temfarang Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 I am not a climate change disciple .. but if big butted Al's predictions / beliefs / position are even kinda sorta correct we're in deep do do. scientists believe that severe drought will affect areas including two-thirds of the US, southern Europe, and much of Latin America beginning in the 2030s, LiveScience reports. http://www.newser.com/story/103310/extreme-drought-predicted-for-us-western-hemisphere-by-2030s.html Lake Mead, the country's biggest reservoir, has fallen to its lowest level since it was filled 75 years ago Lake Mead, the giant man-made lake behind the Hoover Dam and a major source of water for millions of people, is rapidly drying up, reports Live Science. A new study predicts a 50% chance the lake will be too low to produce hydroelectric power by 2017, and a 50% chance that it will vanish by 2021. http://www.newser.com/story/18902/lake-mead-may-vanish-by-2021.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 There is change all right, but not exactly what they predicted. Some regions are getting a helluva lot more rain - e.g. SE Asia. Others are drying up. Al Bore is wrong more than right, but change is happening. Yet if you look at geological history, it always has. Ever heard of the plant fossils and coal beds discovered in Antarctica? Some change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Gore may well be a fraud...so are those on the other side of the coin. In this day and age, only a fool would blindly believe anyone pitching some shit that was in his own best interests...follow the money grasshopper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Gore was about getting a global carbon tax...fark the people, let the azzholes like Gore live in their mega-mansions, eating megawatts! farkin liar/hypocrite!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Isaan doesn't seem to be suffering from drought. Same in NZ last year, a bit dry, histrionics over global warming and drought, then it pissed down, very wet winter. A Quote: "You humans, you just want everything to remain the same, things get wetter, things get drier, things get hotter, things get colder, get used to it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Yet if you look at geological history, it always has. Ever heard of the plant fossils and coal beds discovered in Antarctica? Some change! It is called Plate Tectonics and continental drift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozpharlap Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Isaan doesn't seem to be suffering from drought. Same in NZ last year, a bit dry, histrionics over global warming and drought, then it pissed down, very wet winter. A Quote: "You humans, you just want everything to remain the same, things get wetter, things get drier, things get hotter, things get colder, get used to it!" Our Australian Al Gore (I forget his name), who has received numerous awards and still sprouts the doomsday message guaranteed that Brisbane Australia would be a waste land and the city would die due to climate change drought, this would happened by 2010. Well, now, it is pissing down, all the dams are full (4 in total), we're letting water flow out of the dams on a weekly basis to avoid flooding to the city. Climatologists are now predicting our wettest summer in 30 years, and our highest cyclone watch (which will bring even more rain). A funny thing about climate, its mere definition invokes 'a change'. Mind you, I still don't think we should be pumping all these gases into the skies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Yes despite the absolute bullshit the neo greenies are spouting, the solutions are all bloody good ideas. Just a shame that the world's proles have to be frightened into treating the planet nicely, by lies, lies and marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Ah the great and the good of thai360 know the answers....coolness. Just a couple of points. Firstly, we've just had an El Nino event and next year a La Nina event is predicted. These are natural fluctuations. Hence the increased rainfall in some places and less in others. An example of this is that the Pacific Typhoon season was unusually quiet, while the Atlantic Hurricane season has been above average. Also it is worth pointing out that a global shift causes local changes to occur, some may be warming, others cooling. An example, if the gulf stream collapses or shifts south, due to the global effect of warming, the local effect upon Europe will be cooling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temfarang Posted October 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Isaan doesn't seem to be suffering from drought. Same in NZ last year, a bit dry, histrionics over global warming and drought, then it pissed down, very wet winter. A Quote: "You humans, you just want everything to remain the same, things get wetter, things get drier, things get hotter, things get colder, get used to it!" I was in LOS in June, 10 .. rice was not being planted because of a rainy season that was late / a no show. The official Thai government position was that it was too dry to plant During June, 10 (rainy season) in 28 days I saw precipitation seldom .. do not recall a single rained out day. a couple thunder storms at night .. I recall not a single rained out day during June, 10 [color:red]a few months of dry (or wet) in a specific location is weather not climate.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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