not to de-emphasize in any way the importance of global warming from human sources
but
isn't lake baikal associated with tectonic action?
sort of like the rift valley?
just a thought, and perhaps an ignorant one.
in any event, this is an interesting piece of information to pass on.
thanks.
Posted by orionATL at May 5, 2008 08:15 PMNew study says no global warming.
Posted by Muck at May 5, 2008 10:20 PMyou're very bright, muck. as in you can't even read. it says there may be a brief offset. what about the word "brief" do you not understand?
Posted by Turkana at May 5, 2008 10:32 PMYour thesis seems to be that the Gas Tax Holiday is in no way a political gimmick, a shiny object for the rubes, or in any way a meaningless-to-pointless reflex. or a faux-liberal ball of cotton candy.
Not all things that would be DOA in Congress are made of the same stuff. Impeachment would satisfy the nation's foremost moral imperative; not so much for the Gas Tax Holiday. You're straining at a gnat here, eriposte, since Clinton's (and McCain's) proposal is fluff, political junk food.
I suppose the only way to know how Satanic the respective candidates for president are (on the sliding scale of Satanism) would be to know how the 3 Senators voted vis-a-vis the recent secret session vote, to crank up the covert war against Iran.
Your Lady Clinton has been sleeping with the enemy, hasn't she? I don't mean Iran. I'm referring to the sleazy outfit Mark Penn fronts for. I'd say there are fewer degrees of separation between her and the vile underbelly of the ruling class, than between Obama and his (former) pastor.
But it is typical of you to ignore Clinton's unpleasant qualities, and her unwholesome moods and reveries concerning the obliteration of small countries, and sundry gutter-sniping at Obama.
Posted by Copeland at May 5, 2008 10:59 PMgee, copeland- thanks for explaining my thesis. considering i didn't mention the gas tax holiday.
Posted by Turkana at May 5, 2008 11:21 PMNo not your thesis Turkana. Sorry--this was for Eriposte--wrong thread!!! Just erase my comment, if you want; I've copied it to the appropriate thread. Again, sorry. It's a bit odd here in a thread about Lake Baikal.
Posted by Copeland at May 5, 2008 11:34 PMThe lake is warming while the oceans are cooling.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080326/EDITORIAL/907526051/1013
"Argo's cool reception
Three-thousand oceanic probes — the "Argo" program — are a problem for global-warming alarmists. More to the point, explaining the probes' findings should be a priority for the alarmists if science is what drives them, and credibility. Argo shows no global warming over the last five years. In fact, the numbers show a slight cooling. These are merely one small data set, but they cut against the rhetoric, and require attention. Interestingly, though, as one measure of the widespread disinterest, the New York Times has not reported on Argo since its launch in 2000"