OT: Wild Weather

You can't blame the Italians for fish & chip pizza. Nor credit the Indians for cheese & chutney sandwiches.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Except for volcanoes, forests, and cows.

Cheers! Rich

I read in sci.electronics.design that Spehro Pefhany wrote (in ) about 'OT: Wild Weather', on Fri, 7 Jan 2005:

I wouldn't dream of doing so.

The way I see it, there are global climactic changes, but I think the impact of human activity is negligible when you consider things like the solar constant, planetary albedo, volcanoes, and so on.

I read in an editorial once: "Want to cool the planet? Easy. Paint Texas white."

Thanks, Rich

There may be a trend, which may or may not be accounted for by the fact that the thermometers are in the centers of cities, but anyone who claims that humans should change their ways, because throwing a couple of steaks on the barbie is going to submerge New York and Los Angeles, is a fool.

Thanks, Rich

Jim Thompson wrote: strial revolution. The active volcanos are making

If you had ever stood behind a cow when it happened, you never would ;-)

-Chuck

I read in sci.electronics.design that Richard the Dreaded Liberal wrote (in ) about 'OT: Wild Weather', on Fri, 7 Jan 2005:

Of course, but the *UK* carbon emission allocation under the EU carbon trading scheme is 756 million tonnes per year. Put like that, its significance can be seen in a somewhat different light. This doesn't include the exhalations from both ends of ruminants.

The ratio of 756 megatonnes to the total mass of CO2 in the atmosphere is left as an exercise for the student.

This 'carbon trading scheme' is partly modelled on the US 'sulfur dioxide trading scheme', which has been reported as a success in reducing acid rain considerably.

I read in sci.electronics.design that Rich Grise wrote (in ) about 'OT: Wild Weather', on Fri, 7 Jan 2005:

We just had a climactic change to the coasts of the Indian Ocean. Climatic changes tend to be slower.

Geez, I'd settle for four seasons in a day! We're getting four seasons per hour at present! It really sucks the big wiener down here at present. :-(

Ken (Auckland, NZ)

As a kid, when visiting my grandparents, I was often assigned to go out with the dog and bring in the cows, in the evening, for milking; so I know all about it ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Same at this end. Luckily not here in the south, where it has recently been unseasonably warm, but torrential rain and Force 10 winds (90 mph) in middle and northern England, Wales and Scotland. Tomorrow, snow in Scotland with the wind remaining extremely strong. Blizzards and severe drifting.

Wild

MIT staff only get paid half their salary by MIT - they have to raise the other half from their grants. They would have to be crazy to disagree with the opinion of the major grant-giver ....

------- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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I think you need to look at the time-scales involved. Continents drift at less than 10cm per year, which is one kilometre in 100,000 years.

------- Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

I read in sci.electronics.design that snipped-for-privacy@ieee.org wrote (in ) about 'OT: Wild Weather', on Fri, 7 Jan 2005:

I did think about it. Of course, drift doesn't account for the most rapid of the observed changes, but I didn't mean to imply that it did.

I thought British food was anything at all, boiled for three or four hours. ;>)

Mark L. Fergerson

I've never had a bad Indian, Lebanese or Iranian meal in the UK. London's Chinatown has familiar and good fare as well, though the prices for everything look like they should be in dollars rather than pounds.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

"Mabel! Mabel! Our horse can talk!" "Huh? You crazy!" "No, come on out to the barn, I'll show you!" They go to the barn. Clem says, "Dobbin, how many oats did you eat today?" The horse's tail comes up, and she says, "A FFfffeeeeeeeeeewwww"

;-)

D'oh! Got me!

Thanks, Rich