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MaineWriter:
After two very chilly mornings, it has warmed up again: 36 degrees. Dark out there at 6:24 am. Very dark.
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David:
42*F here this AM Leslie.
Pretty dark too. Forecast is for mostly cloudy and 52*F today.
Sheriff Roland:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on December 06, 2006, 02:29:50 pm ---Just think! We could irrigate the Sahara with all that fresh water from the melted polar ice caps! ;D
--- End quote ---
You do realize that the meted ice caps would just mix with the salted ocean waters, thus rendering it just as unusable as the current ocean waters (for the purpose of irrigation). A number of years ago, A vast piece of Antarctic ice flow was towed ta Saudi Arabia at great expense; less than one quarter (or was it less than 10%) of the ice chunk made it to the desert state at great financial expense, rendering the project a failure. So no, we couldn't irrigate (on a regular basis) the Sahara with the waters melted from the ice caps.
Plus, of course, the level of the oceans will be rising quite considerably, thus flooding a large number of coastal cities. (and you thought the flooding of New Orleans was a tragedy).
No! the melting ice caps are no joking matters! (sorry about the doze of reality)
David:
I'm looking forward to it. I live on high ground, so maybe I'll have beach front property eventually? My property value will skyrocket! Should I write GW Bush a thankyou letter?
Sheriff Roland:
Sorry David,
But being flippant about this issue will not make it go away
30 years ago - when we were getting indications of global warming, it all sounded like pie in the sky stories
The global warming is a measureable fact now with real consequences (greater than what we are able ta predict)
When world economies fail, every looses - your property value will crash, like all values, should the world cities get inundaded with higher ocean waters.
No laughing matter - sorry.
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