The shortest distance between two points is a straight line

Earth - hot - sun.

Those GWN (global warming nuts) don't even acknowledge the sun. Sometimes it feels like they intentionally try to draw our attention away from the obvious.

Anyone remember that scene from The Wizard of Oz?

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!"

Don't get duped by someone who is comfortable using a private jet and then suggests that we limit our toilet paper usage.

More sun stuff

Okay - let's examine this whole lib Global Warming issue from yet another angle.

Extinguish the Sun.

Yeah, I know it's impossible to do this,...so just use your imagination for a few moments.

Think on this...REALLY think on this.

NO SUN.

NO SUN.

NO SUN.


And then consider the vastness of this earth.

Having a hard time with that? Think about all the animals, the peoples, the land - the size of Canada, Russia, South America, and Africa, and how long it takes to fly from coast to coast...and then remember that 75% of the rest is covered by water.

Now think about all the stuff that humankind adds to the atmosphere.

Having a hard time with that? Take the vastness of the earth, subtract the oceans, subtract the forests, and the mountains, and then the fields, and then the orchards, and then the parks, then the backyards.

Are you getting a mental picture yet?

Perhaps this will help.

A bathtub full of water. A 1/8 cup of water is the entirety of man's impact on the warming of this planet. Did you notice ANY difference?

Man's impact is negligible.

True, man's imprint on this earth is visible, but it is surprisingly limited. It's easy for Hollywood lib types to think that the whole world looks like NYC or LA or a luxurious resort. Or that factories are on every square inch of industrial parks - but that isn't the case. They never see REAL countries, just those close to transportation hubs.

It's easy to be myopic...especially when you're based in an urban center.

And it's easy to be ignorant when you're surrounded by yes-men and have deep pockets.

It's also easy to tell regular folk to conserve when we have limited choices.

If the sun suddenly disappears, can I use a couple more squares and help heat the world?

Things that make you go hmmmmm.....

I think those Global Warming nuts are a few millenia late. It seems to me that they would have had more to work with back when the last glaciers began retreating - sometime around 20, 000 years ago.

Check out this exerpt from an article in the Independent:

An island made by global warming
By Michael McCarthy, Environmental Editor
Published: 24 April 2007

Sea level rise is already accelerating. Sea levels are going up around the world by about 3.1mm per year - the average for the period 1993-2003. That is itself sharply up from an average of 1.8mm per year over the longer period 1961-2003. Greenland ice now accounts for about 0.5 millimetre of the total. (Much of the rest of the rise is coming from the expansion of the world's sea water as it warms.)


WTF?!?!? What is that in paranthesis?

MUCH OF THE REST OF THE RISE IS COMING FROM THE EXPANSION OF THE WORLD'S SEA WATER AS IT WARMS.

And what's that at the beginning of the paragraph?

SEA LEVELS ARE GOING UP 3.1MM PER YEAR.


Let's look at what is happening.

We have a sun. We have a moon. The sun heats up the air and surface of the planet. The moon pulls our water towards it as our earth and the moon cha-cha together around the sun.

We agree so far, right?

In light of recent news that Mars is experiencing it's own global warming episode (!), it stands to reason that the same sun that shines so brightly on Mars, also shines brightly on Earth.

Now, let's review some simple math laws.

Equality

The equals sign in an equation is like a scale: both sides, left and right, must be the same in order for the scale to stay in balance and the equation to be true.

The addition property of equality says that if a = b, then a + c = b + c: if you add the same number to (or subtract the same number from) both sides of an equation, the equation continues to be true.

The multiplication property of equality says that if a = b, then a * c = b * c: if you multiply (or divide) by the same number on both sides of an equation, the equation continues to be true.

The reflexive property of equality just says that a = a: anything is congruent to itself: the equals sign is like a mirror, and the image it "reflects" is the same as the original.

The symmetric property of equality says that if a = b, then b = a.

The transitive property of equality says that if a = b and b = c, then a = c.

Why am I boring you with math? Because it's important to remember that there are certain laws that supersede our emotions on this subject.

What I'm trying to say here is that if the sun shines brighter here, it is shining brighter on Mars, and vice versa.

Given that, can you agree with me that more sun shine equals more warm ocean water? Again, we agree on something.

Water covers 75% of the earth's surface, so it stands to reason that some of that is catching a few more rays. Now, do you know about the properties of seawater?

The viscosity (i.e., internal resistance to flow) of seawater, for example, is higher than that of fresh water because of its higher salinity. The density of seawater also is higher. Seawater's freezing point is lower than that of pure water and its boiling point is higher.

There are two things going on here.

One, seawater is denser than fresh - which means to me that deep seawater is has more salinity than the surface of the ocean. And if the upper levels are closer in chemical composition to fresh water, chances are that the properties of this layer would be correspondingly closer to fresh.

Which means, two, the surface of the ocean will act more like fresh water and respond to solar heating.

Go back up that opening quote.

Much of the rest of the rise is coming from the expansion of the world's sea water as it warms.

Rising temps - rising water, and all from our shining sun!

Rising temps? Remember, that same sun is shining over land too, heating it up as well as the air over it.

More tomorrow....and I'll firm up this line of thinking...

More Global Cooling benefits...

1. Tours of the Hudson River Canyon.



2. New Orleans would be much safer, and much further inland.



3. Digging up lost shipwrecks could be financially rewarding.



4. Archaeologists would have a tons of sites to excavate.



5. Air conditioning? Open a window.

How to bring about Global Cooling

It seems to me that Global Cooling is brought about by the lack of oxygen.

Consider this. Where is it cold?

The tops of mountains. The deep sea. The North and South Poles. As I recall, there isn't much in the way of oxygen.

...hmmmm....lack of oxygen MIGHT make it harder for some of those Warming windbags...but I digress...

These places also don't have trees.

So what do I propose?

Volcanoes...lots of them.

Meteorites would be good too.

Anything that kicks up billions of cubic yards of dust into the upper atmosphere and blocks out the sun would do the trick. Preferably, these volcanoes and meteors would occur in areas of the lowest population density - I don't want anyone to die. But eventually, those pesky, oxygen producing, green leafy trees would die, plunging us into a cooling pattern. Hopefully scientists can figure out how to grow food in a changing climate - but I imagine that with all the new land created by the receding seas, they will figure something out.

I can hear the screaming about water shortages for irrigation and the complaints about pollution in the shrunken oceans! However, someone will think about creating water pipelines leading from the glaciers to the growing fields.

Of course those Warming nuts would probably claim that all that dust would cause the earth to heat up, but history shows us that huge volcanic eruptions actually cause global cooling. Look up Krakatoa. 'The volcanic dust veil that created such spectacular atmospheric effects also acted as a solar radiation filter, lowering global temperatures as much as 1.2 degree C in the year after the eruption. Temperatures did not return to normal until 1888. ' - http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/frequent_questions/grp7/asia/question879.html

More to come....

Why I believe Global Cooling would be the best thing for everyone.

As the sea levels drop, and those ice caps move towards the equator....

1. Polar bears would more room to frolic.
2. Those fishing guys on the Deadliest Catch wouldn't drown as it's hard to fish in an ice pack.
3. The Global Warming nuts would lose value in their seaside homes as their homes move further inland.
4. Global Cooling would cause those Warming nuts to shut up.
5. Canadians would officially become citizens of the United States.
6. The grass wouldn't grow as high as North America cools, therefore there wouldn't be any reason for people to migrate north from Central America.
7. The skiing would be great, on Long Island.

I'll think of some more benefits in a few days...or, maybe you have some...