Al Gore is full of it !

[garybeck]

I was starting to believe this "global warming" talk because it's been pretty warm this winter so far. But it just went below 10 degrees. I think this now proves beyond all doubt that global warming is a myth. Those environmental whackos and so called "scientists" at the UN will believe anything as long as it fits their political agenda.

[NanceGreggs]

1. I hate to admit it ...

... but I have to agree with you on this one. It was hot here in the summertime, and now that it's winter, it's cold - even ice and snow!

What's that Gore fella up to, you might well ask ...

[Lint Head]

2. Ahhhhhhhhhh! Look out for the Climate Shift monster.

:dem:

[Bitwit1234]

3. Excuse me.....people you certainly don't know very much do you

GLOBAL WARMING..it causes climate change. Some times you have a freeze before it starts to warm up. It will cause the Gulf Stream to be diverted. The coast of Britian will get even colder. The East Coast will get colder. I don't know if you are funning or not. But this is a proven fact about global warming, and I was taught this in GRADE school in the 1940's.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. Yes, they are funning.

[garybeck]

6. You forgot one thing

yes, I am "funning" as you say

but

in reality it's not funny at all because if you turn on Rush Limbaugh any day of the week you'll hear that exact same thing, word for word, without any "funning" going on whatsoever.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Damn skippy! Cal Thomas tells it like it is!

Saw this column on Christmas day and all I could figure was he remembered at the last minute he owed someone a complete load before the year was out.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2007/12/25/secular_fundamentalists

[katty]

7. it's about 60 degrees here in LA - it actually feels cold,burrrrr

[garybeck]

8. OK, hit me where it really hurts.

not only am I freezing my ass off, I'm also contributing to global warming more because I live in a cold climate that requires major heating loads.

I often ponder... I do what we can to change our light bulbs, turn off the appliances when not in use... but all that energy conservation wouldn't save a fraction of the global warming CO2 emmissions that I could save by simply moving to a warmer climate.

[OKIsItJustMe]

15. "the global warming CO2 emmissions that I could save by simply moving to a warmer climate."

...where they typically use air conditioners...

[garybeck]

17. I lived in Oregon for 10 years

My heating load was about 1/5th what it is here in Vermont and I didn't own an air conditioner.

[OKIsItJustMe]

21. No problem

Just wait a few years to let the warmer climate come to you!

http://www.climatechoices.org/ne/resources_ne/jump.jsp?path=/assets/documents/climatechoices/vermont_necia.pdf

[garybeck]

22. I don't think I'll ever use air conditioning.

If I move I will not go to a hot climate. I'll choose a moderate climate like Western Oregon or Washington that has mild winters currently, and if it does get hotter, i'll jump in the river. If it gets real bad I'll use an evaporative cooler which is MUCH more efficient than a regular air conditioner. They're even efficient enuf to run on a reasonable number of solar panels.

[hatrack]

9. I, for one, was shocked to discover that it snowed - SNOWED - in the Midwest in December!!

This proves once and for all that GHGs can't trap long-wave radiation, so that even if the atmosphere had the highest levels of CO2 in 800,000 years, it wouldn't MATTER.

Goddamned ice cores. Why do ice core data hate our freedoms?

[garybeck]

11. Ice cores are considered experimental science anyway

See how easy this is? Rush gets paid far too much for making up this bullcrap.

[NC_Nurse]

10. My dad says shit like that ALL the time.

It's so annoying...but he's a pub and watches Fox news ALL day long. They continually have "experts" debunking global warming
that he can't wait to tell me about. :eyes:

[garybeck]

13. that's why we have peer reviewed and studies, and

places like DU where people like us can comiserate over our relatives who are lost in the lies and deceit

[globalvillage]

12. I dunno

I had roses growing in my yard at the end of November, and yesterday there was a dandelion blooming by my mailbox.
In Pittsburgh. In January.

I think he may be onto something.

[garybeck]

14. I noticed one of my trees was dropping berries last week.

In the snow I saw all these little blue berries. I think they're supposed to fall a little later than December.

[OKIsItJustMe]

16. Yup! It sure feels cold alright (compared to yesterday)

But I just checked the Weather Underground, and it tells me that we're only a little below average, and way above the record low for today. Yesterday was well above average, Monday is forecast to be about 20°F above average.

[garybeck]

18. Average, smaverage....

it's cold today. this is indisputable proof that global warming is not real. anything else is pure propaganda.

[globalvillage]

19. It's cold here, too.

So I guess you're right. Until Tuesday, when it'll be 60 and then you won't.

[OKIsItJustMe]

20. Combatting ignorance

I've found the Common Sense Climate Index effective against such claims in the past. Explain patiently that day-to-day differences aren't that important, or even year-to-year differences, it's the long-term trend.

Here's a chart for Central Park in NYC. Top Graph, annual average (Red means hotter than average. Blue means colder. Black line is 5-year mean.) Bottom graph, seasonal average.




Find a chart for your area. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/csci/stations/

[garybeck]

24. very cool, thanks NT

[redqueen]

23. ...

:rofl:

What's NOT funny is when you hear idiots spouting this kind of crap and actually believing it. That's just scary and sad.

[Javaman]

25. Have fun with that okay...

that's why it's CLIMATE CHANGE...

But then again, since your basing your entire belief system on a one very small region of the world, can I expect anything less?

I'm always so amazed as to the "it has to happen in some sort of extreme fashion right now otherwise I don't believe it" crew.

Nature takes it's time and waits for no one. Last time I checked Nature is still in charge.