I think that as government around the world turns into an industry the major
pollutant, hot air, has got to be elevating ambient temps. Not counting on
how it fuels the dastardly deeds done in the name of nation building.
Paul
On 8/5/2006 11:35:01 PM, van Oss (vanoss@centurytel.net) wrote:
> What I question is not the trend but the distribution of temperatures. A
>
> few examples:
>
> - Folks in International Falls, MN should get a little warm spell after the
>
> holidays. It would be the decent thing to do for those poor bastards who
>
> have to make their living playing host to automakers cold-testing cars.
>
> - I think the best thing that could happen to the world might be for the
> Middle East, for a little while, to experience some freezing weather.
> It'd
> slow down the flow of oil, sure, a matter of viscosity. But it would focus
> a lot of minds on survival priorities, as we Midwesterners know. Frozen
> soil would also make it harder to plant roadside bombs. Finally, a
freezing
> spell tends to keep folks indoors and offer them time for reflection, a
> moment of pause.
>
> - The people in the Southern Hemisphere have somehow got this whole
> winter/summer thing backwards. What if we offered to trade them one of our
> summers for one of their winters, and vice versa? Wouldn't
> that even things
> out?
>
> Finally, may I just ask if hot tempers contribute to global warming?
>
> VO
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