On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Mark Sanders <marksanders_at_sandmarks.net>wrote: > I'm also not sure that GW > would be a bad thing in the long run. I can't imagine anyone would be > complaining about it if we had permanent ice sheet covering Moses Lake!! > Ummm.... well that might make ice skating a major activity here... but I am pretty sure it would slow my daily paddles down quite a bit. How high are you above sea level, by the way? :P > Perhaps I'm a bit gun shy after buying into the New Ice Age of the '70's! > So, > sorry if I shook up the hornet's nest again, but I think the debate, even > at > our level, is of some worth. > > I must have missed this completely. In the 70s I was enjoying a career trying subvert various employees of other cold-war governments so it's understandable that it could have passed me by. I can tell you that the chances of multiple governments and multiple government agencies of those governments actively involved in a conspiracy to only fund studies that prove AGW are remote; to say the least. Dunno about the emails. I do know that paleontologists have been attacked for years by people who take their theses and reports and parse them into tidbits of misinformation. As for the chemistry involved, that's the easiest part to understand. There is no doubt that CO2 holds heat. So more CO2 holds more heat. More heat melts ice. More melted ice means higher sea levels. But then more fresh water could stop the ocean conveyors which would make things colder... at least where I live. This would mean I'd have to move south, of course. Can we stay at your house? :D In the short term, should I have reserved a spot at Doheny that is a bit farther from the water? :P Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA www.nwkayaking.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 02 2009 - 06:36:55 PST
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