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2007-11-15 Science & Technology

NASA Debunks Part of Global Warming Myth, Will Media Report It?

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-11-15 13:29|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Uh, oh! That just put NASA's funding in jeopardy with this Congress.

Posted by Greanter Sinatra3214 2007-11-15 14:37|| 2007-11-15 14:37|| Front Page Top

#2 Damnit. I was looking forward to drowning polar bears.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-11-15 16:10|| 2007-11-15 16:10|| Front Page Top

#3 What utterly amazes me in all the hype about "man made global warming" is the total lack of consideration given to naturally-occurring volcano activity.

Volcanoes are rated on a scale of "O" (zero) to 8. Checking out the listing at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_Explosivity_Index
it is easy to see that there was one Category 5 volcano is 1963 (Mt. Agun), another Category 5 in 1980 (Mt. St. Helens), another Category 5 in 1982 (Mt. El Chichon), and one Catgory 6 volcano in 1991 (Mt. Pinatubo), as well as a Category 5 volcano in 1991 (Mt. Hudson) - AND NO MAJOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY since 1991.

One Category 5 volcano puts a cubic kilometer of volcanic material into the air. A Category 6 volcano puts 10 cubic kilometers of "junk" into the air. Every time one of these volcanoes goes "bang" global temperatures drop a degree or two for a year or two (or longer).

Whatever warming is ongoing will go away really quickly once the next big volcano erupts. Do the MMGW moonbats think that volcanic activity has concluded on earth?

There has been only one category 7 volcano in modern times - Mt. Tambora, in 1815. That explosion put 100 cubic kilometers of volcanic material into the earth's atmosphere. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer
for a discussion of what the year 1816 was like for the world's population.

16 years since the last big volcano. Methinks that we are about due for the next big event.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2007-11-15 18:54|| 2007-11-15 18:54|| Front Page Top

#4 See also LUCIANNE/TOPIX > THE SUN AND EARTH'S GLOBAL WARMING - A COSMIC CONNECTION? Among other thingys, Earth experiencing upsurges in Solar energies.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-11-15 19:25|| 2007-11-15 19:25|| Front Page Top

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