Global Warming

Well if global warming is for real you'd better quit flying and riding, wouldn't want a carbon footprint. Better move to the woods and kill some stuff for skins and start living in a teepee or maybe a wigwam would be warmer. It's such a problem I'm sure Al **** will be tearing down his mansion, recycling all the materials, send them to New Orleans to re-build houses, live in a 1000 sq. ft. sustainably built house, put up a photo votalic array , some wind generators, and start leading by example......... ya Right ! read "State of Fear" oh yes read George Orwell's "Animal Farm" You'll find that all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others
Later

the human population on earth

Just a thought
If our world leaders are concerned with global warming why would they not address the problem.
Could the number of people have any thing to do with global warming.
No one has the balls to talk about population growth. I find this interesting.
If we had zero population growth the world economy would as it's setup now ,fail.
So lets blame global warming on every thing we can except population growth .
It's all about the money for the big dogs in the world, they will have there hands in any thing to do with making money from global warming.
Give me open land to ride and I will be quiet and be happy
Have a great ride

I dont know....it was 68F today and sunny when I went out to ride. There must be something to this global warming. I know come summer I wont have any arguments about it here

I hear ya Haskell, I say the same thing about Kangaroo Island, as a micro example, everyone in government wants to push for more population so theres more rates to go towards more roads and devlopment has to happen and be encouraged. but that really shows itself when theres only 4000 sq.km. of land to begin with.

cant wait to have the funds to buy a couple of hundred acres of bushland, then I'll be set.

Azza.

maDDtraPPer said:

Well I look outside my window in utter depression at the 2 feet + snow and no end in sight (still coming down) and I can't help but wonder how people get confused about global warming. I always said you don't have to shovel rain- my defense against someone complaining about the rain in the rainiest city in North America.
I have flown a lot 0f people on glacier tours and for the last few years we have had snow in the mountain tops almost through the whole summer...and they use it as an example that global warming is BS.
Well in fact we are getting all this snow the last few years because of global warming. Doesn't seem to compute but the basics of it is that the moisture comes from increased evaporation over the Pacific, and the increase in temperature also causes deeper lows, more violent weather patterns. My last few years of flying on this coast have seen the worst winds and storms in 30 years. Last Christmas we were drinking and listening to the ocean bouys and South Hecate hit 73 knots!
Deeper lows mean an increase in the outflow winds from the interior. Wind flows from high to low. So all this cold dry arctic air is meeting the warm saturated air over the Pacific and BINGO! It's a few degrees colder here now, and I guess I was wrong about shoveling rain.
Sorry for the rant. I just had all these big plans to ride my bike on Christmas day, and this trip in January isn't going to happen in 2 feet of snow. Happy 2009 and if you want to try shoveling rain just drop by anytime.

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i'd love it we had 2ft of snow, we hardly get any.

on the other topic, recently a well know naturalist, David Bellamy had a bit of a rant on the uk radio, saying that yes glodal warming has changed the weather but it actualy stopped warming up in 1998 and eveything since then is just an excuse to tax the hell out of everyone.

you just dont know who to believe these days as everyone seems to have ulterior motives

Cypher wrote
"i'd love it we had 2ft of snow, we hardly get any."
you can have all the snow we have here I am sick of show-ling snow Spokane WA
has received 130" of snow since dec. 12 every other day there is winter storm warning.
we had too white of a X mas

later VIKING

2 feet of snow? PFFT

it was -56*c last night while i was at work

i do live in Saskatchewan though! i just hope global warming means the winters get shorter for us. dunno how that mixing of air works for us half way to the eastern coast from you guys.

Get one of these:

Viking, I feel your pain, the hot tub and generous amounts of Advil are the only things keeping my arms, shoulders and back going. I thought last year was alot of snow, this year is worse and it's come a month earlier. Oh well boon for the ski resorts, they need it too the last 10years has been rough on them down here. Just remember Force Ride III is in 9 months. The count down begins !
Later
Ron

Diary of a snow shoveler

December 8 - 6:00 PM
It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took
our cocktails and sat for hours by the window watching the huge soft flakes
drift down from heaven. It looked like a Grandma Moses Print. So romantic we
felt like newlyweds again. I love snow!

December 9
We woke to a beautiful blanket of crystal white snow covering every
inch of the landscape. What a fantastic sight! Can there be a more lovely
place in the whole world? Moving here was the best idea I've ever had!
Shoveled for the first time in years and felt like a boy again. I did both
our driveway and the sidewalks. This afternoon the snowplow came along and
covered up the sidewalks and closed in the driveway, so I got to shovel
again. What a perfect life!

