The end of the World is nigh.

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Originally Posted by rick_rine

I'm definetly no expert but why couldnt they just shoot it out into space .
It has to be cleaner than coal and even gas , we could keep our wilderness .

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Yup, whack a great heap of it on top of a thumping great big rocket ... then have the whole lot go bang half way up. Instant contamination over an impressive area. Seriously, I'm pretty sure that's the reason because it's not hard to launch something that will wind up in the sun.

Richard

good point

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Originally Posted by rick_rine

O.K. Global warming is a fact . In Siberia temperatures have risen 3 degrees . Water temp has risen . There is now a coral reef off Tasmania that was not there 30 years ago . Fact .
So what happens when things heat up ? They expand . The earth is a globe and as it expands it causes an earthquake .
They are already saying the cyclones are caused by warming of the oceans causing winds to develop . Something like the el-nino effect .

Just my theory .

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Rick, your theory needs a bit of fine tuning....the earth's climate happens in the atmosphere.....earthquakes happen below the earth's surface, the two are physically seperate parts of the planet. Earthquakes are the result of movement of the tectonic plates that make up the earths crust. Movement of the plates is in turn driven by movements of material within the earth's mantle.

My thoughts on global warming...humans are definitely influencing the planet's climate but IMO there is also a natural climatic fluctuation going on as well.....our activities are accentuating what is a natural phenomenon.

Cheers Martin

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the two are physically seperate parts of the planet

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I wonder if in a closed system like this that is really possible? You would be aware of the chaos theory. Perhaps there is a connection.

I know it works in reverse. Krakatoa affected the world's climate for many years after the event. There's even a series of paintings done by an artist in London over a period of time which feature brilliant red sunsets that were caused by all the dust in the atmosphere.

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Originally Posted by silentC

There's even a series of paintings done by an artist in London over a period of time which feature brilliant red sunsets that were caused by all the dust in the atmosphere.

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I thought they were painted during the great baked-bean glut of 1903.

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You don't hear much about the great baked-bean glut, do you? It's all "the blitz this" and "the great plague that" and "the fire of London the other". Oooh, the fire of London, it was soooo terrible, oooh I nearly died of the plague and then I stepped on a UXB. What about the baked-bean glut, huh? What about that!!