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    Default Global Warming......yeah, about that!

    Minus 9 here in Indiana this morning! Too cold to do my annual New Years' Ryde. If this keeps up we will have to put heaters on our Spyders. Been back in 1870...something since we were this low.
    At least this should kill off some mosquitoes for the summer....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster Renovations View Post
    Minus 9 here in Indiana this morning! Too cold to do my annual New Years' Ryde. If this keeps up we will have to put heaters on our Spyders. Been back in 1870...something since we were this low.
    At least this should kill off some mosquitoes for the summer....
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    I remember all of that talk about us getting chilled...




    ...forty years ago!

    Right now; I could use a little bit of global warming!
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    Now, don't get me started on this
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    Default OK................

    Well we do live under a variable star ( a G2V type star) on a planet with an elliptical orbit with an axis that does wobble a bit. When these effects come into play the temperature of the earth will seem to change. The stacking effect ( machining and engineering term) is real ( in my humble opinion) Over a LOOOOONG period of time the change tends to average out. Over our SHORRRRRRT lives it may seem to make a big difference.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lew L View Post
    Well we do live under a variable star ( a G2V type star) on a planet with an elliptical orbit with an axis that does wobble a bit. When these effects come into play the temperature of the earth will seem to change. The stacking effect ( machining and engineering term) is real ( in my humble opinion) Over a LOOOOONG period of time the change tends to average out. Over our SHORRRRRRT lives it may seem to make a big difference.
    I accept that global warming is real because it's the consensus of the scientific community, give or take a couple of outliers, and because I trust people who are smarter than I am who have actually studied the issue and come to that conclusion ... people who have nothing to gain from drawing that conclusion, unlike people who have a financial stake in unlimited growth and things the way they are. It is the height of arrogance to deny facts just because they don't fit your opinion or your pocketbook, and I honestly can't take anyone seriously who thinks global warming is real because it's hot today or denies it because it's cold outside today. That's not how global phenomenons work. As Lew points out, there are many variables involved in this global phenomenon. The variables he mentions are at a solar-system scale and he's absolutely right about them, but one variable he didn't mention is the one within our control right here on Earth, and that's the composition of the atmosphere. It cannot be seriously denied that CO2 causes a greenhouse effect and the scientists say the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has dramatically increased over, say, the last 100 years. Certainly that does not prove that the CO2 is the sole cause of the global warming OR that mankind was the sole source of the CO2. OTOH, it seems pretty darned stupid to knowingly pumping more and more CO2 into the atmosphere in the midst of global warming, whether that CO2 is the sole cause of the warming or simply a minor contribution. Adding more CO2 is like putting fertilizer on the weeds in your garden; it can only make the problem worse. Moreover, while the temperature will undoubtedly average out over a LOOOOOONG period of time, that will be small comfort if the high temperatures make the Earth uninhabitable during the SHORRRRRRT lives of ourselves and our children and grandchildren. That's why the problem can't be ignored -- and why I support efforts to control CO2 emissions [although Chinese coal-burning power plants are such high emitters of CO2 that they should be the first ones to be controlled].
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    In Alaska this AM: We have 45 degrees above zero. The Pineapple Express winds are blowing again. The snow is melting again. I have not used my snowblower this season yet.

    Global warming is noticeable here. The glaciers are melting very fast--as in almost a mile a year now. The Northwest Passage is open in summer and getting earlier each year.

    Eventually we may have a Spyderfest in January here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UtahPete View Post
    You go ahead and believe that scientific BS. Me, I'll get my answers out of Revelations if you don't mind.
    Hi Pete,

    I am a God fearing man and the bible is very important and not to be taken lightly. But the "scientific BS" does have merit. Too bad some folks have manipulated it ( both the science and the bible) to their advantage by interpreting info to their own gain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BajaRon View Post
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    If the majority of the worlds population knew how people are manipulated.
    Either we are freezing or we are heating up.......what they want is taxes, manipulation and control.
    One fact remains.....the industrial age wiped out the dinosaurs.

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    Default Bummer.....

    That is a mite chilly.... hope you catch a break soon and get in that new year ryde....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster Renovations View Post
    Been back in 1870...something since we were this low. ...
    I didn’t realise you were that old, Doc.......have you been riding a Spyder all that time ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peteoz View Post
    I didn’t realise you were that old, Doc.......have you been riding a Spyder all that time ?

    Pete
    Good one! I FEEL that old some days!!

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    Default Yeah,right...

    I have to laugh when I read this. Kill off the mosquitoes?
    What are the 2 coldest states in the country?
    Minnesota and Alaska.
    Those 2 states grow mosquitoes as big as birds!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster Renovations View Post
    Minus 9 here in Indiana this morning! Too cold to do my annual New Years' Ryde. If this keeps up we will have to put heaters on our Spyders. Been back in 1870...something since we were this low.
    At least this should kill off some mosquitoes for the summer....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckeye Chuck 54 View Post
    I have to laugh when I read this. Kill off the mosquitoes?
    What are the 2 coldest states in the country?
    Minnesota and Alaska.
    Those 2 states grow mosquitoes as big as birds!
    Chuck
    They have adapted to the cold there. Here, not so much...
    Seems there are two schools of thought on this. I did find this though:
    http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/10/1...ill-mosquitos/
    With us being in the negatives for the first time in a while, I am being optimistic.

    Looks like the best is (or worst) is yet to come:
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c5a91dc62181
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    did the polar bear ride here on new years day. 0 deg. 75 miles no problem

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roadster Renovations View Post
    Minus 9 here in Indiana this morning! Too cold to do my annual New Years' Ryde. If this keeps up we will have to put heaters on our Spyders. Been back in 1870...something since we were this low.
    At least this should kill off some mosquitoes for the summer....
    I've been to Alaska, cold doesn't work on those Hummingbird size skeeters.......so not sure it will work here in the lower 48.....wish it would though!

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