December 12
The sun has melted all our lovely snow. Such a disappointment! My
neighbor tells me not to worry- we'll definitely have a white
Christmas. No snow on Christmas would be awful! Bob says we'll have so
much snow by the end of winter, that I'll never want to see snow again. I
don't think that's possible. Bob is such a nice man, I'm glad he's our
neighbor.

December 14
Snow, lovely snow! 8 inches
last night. The temperature dropped to -20.
The cold makes everything sparkle so. The wind took my breath away,
but I warmed up by shoveling the driveway and sidewalks. This is the life!
The snowplow came back this afternoon and buried everything again. I didn't
realize I would have to do quite this much shoveling, but I'll certainly
get back in shape this way. I wish l wouldn't huff and puff so.

December 15
20 inches forecast. Sold my van and bought a 4x4 Blazer. Bought
snow tires for the wife's car and 2 extra shovels. Stocked the freezer.
The wife wants a wood stove in case the electricity goes out.
I think that's silly. We aren't in Alaska , after all.

December 16
Ice storm this morning. Fell on my butt on the ice in the driveway putting
down salt. Hurt like hell. The wife laughed for an hour, which I think was
very cruel.

December 17
Still way below freezing. Roads are too icy to go anywhere.
Electricity was off for 5 hours. I had to pile the blankets on to stay
warm. Nothing to do but stare at the wife and try not to irritate her. Guess
I should've bought a wood stove, but won't admit it to her. God I hate
it when she's right. I can't believe I'm freezing to death in my own
living room.

December 20
Electricity's back on, but had another 14 inches of the damn stuff last
night. More shoveling! Took all day. The damn snowplow came by twice. Tried
to find a neighbor kid to shovel, but they said they're too busy playing
hockey. I think they're lying. Called the only hardware store around to see
about buying a snow blower and they're out. Might have another shipment in
March. I think they're lying. Bob says I have to shovel or the city will
have it done and bill me. I think he's lying.

December 22
Bob was right about a white Christmas because 13 more inches of the white
sh*t fell today, and it's so cold, it probably won't melt till August.
Took me 45 minutes to get all dressed up to go out to shovel and then I had to piss. By the time I got undressed, pissed and dressed again. I was too tired
to shovel. Tried to hire Bob who has a plow on his truck for the rest of the
winter, but he says he's too busy. I think the *sshole is lying.

December 23
Only 2 inches of snow today. And it warmed up to 0. The wife wanted me to
decorate the front of the house this morning. What is she, nuts?!! Why
didn't she tell me to do that a month ago? She says she did but I think
she's lying.

December 24
6 inches - Snow packed so hard by snowplow, l broke the shovel.
Thought I was having a heart attack. If I ever catch the son of a
***** who drives that snow plow, I'll drag him through the snow by
his balls and beat him to death with my broken shovel. I know he
hides around the corner and waits for me to finish shoveling and
then he comes down the street at a 100 miles an hour and throws
snow all over where I've just been! Tonight the wife wanted me to
sing Christmas carols with her and open our presents, but I was too busy
watching for the damn snowplow.

December 25
Merry Christmas! 20 more inches of the damn slop tonight -
Snowed in. The idea of shoveling makes my blood boil. God, I hate
the snow! Then the snowplow driver came by asking for a donation and I hit
him over the head with my shovel. The wife says I have a bad attitude. I
think she's a fricking *****. If I have to watch "It's A Wonderful
Life" one more time, I'm going to stuff her into the microwave.

December 26
Still snowed in. Why the hell did I ever move here? It was all HER
idea. She's really getting on my nerves.

December 27
Temperature dropped to -30 and the pipes froze; plumber came after 14 hours
of waiting for him, he only charged me $1,400 to replace all my pipes.

December 28
Warmed up to above -20. Still snowed in. The ***** is driving me crazy!!!

December 29
10 more inches. Bob says I have to shovel the roof or it could cave in.
That's the silliest thing I ever heard. How dumb does he think I am?

December 30
Roof caved in. I beat up the snow plow driver, and now he is suing
me for a million dollars, not only the beating I gave him, but also
for trying to shove the broken snow shovel up his ***. The wife
went home to her mother. Nine more inches predicted.

December 31
I set fire to what's left of the house. No more shoveling.

January 8
Feel so good. I just love those little white pills they keep giving
me. Why am I tied to the bed?

later VIKING

I'm dying!!!!!!!!!! Viking you have got to get that published ! I'm crying, my ribs hurt, that is one of the All Time funniest things I've ever read. You need to go on the road with Tuts you guys would make a fortune............. now for more Advil and a beer
Late
Ron

Stoveguy
only some one that have the exprience would think this is funny

later VIKING

I've had the County plow guy whack our trash cans several time this year, to the point where I'm sighting in my 25-06 so the next time I can just blow his head off in the cab.