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Future of Media
Saw this on Rodney’s site, and thought to share it here at Barb’s Blog too. Future of media: Changing times, changing rapidly! … Read entire article »
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650 to 52
Scientific meetings are now being dominated by a growing number of skeptical scientists in regards to man made global warming. Over 650 dissenting scientists are more than 12 times the number of UN scientists (52) who authored the media hyped IPCC 2007 Summary for Policymakers. What some are saying… “I am a skeptic…Global warming has become a new religion.” – Nobel Prize Winner for Physics, Ivar Giaever. “Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly….As a scientist I remain skeptical.” - Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Joanne Simpson, the first woman in the world to receive a PhD in meteorology and formerly of NASA who has authored more than 190 studies and has been called “among the most preeminent scientists of the last 100 years.” … Read entire article »
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Food or Fuel?
If you read the news headlines at all, between the economy, housing crisis, and food issues, it’s all starting to sound like the Black horse of the Apocalypse. Consumer Confidence Falls to a 26 year low Many States Appear to be in a Recession UN secretary-general calls food price rise global crisis… Oil Prices Jump Oil shortage in UK ahead of strike: ‘Stations running dry’… STUDY: Oil prices to double in next 4 years… But it’s this headline that I thought was a no-brainer even when this started: PAPER: Gore Ducks, as Backlash Builds Against Biofuels… When they started to grow corn for the sole purpose of fuel, and even though I am no rocket scientist, I saw that as trouble. Forgetting for a moment that not all environmentalists are even sure that growing corn for fuel doesn’t consume … Read entire article »
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Autumn Snow
The trees still have red leaves on them and the weather paid no mind to the calendar at all, and the snow fell. We were only supposed to get about 2 inches, but by night, I would say closer to 4 fell here in Pasadena. Mom said that it was reported, statistically it often snows on December 5th, so I guess we don’t have to panic that our global warming is really global ice age. We spent … Read entire article »
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More
In the book I am reading, and blogged about, Hurtling Toward Oblivion, there is a section where the writer answers the question, “If you could use only ONE WORD to describe all that is happening in the world, which word would you choose?” The writer’s answer. “More.” He goes on to say no matter where we look there is always more. More people, more cars, more roads, more televisions broadcasting more programs over more stations. More computers, more books, more magazines, processing and distributing more information. Some paragraphs later, he quotes a systems engineer, Roberto Vacca, “Everything grows: everything is on the increase, and ever year the speed of that increase is greater.” In 1800 there were one bilion people; in 1930, two billion; 1960, three billion; 1975, four billion; 1987, five billion; and … Read entire article »
Confusing Headlines
I have to give Drudge Report credit, he reports both sides of the headlines, even if side by side they are very confusing. In that he does that, says to me, the real truth is not really known. Next to an adorable polar bear image is the headline: WARMING WARNING OF ‘UNRECOGNIZABLE’ EARTH That’s very strong language, even to the inside of the article… “VALENCIA, Spain (AP) – The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a … Read entire article »
Filed under: News Items
Weather Stations
In these confusing times on what some are calling global warming, there exists, I found out, concerns about the state of the climate measuring network. Apparently the data received is in question. Now since a day doesn’t go by that we don’t hear about how the earth is warming up, it would be a good idea to at least make sure the information they are feeding us is accurate. Even though doubts as to the purity of the data was suspect in 1997, now, ten years later, this has not been investigated nor acted on. Enter this site, SurfaceStations.org, volunteering time to take photographs, measuring, and taking of notes to see if this task could be done by individuals, when our bloated government couldn’t. Their goal? “To do a hands on site survey to photograph … Read entire article »
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Snow and Record Breaking Cold
I have never hid, even since I started this blog, my confusion over the weather, climate and the global warming debate. It seems like for every scientific evidence one gives on a certain slant, others can chime in with evidence in the other direction. More confusing is weather headlines of late: THE icy weather of snow, hail and heavy rain that has swept across South Africa over the past few days has set 54 weather records. "The South … Read entire article »
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Got a Global Warming Story?
ABC wants to hear from you. ABC is now providing away for you to share what you have witnessed personally regarding any climate changes and any other global warming observations in your life. You can share with ABC HERE What are they getting themselves into? … Read entire article »
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Sun could be the cause of global warming
Just when I am nearly convinced by the media and the pointing of fingers from other nations that the U.S. is totally to blame, yet another theory pops up as to why we have global warming. This article in Live Science states: “Increased output from the Sun might be to blame for 10 to 30 percent of global warming that has been measured in the past 20 years, according to a new report.” More on the article … Read entire article »
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global dimming
Ok. Granted, I can be easily confused. I have read time after time how we need to clean up the air. Yet now, I read Earth’s air is cleaner, but this may worsen the greenhouse effect. I am sure glad I don’t have my faith in scientist, none seem to ever agree. Read: Clear skies end global dimming … Read entire article »
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