Paging Al Gore
I just read an article in my Google Reader about record snowfalls in Europe and America this year, and its effect on the ski industry. I hit the link so I could include it in my post here, but the page no longer exists. So I went direct to the Daily Mail site in an effort to get the story (it also includes a pic of kids playing in the snow). Though it is listed on their home page, the link is still defunct.
Hmmmm… If I believed in conspiracy theories…
Not that reality enters into this discussion, but high levels of snowfall are not an indicator of either warming or cooling over the course of a single year. In fact, prolonged warming can lead to heavier average snowfall; in extreme cold the humidity is low.
Comment by balbulican — November 11, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
Actually if anything record snow falls are a indicator of global change. Increased precipitation across the boards is basically what global warming advocates have been calling for. Conservatives need to stop denying global warming, or global climate change (whatever you want to call it). Man has effected the environment and is changing it. The political questions have moved well beyond whether or not it is occurring and are now of what we should do about it. I feel that most conservatives would probably agree with Bjorn Lomborg.
Comment by Phil — November 12, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
“Man has effected the environment and is changing it.”
This is the sort of settled science arrogance that actually turns off those you want to convince Phil. Man’s effect on the current warming trend is one theory of several. You have chosen the ‘Man’ theory to believe in.
That does not make it so, though you ‘may’ be right.
Comment by Jim R — November 13, 2008 @ 9:32 pm