GlennC

Billy, billy, billy

"Although there are still those who deny global climate change, the overwhelming body of science tells us it’s here, now". Puhleese Billy, get real.

Scientists - you mean like Al Gore? - who denegrated every real scientist and geologist to push his agenda. Everyone who disagreed with him just has to be on the payroll of BIG OIL. Ya, Right

But why don't you check to see what BIG AL has been doing - his net worth has gone up considerably - follow the money boys and girls - look to see what Gore is doing now. Every university that receives a climate study grant - shows positive results - and had better or there ain't gonna be any grant renewals.

I'm not a pawn of big oil - but I am a Quaternary geologist
- a geologist that deals with the sediments and deposits of the last great Ice Age - (look up Wisconsinan Glaciation for further info - and if real keen, the Sangamon Interglacial about 40-60000 years ago) I don't work for a university so I don't have a grant to lose. We (the human population) base our SHORT TERM observations on what has occured in our lifetime - weather was good last year or the last 20 years, grass and crops were great so why shouldn't they be good this year. BUT, LONG TERM 12000 years ago, northern Minesota, North and South Dakota and most of Canada were under at least a mile of Glacial ICE. Ocean levels were down by 600 feet and the fishing grounds of the Grand Banks were dry.

Since about 10000 years ago the Continental ice sheet has been melting - as it continues to do today. About 8000 years ago Manitoba (central Canada and the northern United States was ice free) and we are now in what is called an Interglacial Period. Ocean levels continue to rise as mountain glaciers and the Arctic continue to melt. Climate IS changing but that started warming at least 10000 years ago and we are seeing at best a 100 year sliver of that time period. Don't forget, thousands of years ago the Sahara Desert was a lush vegetated area before "the climate changed" and it became a desert. Nobody will know that unless they have a serious interest in SCIENCE.

The point I am trying to make is CLIMATE IS ALWAYS CHANGING and not always as we think it should. You may be bone dry in California and Atlanta, but up north here, we had a major flood this spring and there is is still so much water on the land that farmers couldn't get a large portion of their crops in. We've also enjoyed the coldest spring and summer in recorded history - Global what????

The point is, don't whine, instead, adapt or die. Today is not yesterday and tomorrow won't be today. Can't grow grass and pretty flowers, then think about xeriscaping your lots - rocks are beautiful when interspersed with low maintenence plantings. I plan on doing this next year. There is so much you can do and I'm sure Fine Gardening has the answers.

One thing Americans should really do is stop destroying aquifers by growing water intensive crops like corn and other similar food or oil crops for ethanol production. Do your research - search for the Great Ethanol Scam - and conserve your aquifers for food production and human consumption.

DO YOUR RESEARCH PEOPLE - THIS IS THE ONLY PLANET YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN HAVE - SO LET'S NOT BE THE LAST EXTINCTION!