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The Staff of SOH
Next 30 years!
- Thread starter Snuffy
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Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
Roger
Senior Administrator
Crusader
SOH-CM-2022
an i will be 88
i have unfilled wishes but im to old already
LOL
H
You and me both brother .
I sometimes feel like Tim Conway on the the Carol Burnett show when he and Carol use to play an elderly couple sitting on the porch swinging and Grandpa would reach over and place his hand on Grandma's knee and she would slap it away and state "It's not that time of the year yet " . Yes , those unfullfilled wishes .
Rich
an i will be 88
i have unfilled wishes but im to old already
LOL
H
Oh no,you won't get off that easy Henry.I'm 54 and in 2 1/2 months I am going to hike the entire Appalachian Trail,2160 miles.Am I fit and in shape?......nope,been sitting on my duff for 2 years driving truck.
But I will do it...too old phfffft.:d
Snuffy
Happiness Consultant
The text in my post ... its underlined, its a link. click it. :salute:
I have never really given much credence to the whole Global Warming thing. I have been interested in Geology and rocks since I was a kid. I have spent many a happy hour sitting on a gravel bar in the middle of a fast flowing creek finding fossils...at one point I had quite a collection of fossils, ranging from the size of my thumb nail all the way up to a one foot long section of fossilized spine...I once even found a hollow rock, that once split open, revealed the perfectly preserved impression of an ancient Nautaulis looking thingiemajig.
As part of my interest in Geology and fossils and rocks...I did quite of bit of reading on the subjects..and many many years ago I came across quite a bit of imformation concerning the record of weather found in rocks and fossils. It has been known for quite some time that the earth's weather is not static..that it goes through warming and cooling phases. There was a pretty clear pattern of these phases evidenced in the layers of rock and fossils. We have simply been in a warming phase for a while, and are now entering a cooling phase.
I won't discuss my views of the whole Global Warming movement as that would be highly political, political to the extreme actually. So, I will end this post with just a bit of a suggestion:
Turn off your TV, go to your local library, grab some old musty books on geology (not the new shiny ones written within the last 10 to 20 years...the old ones from 70s and before) and do some reading. In those heavy tomes, you will find the same information that I found years ago...information that will set to rest this entire Global Warming bugaboo.
OBIO
As part of my interest in Geology and fossils and rocks...I did quite of bit of reading on the subjects..and many many years ago I came across quite a bit of imformation concerning the record of weather found in rocks and fossils. It has been known for quite some time that the earth's weather is not static..that it goes through warming and cooling phases. There was a pretty clear pattern of these phases evidenced in the layers of rock and fossils. We have simply been in a warming phase for a while, and are now entering a cooling phase.
I won't discuss my views of the whole Global Warming movement as that would be highly political, political to the extreme actually. So, I will end this post with just a bit of a suggestion:
Turn off your TV, go to your local library, grab some old musty books on geology (not the new shiny ones written within the last 10 to 20 years...the old ones from 70s and before) and do some reading. In those heavy tomes, you will find the same information that I found years ago...information that will set to rest this entire Global Warming bugaboo.
OBIO
cheezyflier
Charter Member
i always knew global warming was a hoax. i've known from day one
Henry
Retired SOH Administrator
the mind is willing the body aint
H
It's funny, but I always seem to see the nay-sayers here, and never the GW crowd. Now why is that? I'm NOT saying the GW crowd is right, but, what I am saying is we have a couple of options here. Do something and be wrong, or do nothing and still be wrong. Pretty simple, right??
It's funny, but I always seem to see the nay-sayers here, and never the GW crowd. Now why is that? I'm NOT saying the GW crowd is right, but, what I am saying is we have a couple of options here. Do something and be wrong, or do nothing and still be wrong. Pretty simple, right??
I think it better to do nothing on unproven and dubious science, than to potentially ruin the economy on the arguements that have been made to date.
HOWEVER (and this is a big one) I am ALL FOR research, development, and implementation of alternative/advanced forms of energy production, so long as it MAKES SENSE. Anything that gets us off of Mid-East knucklehead oil (and nutcase Hugo Chavez as well) is a good thing. But what I see going on in the AGW movement is lies, scare tactics, and name calling in order to further a social and political agenda that is decidedly anti-democratic. Also, it seems to me being "green" now-a-days is more about green dollars than green trees (need I remind anyone that ole' Al Gore is getting rich off the whole thing).
Having said that, my dream is an AFFORDABLE and PRACTICAL grid tie-in solar system and some type of extended range electric vehicle (pure electric or Volt type). I'd like nothing better than to NOT be completely dependant on others for my source of energy. I do see a day where this dream will be very plausible, but it will take time. Imagine only needing to draw energy from the grid when the sun isn't bright enough or at night. Imagine an electric bill of less than $20.00/mo. I spent a painful $135.00 in December (probably as a result of Christmas lights plus everything else). Imagine passing by gas stations with $5.00/gal or higher cost fuel for a month, instead of having to fill up twice a week.
Cheers,
Dave
PS: I do somewhat understand Yank51's point though. But let's make sure we are doing something that's really necessary first. The scare tactics to date are causing too many to rush to judgement.
jmig
SOH-CM-2025
I love your attitude! At age 50 I climbed Mt Baldy with my Boy Scout troop. All 12,500 feet of it. My two sons were in that group. I will never forget that trip with them.