How wonderful if this legislation actually gets passed. I doubt that it would be enough, but it would signal bi-partisan or Tri-partisan (if you include Lieberman)willingness the biggest problem the world faces today.
How arrogant of us to believe that we caused global warming in a few short years, and that we can fix it by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Earth has warmed and cooled millions of times during its five billion year history. During mans existence, the Earth has been much cooler than now, and also much warmer than now.
Nice. We do nothing about genocide in Africa, totalitarian regimes in Russia, massive governmental corruption in Mexico, or an increasingly vicious war in Iraq, but we\’re going to halt global warming.
It\’s comforting to know that with all the problems in the world, John McCain feels that limiting pollution from refineries is the biggest one.
I\’ve got an idea- why don\’t we duct tape everybody in Washington\’s mouth shut. That should limit hot air.
You forgot one -Bob is well educated on this subject!
Morons… Mark is the only one with a clue. Free the carbon –man is insignificant to the global changes our planet experiences wildfires and volcanic activities far exceed the CO2 produced by mankind each year. More BS for the Govt to tax us on! Free the carbon!!!!!! Going home to burn leaves today as a protest!
California Citrus Growers Face Big Losses as Cold Snap Continues
By Marcus Wohlsen
January 16, 2007
California\’s $1 billion citrus industry suffered record-low temperatures this past weekend, and agriculture officials continue to worry about widespread crop destruction.
Counties where most of the state\’s oranges, lemons and tangerines are grown saw temperatures plummet into the teens to mid-20s both in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
\”It was a very bad night,\” said Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Damage to citrus groves in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California was \”widespread\” and \”significant,\” Lungren said. But the full impact would not be known until inspectors had a chance to check fruit picked after the cold snap began Friday.
State officials asked fruit packers to keep produce harvested during the freeze off the market for five days so they could look for quality problems and keep damaged fruit off store shelves.
\”If it turns to slush, that\’s bad fruit, and they\’ll dispose of it,\” Lungren said.
Citrus growers rushed to pick as much fruit as possible before the cold weather hit. That should keep citrus supplies steady for the next week to 10 days, said Dave Kranz, a spokesman for the California Farm Bureau Federation.
Forecasters had predicted the mercury would dip below freezing starting on Saturday, with a freeze watch remaining in effect through Tuesday morning.
Starting Wednesday, cloud cover from the Pacific coast could trap heat and increase temperatures to slightly above freezing, National Weather Service meteorologist Cindy Bean predicted on Sunday.
Farmers said they would continue to burn bonfires, blow warmer air through 30-foot wind machines, and spray trees with warm irrigation water in attempt to protect crops. A severe cold snap can destroy crops, leave hundreds of farmworkers unemployed and have long-term effects if trees are damaged.
The industry took two years to recover from a 1990 freeze that lasted a week, said Joel Nelsen, president of California Citrus Mutual, a 2,000-member trade organization. A three-day freeze in December 1998 destroyed 85 percent of California\’s citrus crop, a loss valued at $700 million.
Officials estimated the value of the 2007 citrus crop still on the trees at $960 million.
Record lows were reported Sunday throughout Southern California, including downtown Los Angeles, which hit 36 degrees, breaking a record in place since 1932. Long Beach hit 31 degrees, beating the record set in 1963. A 3-degree reading in Lancaster, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, shattered the old record of 10 degrees, also set 1963.
In Bakersfield, temperatures tied the record low at 25 degrees, according to the weather service.
On Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an emergency proclamation that made more state funds available to counties coping with cold weather. More than 1,300 people have sought shelter from the subfreezing temperatures at warming centers opened by the California National Guard throughout the state, said Greg Renick, a spokesmen for the Governor\’s Office of Emergency Services.
No deaths have been linked to the cold snap so far, Renick said.
While I appreciate your attempts at witty repartee, I think you miss the mark.
I am not denying the reality of global warming. I have admitted that the earth is getting warmer in other threads on this website.
I am denying the knee-jerk assumptions that humanity caused it, that it\’s possible for humanity to stop or reverse it, or that it\’s America\’s responsibility to unilaterally fix it.
But hey- thanks for pounding the keyboard.
Keep randomly punching buttons and you and your friends might write Hamlet.
How about that annoying little disk about 93 million miles away? That may have something to do about the cycle the planet goes through.
I agree, man is but one grain of sand on a beach the size of the east coast when it comes to influencing the climate on this planet.
But this is another way to punish properity. Whatever happened to Acid Rain and Ted Danson\’s claim that the oceans were going totally devoid of life, which should have happened a few years ago? All of these are myths just like a few others I have to offer Bob.
1. Democrats love small business, that\’s why they want to raise the minimum wage.
2. Only tax increases boost the economy, so what\’s your explanation on the markets the past 4 years?
Global warming is a political issue because the mainstream media has decided they want it to be. If \”true\” science was a factor they could have just as easily picked the other side and said it a multi decade or century trend.
