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As I went outside for an errand today, I couldn’t help but wonder if my home were teleported to California instead of cold, blustery New England. My snow shovel is outside, ready to go into action. Yet I’m going to the CVS in a T-shirt. Something is certainly wrong with the world. As I turned the ignition on my car, I felt a pang of guilt for not waiting an extra three months to receive delivery of a Prius. The situation with the environment, and how we live a modern lifestyle is not at all simple.
14 Responses to “There is no such thing as global warming”
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So true! Just watched an Inconvenient Truth and the necessity to live a simple life that leaves little trace is more important than ever. Why didn’t you get on your bike or walk if you felt guilty? Why not stop driving your car for the next three months until your Prius arrives?
I actually did buy a bike recently but put it away for inclimate weather. But if it’s not going to snow anymore here, maybe I can use it now in the winter
In addition to Gore’s Inconvenient Truth as you point out, Bill’s book is also useful Cradle to Cradle.
Just saw the exhibit “Massive Change” in Chicago. Cradle to Cradle was highlighted extensively. I haven’t read it yet, but plan to.
Cradle to Cradle is a fantastic read and as relevant now as it was in 2004. When a discipline has expanded it’s knowledge and interest so vastly, I’d say that’s a pretty big feat.
There’s also an interview with Willam McDonnough(Cradle to Cradle author) on the Massive Change site.
I am a big fan. Have led a simple life since moving to Chicago (i take the bus and train around the city.) I realized that I needed to live an even more simpler life. so… I am going back home to my country where its always 35 celcius. Cheers.
My favorite Bruce Mau (he directed “Massive Change”) stagetrick is where he describes a product from Singapore that is made by pouring raw sewage into some high-tech sieve that only passes through H2O molecules. A bottle of it appears in his hand, he twists it open, takes a few swigs, and says, “… refreshing.”
Enjoy the 35 celsius weather Groovezilla. I hope that global warming doesn’t look like global cooling soon over there ;-/
This is an unfortunate post hoc ergo propter hoc logic fallacy to say that its warm in January therefore that proves global warming and thus we should be riding bicycles or driving hybrid vehicles. Those all being reasonable things to do for the proper reason, this argument is simply too simple.
Meteorologists all agree that this current weather pattern is being caused nearly exclusively by the El Nino effect and the current jet stream patterns. Next year when El Nino is over and when the Jet stream is coming out of Canada and not Texas, the weather will not remotely resemble this year.
Will all be well with the world once again when the cold winter returns again next year despite our continued dependence upon fossil fuels? If not then it is not reasonable to use that as the basis for reaching the opposite conclusion this year. The only thing it is, is overly simple because its not based on accurate reasoning.
Facile arguments, while sometimes convincing at the time, often act to detract from any future justifiable arguments that you may offer because once they are shown to be for the wrong justification, any other argument you give comes under suspicion as well
Thanks for your contribution Darin. I am humbled by your command of the science of climate. Through your argument, I recognize the lack of causality in my perception of the warmer weather as related to global warming. Well, since it is now colder I happily don my sweater and scarf per the normally scheduled program of the Earth.
Because this is the first time I have ever seen this site I am unsure if you people are joking or if you are serious about global warming. If you are serious the text below applies to you. If not you are very intelligent self thinkers.
you people have fallen off your rockers. you should start helping the globe by calling your new shreaker of the house nancy pelosi and telling her not to take the new jet she has requested from the pentagon. she does not want to have to stop in Kansas to refuel when on her way to san Francisco so she wants a larger plane that uses more fuel. global warming is environmental socialism. even the city of Kyoto (do you recall the Kyoto treaty that our evil satanic leader George W. Bush refused to sign)does not meet the specifications of the treaty they created. why is it so difficult for you people to understand global warming is a farce. in the 70’s time magazine had a front cover that said the next ice age is coming. we are coming out of the last ice age. it is going to get warmer for a little while longer. then guess what???? it will start cooling off again and we will have another ice age. it is amazing. the earth naturally cools and warms.
Hello Sean, Thanks for your opinion. John
global warming!!!!!!!!!!!!! u libs r funny
O.K. you all can say there is global warming, but I have resources that say that most of the top Russian sientists says that global warming is just part of a large natural cycle. There is global warming now, but by 2010 it will be global cooling or just perfect weather and on April 12, 2007 Brownsville, Texas which is just at the boarder had a record low of 39 degrees. Now that is not in January or December, no it’s in April!!! That is my proof.
No such thing as global warming. I agree with Sean and Jon.
ty for hearing my oppinion
I am getting so hyped about this global warming stuff that for the next Earth Day Celebration I’m planning a huge barbeque!