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Global Warming Pics Part Duex

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Sunday, May 04, 2008 11:49:10 PM
   More pictures of global warming for your enjoyment!
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Crazy bear,Bye polar,I'm outta here.
 
Acantilados de Hielo Antártida
 
 
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Boya
Transilvania
 
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Photo Op
 
Ooops! How did that one get in there?
 
Simple
 
 
 
Etna eruption seen from the International Space Station.j
 
Aletsch Glacier - Switzerland
 
 
 
 
 
 
Things - Eren Ozkapici
 
Dust storm in Texas, 1935 - run!
 
 
Klondike Wind Farm
 
 
Not far from its Franklin Island colony, a lone Adélie punctuates the looping scrawl of penguin tracks across plates of Ross Sea pack ice
 
 
 no doubt
 Salvemos las Ballenas!!
 
F E V E R
 
Mr. Walken's got a fever!
 
 
Peace out!!
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Colorado Concealed Carry

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:13:27 PM
   On the front page of todays Denver Post is an article on concealed carry in Colorado and the nation. It was a pretty even article highlighting both sides of the issue. There was one memorable paragraph that is not only true but entirley misunderstood by the gun control advocates.
 
 "If you use deadly force for you or your family, right or wrong, your life will be forever changed," Hamilton warned them.
In fact, permit seekers spend much of their mandatory class time learning how to avoid actually using a gun — a paradox that mirrors the contradictions and illusions dominating modern gun regulation in Colorado and across the nation.
 
   In the class I took for my concealed carry, the trainer, a former F.B.I agent, county sherriff and police officer, explained...no, pounded into our heads about how you really don't ever want to use your gun. Because, GOD forbid, you ever have to defend yourself and you kill another human being, you will have to live with that the rest of your life. Something that is easily forgotten while you are enjoying shooting your new .45 you just purchased at the gun range.
 
 Just something to think about.
 
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Biofuel Madness

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:59:29 PM
   How about this story. Sir Richard Benson, president of Virgin Records showed off a biofuel 747. Whoopy-do.
 
Never mind that only one of the plane's engines used biofuel, and that was about 25 percent mixed with standard kerosene jet fuel.
 
The biofuel used - a combination of coconut and babassu (a Brazilian tree) oil, which Branson pretended to drink that day like an island cocktail from a coconut shell - worked in this very small test. But even its developers, Imperium Renewables, are aware it could never become a substitute for what John Plaza, president and chief executive of Imperium, another sponsor, says is the 87 billion gallons of fuel needed each year to fly the world's airline fleet.
 
   I guess the fact that diesel powered vehicles have been doing this for quite a while doesn't count. And obviously there is no possible way to biofuel the airline industry. The amount of land needed to make that happen would surely end any ability to feed the people of this world. But that is not important. What is important is making this product work so they can sell a bunch of it. 
  As I have said before, getting into the business of 'green' is the way to make money, whether it's biodiesel or recycling. It won't last forever though. Eventually the world will wise up and realize that biofuel is limited in it's usefulness.
 
 
 
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Spreading The Climate Agenda

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Sunday, May 04, 2008 8:18:31 PM
   What does this story have to do with anything other than to scare you?
 
"The other mega trend we see is that we will have more climate extremes. In some places there might be more drought, in others it may be submergence, from floods, in some places it might be both," said Wassmann, coordinator of the Rice and Climate Change Consortium at IRRI.
 
     Mega trend? Might be. Could be. Possibly. Trumped up hyperboyle.
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Missouri Lawmakers or Lawbreakers?

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:15:23 AM
   Money is always the hinge when it comes to environmental savoy. And these elected representatives in Missouri know how to make it work for them.
About 20 past or present Missouri officials have received more than $400,000 in tax credits for investing in alternative fuels such as ethanol or biodiesel.
 
But many of them had an advantage: They wrote the tax breaks into law or voted to award millions of tax dollars to energy companies in which they were invested.Some of the officials began taking the tax breaks before they were elected and continued doing so after taking office. Others used the breaks only after voting on them, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press.
 
   Being green is sometimes just being blinded by the color of money.
 
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U.N. At It Again

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Saturday, May 03, 2008 11:02:11 AM
    As I have noted in past blogs, I have little respect for the U.N., especially the IPCC. The oil for food program, the raping of villagers in Africa by U.N. forces and various other problems through out the years have plauged the organization; yet it still exsists.
Once again we have another issue, this time with the food shortages and the U.N.'s need for money; money they already have.
   Add to the fact that some part of the food shortage is being caused by the alarmism of global warming from the IPCC. Production of ethanol is whats paying, so farmers are growing alot of corn, while wheat, rice, and other exported food is being shunned.
 
Everything is linked and money is always the hinge point. This is a win-win situation for the U.N.
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Salmon Fishing In California Suspended

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Saturday, May 03, 2008 10:20:26 AM
   Extemely low levels of Chinook Salmon are causing enough concern that  Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez to suspended all fishing of Salmon this year. The NOAA is investigating the causes, but puts the blame on the ocean.
 
Although the reasons for the sudden decline of the fishery are not completely understood, NOAA scientists suggest that changes in ocean conditions, including unfavorable shifts in ocean temperature and food sources for juvenile salmon, likely caused poor survival of salmon that would have comprised this year’s fishery. Loss of freshwater habitat for salmon spawning, rearing, and migration to the ocean is a chronic problem that has made salmon populations more susceptible to the occasional poor ocean conditions. NOAA will undertake a thorough examination of the causes.
 
   Even though the NOAA suggests nothing about global warming, an opinion in the LA Times makes it.
 
Even more alarming is the uncertainty over what is to blame for this sudden collapse. This isn't an overfishing situation, where giving the fish a break will bring them back to abundance. The prevailing theory among scientists is that a change of ocean currents, perhaps brought about by global warming, is lowering nutrient levels where the salmon swim. Because salmon populations farther north are also down, but not by as much, the theory makes sense. If that's the case, the salmon may continue to disappear.

   It is so easy to make the link with no proof these days. The debate is now over regarding climate change, so any unusual change in weather, temperature, or animal pattern is concern enough to make it so.
 
 
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The Governators Gulf Stream Dilehmma

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Saturday, May 03, 2008 9:34:21 AM
   Arnold may no longer be able to fly his Gulfstream back and forth to work. The city council of Santa Monica voted to stop all large jets from flying in or out of the cities airport.
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Betting Against Global Warming

Posted by Aaron McLucas on Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:56:09 AM
   Celebrity Poker and climate change...How can one help the other? Have a charity event for the people of Africa effected by climate change. You can watch the video advertisement here.
 
   How much do you think a proffesional poker player knows about climate change? World champion poker player Phil Hellmuth will be emceeing the event. In his bio he sounds just like the type to want to promote awareness about climate change.
 
If I could change anything in the world: I would like everyone in the world to truly 'see the good' in everyone else. I believe that if that were the case, then we wouldn't have wars, murders and cruelty anymore. I am not denominational in my religous choices, but I believe that Buddha had it right when he told his followers, 'It is important to see the good in everyone.' I have a long way to go in my life to get to where I would like to be, but when I am at my best I am able to see the good even in some of the slimiest poker players out there. Sometimes it is hard, but I can always find something good in them eventually.
 
 Peace-nik alert!
 

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