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2006-05-05 Science & Technology

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Posted by Korora 2006-05-05 0:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is interesting and relates to an idea of mine. The assumption underlying pretty much everything I have ever read on climate change (on earth) is that without external forcings climate is stable. There is no reason why climate shouldn't oscillate around a mean (over some time period and there could be multiple oscillations over different time periods) and any changes we are seeing are just those natural oscillations.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-05-05 00:47|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-05 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Hmmm, Global warming again....
I blame..........BUSH!!!
;)

Seriously, I expect in some short period of time we will get evidence that the sun is experiencing a warmer cycle which is effecting all the planets. Earth, Mars and Jupiter are only the ones that we can readily see an effect on at present. If it is not the sun then there is an external force at work. Either we are passing through a slightly more nebulous area of space or an unknown force or object is causing the warming.

Posted by DanNY 2006-05-05 00:56|| 2006-05-05 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 or an unknown force ~~or object~~ is causing the warming.

Known, but unexpected or verbotten by the current cosmology--EM energy in space.

Posted by zazz 2006-05-05 01:25|| 2006-05-05 01:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Jupiter didn't sign Kyoto.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2006-05-05 07:18|| 2006-05-05 07:18|| Front Page Top

#5 What does Jupiter and Earth have in common? Maybe this.

Posted by Claiter Throth2726 2006-05-05 09:19|| 2006-05-05 09:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Earth, Mars and Jupiter are only the ones that we can readily see an effect on at present.

I seem to recall Pluto's been warming, too. I also seem to recall it's on the outward-bound segment of its orbit, so it isn't due to it getting closer to the sun.

Mercury... I wouldn't expect to see an effect. Little twitches in its heat transfer are likely lost in the solar blast furnace.

Venus... Again, probably lost in the noise its own nasty climate creates.

The other gas giants... Either the effects aren't as visible as "Red Spot Jr." or we're not looking.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-05-05 09:25|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-05-05 09:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Our CO2 emmissions are now polluting Jupiter! We are all DHHOOOOOOOOOMED!!!

Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-05 09:32|| 2006-05-05 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 If those damn Jupiterians would only reduce their hydrocarbon emissions like Hollyweird's leading intellectuals keep saying we should do, they wouldn't be having this problem.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-05-05 11:44|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-05-05 11:44|| Front Page Top

#9 A long time ago I began a novel the premise of which was that the storms on Jupiter were living beings.

They were sentient but not too smart.

I modeled the characters after some people I knew but I never finished the story because at the end of the story, not enough had happened (i.e., no net character development, no net 'character better for the experience' effect). I considered having the little white storms emote as they died but with my premise, they were too dim whitted to have interesting end of life thoughts.

Any Rantburgians who want to use this to write their own story are hereby granted permission to do so.

Posted by mhw 2006-05-05 12:17|| 2006-05-05 12:17|| Front Page Top

#10 I've been wrestling with a title for my new novella mhw (and the title is winning) all I got is The Pluperfect Storm

Thanks for your generosity.

Posted by 6 2006-05-05 16:30|| 2006-05-05 16:30|| Front Page Top

#11 Or maybe Red Stormy Arising.

Posted by 6 2006-05-05 16:32|| 2006-05-05 16:32|| Front Page Top

#12 6---The Pluperfect Storm, LOL!

May I borrow the title, and run with it? I will send royalties.
Agree to terms:

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Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-05-05 21:36|| 2006-05-05 21:36|| Front Page Top

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