Reprieve from brrr

Posted on December 17, 2008 | Comments Off on Reprieve from brrr

Finally, it’s warming up again at the rancho after a seemingly endless period of thrity-degree days and nights. But meteorologist Bob Rose says we’re due for more blasts of arctic cold this weekend and next week. How long, as AGW’s critics like to say, does the climate have to cool before the warmists recognize that Al Gore’s warnings are lies? Not to mention the hitherto unremarked but probable climatic effects of the solar wind’s surprise assault.

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0 responses to “Reprieve from brrr”

  1. Eva's avatar Eva | December 17, 2008 at 2:33 pm |

    Global warming – Cold in Texas and warm in New England. Eva

  2. diller's avatar diller | December 17, 2008 at 5:58 pm |

    Warming up down here these last few days,grass in the pastures is trying to green up, if we could get any significant rain. Looks like we won’t have that Horns and Gator matchup,Dick.I do hope the Gators beat the Sooners,but I’ll admit bias on that one.

  3. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 6:31 pm |

    Yeah, too bad the Horns and Gators don’t get to go at it. I’d rather the Big Twelve won, but, given as it’s the Sooners, I’ll probably end up rooting for both. 😉

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 6:42 pm |

    Eva: If you believe in AGW, as I know you do, why are you burning wood in your fireplace? Not only are you deforesting the environment but you’re enlarging your carbon footprint. For shame.

  5. Eva's avatar Eva | December 17, 2008 at 8:44 pm |

    I will not get into a AGW arguement with you. All I know is that is is warmer in New England then when I grew up here. Also, what do you burn in Texas so you do not enlarge your carbon footprint. Or don’t you care since it all blows to the Northeast? In fact if you check it out, I think Vermont is one of the greenest states in the US and a majority of the people burn wood. Eva

  6. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 8:59 pm |

    Burning wood produces carbon, Eva. Not as bad as coal, but gettin’ there. Don’t you care that you are contributing to the global warming your party is so concerned about? Our fireplace is gas. Our local electric utility also burns gas to run its turbines. Some carbon in natural gas, of course, but not near as much as your wood.

  7. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 8:59 pm |

    Burning wood produces carbon, Eva. Not as bad as coal, but gettin’ there. Don’t you care that you are contributing to the global warming your party is so concerned about? Our fireplace is gas. Our local electric utility also burns gas to run its turbines. Some carbon in natural gas, of course, but not near as much as your wood.

  8. Eva's avatar Eva | December 17, 2008 at 9:23 pm |

    How do you know what my party is? Both my great grandfather and grandfather were Republican Representatives in the Vermont Legislature from Orleans County. Our only alternative is to burn propane or fuel oil, which we do. Where does Texas stand on a “green scale”? Eva

  9. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 9:52 pm |

    Joe said you used to be a Dem party worker in NJ. No? What does Texas have to do with it? Or Vermont, for that matter. I’m talking about your fireplace and your carbon footprint. 😉

  10. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 9:52 pm |

    Joe said you used to be a Dem party worker in NJ. No? What does Texas have to do with it? Or Vermont, for that matter. I’m talking about your fireplace and your carbon footprint. 😉

  11. Eva's avatar Eva | December 17, 2008 at 10:20 pm |

    Yes, I was a County Democratic Committee Women in New Jersey. This allegiance was based upon local issues. As far as my fireplace is concerned, we only use it two or three times a week and we only burn about two cords of wood a year which is probably a lot less toxic than the gas you burn. I am not an expert on the subject. However, wood and propane along with “fuel oil” are the major sources used to produce home heating in this area. We do not have oil wells in our back yard as you do in Texas. (Only kidding, you know I like to rile you).

  12. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 10:46 pm |

    You could always close up the fireplace and reply on your furnace. Not to mention lower the thermostat and wearing sweaters. No way wood is less toxic than natural gas. There are lots of arguments about which causes more AGW, but wood burning creates particulates in the atmosphere that contribute to respiratory problems, especially in children. NG doesn’t. Moreover, reducing forests (I assume you’re not out planting trees to make up for the wood you burn) reduces “carbon sequestration,” i.e. trees intake co2 and give off oxygen. Fewer trees have to equal more co2.

  13. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 10:48 pm |

    Here’s a good article against wood:
    http://www.slate.com/id/2204252/

  14. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | December 17, 2008 at 10:48 pm |

    Here’s a good article against wood:
    http://www.slate.com/id/2204252/