Dark Star

Capitalism is not the problem, its corruption. Don't think there is less corruption in socialist states.

The link says scholar.princeton, so I won't be able to understand it. They are too intellectually advanced for me.

There are, but you may not like how they are run...

Used to love to hang out, outside.

Censorship to prove a point? Do you prefer global warming or completely indifferent?

In case anybody hasn't figured out, I am a conservative. However, a simple graph indicates an anomalous increase in temperatures coinciding with the industrialization. Since we can't predict weather 5 days in advance, there is no one model that can ever tell us conclusively that the global warming is or isn't a result of the emission of greenhouse gases. Before it became fashionable to climb aboard the global warming train, there were a few scientists as early as the 1970s, modeling and theorizing that this was occurring. While we cannot in practical terms eliminate fossil fuels immediately, there needs to be a long term energy plan, even if that means we risk flooding out most major coastal cities (from melting ice caps) to the point of massive population relocation, which will be extremely costly, and in the meantime, many deaths from increased flooding. It won't be my problem, since I'll be long gone. As for the cows, silly extremists haven't done the math to compare pre-European North America with its massive buffalo population.

That is the problem.

We can never be free and all forced to abide by the same edicts. We are humans and are bound by human nature. We cannot ever have zero emissions or zero waste as long as we live in an industrialized world (or society(s) in general). There is no turning back now. The only chance is education. Education helps keep the population under control (voluntarily).

I would think the opposite? Not sure how anything can be free under strict regulations?

Perfectly thought out. There is theory, then, there is reality. I wouldn't say nuclear energy is totally safe. Human nature insures that. My biggest problem with nuclear energy is that we haven't solved the permanent storage of the waste. Right now, it is stored at the production sites. Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but one of the suspected reasons for the drone sightings was that they were looking for missing radioactive material.

You hit on the key, global cooperation. However, the key to any economy is the cost of energy. Those who choose to invest and rely on alternative sources of energy will not only lose out economically, but could in fact create a huge disparity in military readiness. That is where we stand. If you can get China and Russia to buy in, then full speed ahead.

CO2 and Methane will not directly have an effect on human health. It is a matter of time when the warming effect will melt the ice caps enough to begin flooding coastal areas, permanently. Sorry, but I won't be around to see it...

Dunno. The theory is that the oceans were absorbing the CO2 for a while, which would explain the brief cooldown during the early 1980's? Recently, NJ wanted to install a sequestration operation where they would take CO2 from nearby plants in Linden, and pipe into the underground sea caverns in the Atlantic. What would have prevented the gas from dislodging and percolating back to the surface? Christie nixed the idea (probably a good thing?)

Media will always hire meteorologists to report the weather. The field, as I found out, is VERY small, so I don't think people go into it necessarily think they can land a decent job (at least they shouldn't). My one professor, Dr. Brotak even told us that back circa 1980. By that time, it was too late to declare a minor in something else. Dr. Brotak was let go a short time later. We thought it was for being brutally honest, that there weren't many jobs in the field.

Too late in case Mount Spur erupts to cool things down for this coming winter?

Very unique, at least from my observation. The wind seemed stronger along the tree tops, but did not translate the same way down to the surface?

I have finally thrown in the towel for any more chances of snow this season. It did look promising through February...

One of the theories is that global warming took a recession, as some of the greenhouse gases were being absorbed by the oceans, which was used to explain some colder temperatures in the 80s?

We NEED to go back to use the complete historical temperature averages, not just the most recent averages.

Was this the "stuff" that some areas got today (4/12/2025), just a little slower?

Some sleet mixed in, Garwood NJ, central Union County, NJ. Never precipitated heavy enough for snow. At 5 AM, nothing was coming down...

Feel free to conduct an inspection...

The season is too long. Opening in March is silly. At least this year, the Mets were on the road for the first two series. Extended playoffs pushing the World Series to November is not good either.

Last year, the Mets were in jeopardy of having to make up a game missed early in the season due to weather. Unbalanced schedules and trying to pack too many games in, especially early in the season, is risky. They got away with it this year, so far. Opening Day series used to have an off day, just in case there was a weather cancellation. Too much money involved now to go back to a 154 game schedule.