason this point is so important to the Marx-ocrats has been made perfectly clear. If they can get legislation established that we humans are responsible for the climate change then they can go about the process of nationalizing our public utilities, taking the profits from the oil companies, and leaving the people with nothing.
But I digress. This point, in my opinion, for all practical purposes doesn’t matter. After you have established point number one, that climate change is taking place, why it’s happening doesn’t really matter. And if we look at past history there really is nothing we can do to stop it. Which leads us to our third point:
Point #3: What, if anything do we do about it.
This is the crucial point, the moment of truth so to speak. What do we do. Like I said previously, I am not against conserving where we can and doing our part to reduce our personal “footprint”, but we need real world options not pie in the sky dreams that wont be available for decades and will cost far more than they will save. I will once again use personal experience here. I have been researching the use of solar panels, and wind power to offset my personal energy use in my home. Currently what is available is still expensive, approximately $15,000.00 to $20,000.00 to set up a system which will take about 10 plus years to show a return on my investment. And on top of that I would have to convert my all electric home to use natural gas for heating, cooking, and cloths drying. Also, in Texas during the spring they can be damaged and rendered useless by one thunderstorm, which based on current projections of climate change will be getting more frequent. No, taking the profits from the oil companies will not do, nor will federalizing the utilities fix the problem.
What we need is preparation. With the forecast models it should be possible to determine what regions will be most affected by the current and coming changes. We need to prepare to relocate the countries agriculture to more fertile areas. We need to educate the people that live in possible danger zones of what to do when things go bad. We need to be prepared to handle the number of people that will be displaced when a large scale storm strikes. This is what we as a people need. And we shouldn’t wait for the government to rescue us after the fact. We should be actively making preparations to go for a few days with out power to our homes and businesses. We should be ready for what is ahead.
Based on everything I have read, I believe that the face of our planet has changed in the past and will continue to change in the future with or without us. The time for waiting for the government to protect us is past. The time for us to act is now.
Nov 11 2007
I got this link in the Lizard Lounge tonight……
See how well you score……
Nov 09 2007
This has really been going on for a couple of years now. They have had some of the park specifically in the Norris Basin region of the park shut down for a while with ground temps around 200 degrees F. Anyway this could be a significant event should something actually happen……
U. scientists say Yellowstone caldera may be filling with magma
The floor of the Yellowstone caldera has risen at a rate faster than has ever been observed before, according to a new study that gives further proof that “ground deformation” at the park resembles the gently heaving chest of a slumbering giant.
The likely cause of the uplift is a volcanic intrusion of molten rock that has moved upward 50 to 60 miles and flattened into a pancake the size of Los Angeles a few miles below the surface, according to a study to be published Friday by University of Utah scientists.
Hat Tip: Steve Quayle’s World
Nov 06 2007
This proves that we really have no clue as to whats going on in the Universe……
Big Chunk Of The Universe Is Missing — Again
ScienceDaily (Nov. 5, 2007) — Not only has a large chunk of the universe thought to have been found in 2002 apparently gone missing again but it is taking some friends with it, according to new research at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). The new calculations might leave the mass of the universe as much as ten to 20 percent lighter than previously calculated.
Hat Tip: The Drudge Report
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