tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post111962769733043378..comments2005-08-08T00:11:06.146+09:00Comments on Riding Sun: Global warming alertUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1121269066656637092005-07-14T00:37:00.000+09:002005-07-14T00:37:00.000+09:00Global warming...yes, Al Gore HAS been to many sit...Global warming...yes, Al Gore HAS been to many sites around the world and can show you pictures. Do not underestimate the gravity of the situation. Don't be like a frog...if you put a frog into boiling water it will jump out. Put if you put a frog into normal water and SLOWLY turn up the heat, it will stay there (until rescued by an intelligent being). Climate change happens gradually at first: lots of tropical storms, and paradoxically drought too. Greenland is looking like Larsen B, and scientists were amazed and alarmed when Larsen B (an ice shelf in Antarctica, if I got that right) slid off into the ocean and totally melted..in days, not years. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/06/global-warming-alert.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE="lerual at earthlink dot net">I never do this</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119884697909310372005-06-28T00:04:00.000+09:002005-06-28T00:04:00.000+09:00history tells me that Kyoto, was one of the origio...history tells me that Kyoto, was one of the origional selected cities where the U.S. was to drop the atomic bomb. Out of respect for Japan, me moved our target cities, to Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. Now the U.S. is about to have the economic atomic bomb dropped on it from Kyoto. Unless true common sense breaks out fast the fate of the U.S. is reduced to a third rate nation. I feel that this is the goal of socialism, and Global Warming is their tool. It is my opinion that the forces of socialism no longer need weapons, if they can convince the free world that capitalism is the sole cause of a either a natural warming trend in the world process, or even worse just fraudulent science. Follow the money. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://indlibreader.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="m">john galt</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119882102434208152005-06-27T23:21:00.000+09:002005-06-27T23:21:00.000+09:00GB: Yes, there are some serious free-rider aspect...GB: Yes, there are some serious free-rider aspects to dealing with issues that involve externalities, but responsible grown-ups work confront difficulties issues, instead of pretending they don't exist. That's the Bush administration's approach, which has made us both a laughingstock and much-resented. The Bush administration doesn't even want to talk about global warming, even as sane, conservative Republicans in Alasaka and New Mexico are convinced. Alaska and the Arctic are warming measurable and rapidly.<BR/><BR/>You are also underestimating both the importance of accurate price signals in a free-market economy and the resilence of a market economy in adjusting to changes in prices. Energy taxes in Japan and other advanced economies mean industries and consumers face much higher prices, but the result is that they are much more efficent on a GNP/BTU basis. There is alot that the US could do on its own, without buying into Kyoto, that would significantly reduce our methane/CO2 emissions, improve economic efficiency and reduce our energy dependence. This would be win/win. <BR/><BR/>If Kyoto needs further negotiating, then negotiate. Ignoring the problem is the height of irresponsibility. <BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/06/global-warming-alert.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="Tokyo_Tomtom at yahoo dot co dot jp">Tokyo Tom</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119853415220923382005-06-27T15:23:00.000+09:002005-06-27T15:23:00.000+09:00ah GB, Niseko certainly rules in Japan (was that y...ah GB, Niseko certainly rules in Japan (was that you nuzzling that cutie in the `yurt' back in February?)<BR/>But you can't beat the combination of altitude & desert for powder so light it's like skiing thru smoke.<BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/06/global-warming-alert.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="jmcdonald8 at bloomberg dot net">Mr. Pink</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119776437231278552005-06-26T18:00:00.000+09:002005-06-26T18:00:00.000+09:00Mr. Pink, I feel your pain. Next year, try Niseko...Mr. Pink, I feel your pain. Next year, try Niseko — it's never let me down. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="gaijin_biker at yahoo dot com">GaijinBiker</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119772243747483602005-06-26T16:50:00.000+09:002005-06-26T16:50:00.000+09:00Global warming? It's a plot directed against me! T...Global warming? It's a plot directed against me! The Proof? I happen to have been at Snowbird (and adjacent Alta) for five days in early March, and IT NEVER SNOWED! Not once. No fresh powder at what's acknowledged by most as the finest lift-served powder skiing in the world, during a winter of record snowfall. Even with the expert guidance of a local friend who skis there more than 100 days a year and knows every inch of the terrain, there wasn't a single powder run to be found. And then, thursday night, as i flew off to Seattle to connect back to Tokyo, SNOW! tons of it! two feet of it overnight I heard in an e-mail from my pal when I got back. I'm onto you now, you global warming devils, and when I catch you there'll be hell to pay. