It's getting windier.

ian@huth · 07-01-2005, 14:04

For the past few days the wind round here has been blowing rather strongly and that, together with watching a few TV programmes has got me wondering.

It seems that the past couple of years or so have been far windier than I have ever known. Older trees in the garden are growing straight up but younger trees that have only been planted around five years ago are all growing on a slant.

I watched a bit of a programme on TV last night called "Waterworld" which was about life on the inland waterways. It showed pictures of icebreakers on the canals in the early part of the last century trying to break the ice which could be up to two foot thick. Nowadays it rarely gets more than a couple of inches. It just shows how the climate is changing.

Television coverage of the Tsunami disaster showed pictures of the areas involved, many of which are only inches above sea level.

Browsing around today I have found sites which suggest that global temperatures will rise by 2 to 6 degrees fahrenheit by the year 2010 with sea level rising by upto 37 inches.

These changes will affect life in a big way. Agriculture will be affected in a big way. Wildlife will be affected, particularly birds that breed in the spring. Tourism will be affected, particularly places like the Maldives which will vanish below the waves.

Thinking back to the weather we had in my childhood it has changed considerably. Snow a couple of feet deep was common but we rarely get more than a couple of inches these days. We never had winds like we have today.

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

Nugget · 07-01-2005, 14:05

Nah, we'll all have been killed by of those asteroids before then

AndrewJ · 07-01-2005, 14:06

All the more reason to go pub aint it?

Graham F · 07-01-2005, 14:11

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Originally Posted by AndrewJames

All the more reason to go pub aint it?

thats the excuse for tonight sorted then

bopdude · 07-01-2005, 14:11

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

Thats right, blame a reptile

if and when it does end, we will have colonized outta space by then, hopefully, then we can just move throughout the universe destroying all as we go.

The end is nigh .

AndrewJ · 07-01-2005, 14:13

more a excuse to goto the pub aint it.

luftys · 07-01-2005, 15:00

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

so who do you blame it on now?

people who eat curry and vegetarian

SMHarman · 07-01-2005, 15:01

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Originally Posted by bopdude

Thats right, blame a reptile

if and when it does end, we will have colonized outta space by then, hopefully, then we can just move throughout the universe destroying all as we go.

The end is nigh .

Have you been reading Dan Brown's Deception Point?

Paul K · 07-01-2005, 15:07

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Originally Posted by luftys

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

so who do you blame it on now?

people who eat curry and vegetarian

People eat vegetarians?

ok that's me worried now

NitroNutter · 07-01-2005, 15:24

is there any meat left on a vegetarian ?

Nugget · 07-01-2005, 15:33

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Originally Posted by NitroNutter

is there any meat left on a vegetarian ?

Nah, it's mostly all right

bopdude · 07-01-2005, 15:34

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Originally Posted by SMHarman

Have you been reading Dan Brown's Deception Point?

Nope but just had a look at it, might have a read sometime ( big might though )

etccarmageddon · 07-01-2005, 16:02

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

For the past few days the wind round here has been blowing rather strongly and that, together with watching a few TV programmes has got me wondering.

It seems that the past couple of years or so have been far windier than I have ever known. Older trees in the garden are growing straight up but younger trees that have only been planted around five years ago are all growing on a slant.

I watched a bit of a programme on TV last night called "Waterworld" which was about life on the inland waterways. It showed pictures of icebreakers on the canals in the early part of the last century trying to break the ice which could be up to two foot thick. Nowadays it rarely gets more than a couple of inches. It just shows how the climate is changing.

Television coverage of the Tsunami disaster showed pictures of the areas involved, many of which are only inches above sea level.

Browsing around today I have found sites which suggest that global temperatures will rise by 2 to 6 degrees fahrenheit by the year 2010 with sea level rising by upto 37 inches.

These changes will affect life in a big way. Agriculture will be affected in a big way. Wildlife will be affected, particularly birds that breed in the spring. Tourism will be affected, particularly places like the Maldives which will vanish below the waves.

Thinking back to the weather we had in my childhood it has changed considerably. Snow a couple of feet deep was common but we rarely get more than a couple of inches these days. We never had winds like we have today.

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

So what's the answer?

Is the problem global warming and if so how can it be resolved? George Bush buggered up any attempt to tackle this issue a few years back by putting America's short term interests ahead of the planet's long term future.

Should we planting more trees, converting our cars to more environmentally friendly fuels, taxing non low energy light bulbs...?

luftys · 07-01-2005, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Paul

People eat vegetarians?

ok that's me worried now

wat you never been out with a vegetarian,it will blow your mind

danielf · 07-01-2005, 16:23

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Originally Posted by ianathuth

Apparantly we can blame a lot on the dinosaurs which ate a lot of vegetation and were constantly farting and giving off methane gas which was the start of global warming. Where will it all end and will civilisation eventually kill itself off.

And you think it is windy these days?