How can you be so cynical?? Besides which, we call "it" climate change now because nobody can deny that the climate does change.

cisco said...

How can you be so cynical?? Besides which, we call "it" climate change now because nobody can deny that the climate does change.

Exactly. That's why "they" stopped calling it "global warming" and started calling it "climate change"

David Shukman of the BBC reported on how one of the longest cold snaps for a generation, fits in with theories of a warming planet and global climate change.

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8447262.stm

barn said...
plus with unstable weather systems it is expected that there will be extreme events, both above and below the norm.

I would encourage you to read the latest report on this matter from the IPCC Risks of extreme events you will see that they have toned down their original comments on this massively. Their latest comments more accurately reflect the current scientific literature on this subject. At long last. This summary of findings came out on the Friday just gone. Reporting on this matter is entirely dependent on what side of the fence the commentators is on. It will be interesting to see how the Govt's retric on this matter changes going forward.

http://ipcc-wg2.gov/SREX/

The issue with regard to extreme events is that its climate variability and not climate change that is causing these issues. The reason that the cost of these natural disasters are increasing so much is not to do with climate change either - a whole body of peer reviewed science shows that the cause of these increases in costs is due to societal factors - namely that of wealth, population and inflation. When you strip these components out of the numbers there is no climate signal in the data what-so-ever. Yes there is chance that we may see more intense or more frequent events in some of the perils but not for a considerable period of time. Alot of the retric on this topic to date has also been reported fairly poorly. Eg: More intense bushfires - well for one there is no such thing as a bushfire intensity measurement as of yet - so how can they be more intense if we do not know what intensity is yet? What they should be saying is that factors that can encourage bushfires (eg: heat waves) are more likely to increase if there is a warming of the planet. I could go on for hours on this subject but will finish up before I bore too many people!

So yes the debate is alive and well but you need to be careful on some of the details!!!!!

^^^^^^ that amuses me more than the actual topic

chrispychru said...

i had a massive bowel movement that stopped all progress in my house. i told my family it was not me. i told them that it was global warming/ climate change.....they just think i am an animal

I hope you excused yourself !

Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.

I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.

log man said...

Toots said...


Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.

I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.

Should have given your dog some water...............have you got any smarter since 1984?

Water? we were too poor to afford water back in those days, besides global warming came and took it all, Im no smarter now than I was in 1984, but still a lot less ignorant than you

Toots said...

log man said...

Toots said...


Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.

I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.

Should have given your dog some water...............have you got any smarter since 1984?

Water? we were too poor to afford water back in those days, besides global warming came and took it all, Im no smarter now than I was in 1984, but still a lot less ignorant than you

blaming your lack of reponsibility for another member of the family,
Namely your dog, on lack of money (or global warming), is just the weakest excuse I've heard yet,
I note you didn't die of dehydration, only your dog (why is this ?)
I bet you didn't even go hungry,
Food cost money too
If it came to it,
I would ensure my dog got the last drop of water, not me,
"Animal lover extrodinare"

By the way, chocolate bars have been melting in cars since the begining of time !
your lack of foresight or appetite would be responsible for that

Everybody getting a bit hot under the collar ?

Probably caused by global warming

I usually have a sandwich. Today just for a change, I had a hamburger. Turns out that's a hot sandwich. Caused by hot plate warming, I'll bet.

hmmm, probably not!!



Left with the proverbial egg dripping of my face




Dang trolled myself,



[Think I'll just go die quietly,]
Go on, laugh it up,
damn, damn, damn
Sorry,


quote]dusta said...

cantswm4sht said...

Toots said...

log man said...

Toots said...


Crikey, Everyone knows Global Warming and CO2 is responsible for Extreme Cold, My chocolate bar melted in my car today, that was Global Warming's fault. two nights ago I had to use my doona, that's Global Warming making the weather colder at night.

I had a dog once, a proper bull terrier, she died from heat exhaustion, that was global warming, 1984, before everyone even knew what it was, it killed my dog.

ever heard of a thing called humour ?

Not the brightest tool in the shed are you .

Should have given your dog some water...............have you got any smarter since 1984?

Water? we were too poor to afford water back in those days, besides global warming came and took it all, Im no smarter now than I was in 1984, but still a lot less ignorant than you

blaming your lack of reponsibility for another member of the family,
Namely your dog, on lack of money (or global warming), is just the weakest excuse I've heard yet,
I note you didn't die of dehydration, only your dog (why is this ?)
I bet you didn't even go hungry,
Food cost money too
If it came to it,
I would ensure my dog got the last drop of water, not me,
"Animal lover extrodinare"

By the way, chocolate bars have been melting in cars since the begining of time !
your lack of foresight or appetite would be responsible for that

ever heard of a thing called humour ?

Not the brightest tool are you .

All equals .... buy shares in duck food !!

^^^ i admire your articulation.