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/06/global-warming-alert.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="jimmcd at tkm dot att dot ne dot jp">Mr. Pink</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119766183933550152005-06-26T15:09:00.000+09:002005-06-26T15:09:00.000+09:00Just to make clear, I don't think GW is all a big ...Just to make clear, I don't think GW is all a big made-up plot. Speaking as a layperson, it seems to me that there's credible scientific evidence behind it that demands to be taken seriously.<BR/><BR/>However, I'm concerned that by whipping up hysteria around the issue (for instance, by blaming any instance of freakish weather on GW), we risk destroying the American economy without achieving any tangible results, while China and India cruise full speed ahead.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the best thing we can do to reduce the future impact of GW, short of all going back to living in caves as hunter-gatherers, will be to invest in developing cleaner technology and alternative energy sources. And to do that, we need a healthy economy, not a crippled one.  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="gaijin_biker at yahoo dot com">GaijinBiker</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119765098593013492005-06-26T14:51:00.000+09:002005-06-26T14:51:00.000+09:00global warming is one of those things which is tak...global warming is one of those things which is taken by faith. GW's entire existence requires us to believe the scientists and the organizations that pay them to support the hypothesis. For how many of us really do know what the temperture is? what's actually normal? Do we really track the weather, or do we leave it to someone else and blindly believe what they say? I the age of 41, when as a child I was taught to fight global cooling, I think the first 'earth day' they cried about the fears of the cooling earth. Now these very same groups have gone '180' on us and now cry global warming. To keep it short I do actually think the earth warms and cools as a natural process. I also believe their are groups of 'men' whom set themselves up to profit from it. Treat these groups like a republican, hear what they say and follow the money. Always follow the money, "GW" is in the money and that's where they are.  <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://indlibreader.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="muther at triad dot rr dot com">john galt</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119746816363455292005-06-26T09:46:00.000+09:002005-06-26T09:46:00.000+09:00The point is not that heavy snows mean GW isn't...The point is not that heavy snows mean GW <I>isn't</I>  happening, but that some people say it means it <I>is</I> happening. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="gaijin_biker at yahoo dot com">GaijinBiker</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119697147479727852005-06-25T19:59:00.000+09:002005-06-25T19:59:00.000+09:00hmm - snow in Utah in June means that Global Warmi...hmm - snow in Utah in June means that Global Warming isnt happening. <BR/>stuuuuupiiiiiiid <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>HayZeusAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119681549451025722005-06-25T15:39:00.000+09:002005-06-25T15:39:00.000+09:00Maybe we could set that experiment up here .&...Maybe we could set that experiment up <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1563897504/102-0740564-5183354?v=glance" REL="nofollow">here</A> . <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow" TITLE="gaijin_biker at yahoo dot com">GaijinBiker</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119680828181554612005-06-25T15:27:00.000+09:002005-06-25T15:27:00.000+09:00To test for global warming the true scientific way...To test for global warming the true scientific way you'd need to have severals Earths--some without people as the controls and some with people for the variables. Then you just compare the temperatures after awhile. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9395124.post-1119629145757504752005-06-25T01:05:00.000+09:002005-06-25T01:05:00.000+09:00Has Al Gore  been there recently? He has a w...Has <B>Al Gore</B>  been there recently? He has a way of making these "the end of the world of nigh!" pronouncements during periods of record cold temperatures. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://ridingsun.blogspot.com/2005/06/global-warming-alert.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="s_langworthy at hotmail dot com">Langtry</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com