Instead, and as usual, the media sided with their liberal, anti big business, pro big goverment friends and have created an issue out of nothing.
Just as legislating morality does not work, neither will regulating the temperature of the earth.
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How wonderful if this legislation actually gets passed. I doubt that it would be enough, but it would signal bi-partisan or Tri-partisan (if you include Lieberman)willingness the biggest problem the world faces today.
How arrogant of us to believe that we caused global warming in a few short years, and that we can fix it by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Earth has warmed and cooled millions of times during its five billion year history. During mans existence, the Earth has been much cooler than now, and also much warmer than now.
Nice. We do nothing about genocide in Africa, totalitarian regimes in Russia, massive governmental corruption in Mexico, or an increasingly vicious war in Iraq, but we\’re going to halt global warming.
It\’s comforting to know that with all the problems in the world, John McCain feels that limiting pollution from refineries is the biggest one.
I\’ve got an idea- why don\’t we duct tape everybody in Washington\’s mouth shut. That should limit hot air.
Don’t\’ forget the biggest emitters (by far) of greenhouse gases…volcanoes. Let\’s make sure we get them capped.
global warning is a vast left wing conspiracy
the earth is flat
fossils were put in the ground to test your faith
the holacoust is a myth
See anything similar in these statements?
You forgot one -Bob is well educated on this subject!
Morons… Mark is the only one with a clue. Free the carbon –man is insignificant to the global changes our planet experiences wildfires and volcanic activities far exceed the CO2 produced by mankind each year. More BS for the Govt to tax us on! Free the carbon!!!!!! Going home to burn leaves today as a protest!
California Citrus Growers Face Big Losses as Cold Snap Continues
By Marcus Wohlsen
January 16, 2007
California\’s $1 billion citrus industry suffered record-low temperatures this past weekend, and agriculture officials continue to worry about widespread crop destruction.
Counties where most of the state\’s oranges, lemons and tangerines are grown saw temperatures plummet into the teens to mid-20s both in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
\”It was a very bad night,\” said Nancy Lungren, spokeswoman for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Damage to citrus groves in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California was \”widespread\” and \”significant,\” Lungren said. But the full impact would not be known until inspectors had a chance to check fruit picked after the cold snap began Friday.
State officials asked fruit packers to keep produce harvested during the freeze off the market for five days so they could look for quality problems and keep damaged fruit off store shelves.
\”If it turns to slush, that\’s bad fruit, and they\’ll dispose of it,\” Lungren said.
Citrus growers rushed to pick as much fruit as possible before the cold weather hit. That should keep citrus supplies steady for the next week to 10 days, said Dave Kranz, a spokesman for the California Farm Bureau Federation.
Forecasters had predicted the mercury would dip below freezing starting on Saturday, with a freeze watch remaining in effect through Tuesday morning.
Starting Wednesday, cloud cover from the Pacific coast could trap heat and increase temperatures to slightly above freezing, National Weather Service meteorologist Cindy Bean predicted on Sunday.
Farmers said they would continue to burn bonfires, blow warmer air through 30-foot wind machines, and spray trees with warm irrigation water in attempt to protect crops. A severe cold snap can destroy crops, leave hundreds of farmworkers unemployed and have long-term effects if trees are damaged.
The industry took two years to recover from a 1990 freeze that lasted a week, said Joel Nelsen, president of California Citrus Mutual, a 2,000-member trade organization. A three-day freeze in December 1998 destroyed 85 percent of California\’s citrus crop, a loss valued at $700 million.
Officials estimated the value of the 2007 citrus crop still on the trees at $960 million.
Record lows were reported Sunday throughout Southern California, including downtown Los Angeles, which hit 36 degrees, breaking a record in place since 1932. Long Beach hit 31 degrees, beating the record set in 1963. A 3-degree reading in Lancaster, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, shattered the old record of 10 degrees, also set 1963.
In Bakersfield, temperatures tied the record low at 25 degrees, according to the weather service.
On Friday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued an emergency proclamation that made more state funds available to counties coping with cold weather. More than 1,300 people have sought shelter from the subfreezing temperatures at warming centers opened by the California National Guard throughout the state, said Greg Renick, a spokesmen for the Governor\’s Office of Emergency Services.
No deaths have been linked to the cold snap so far, Renick said.
While I appreciate your attempts at witty repartee, I think you miss the mark.
I am not denying the reality of global warming. I have admitted that the earth is getting warmer in other threads on this website.
I am denying the knee-jerk assumptions that humanity caused it, that it\’s possible for humanity to stop or reverse it, or that it\’s America\’s responsibility to unilaterally fix it.
But hey- thanks for pounding the keyboard.
Keep randomly punching buttons and you and your friends might write Hamlet.
How about that annoying little disk about 93 million miles away? That may have something to do about the cycle the planet goes through.
I agree, man is but one grain of sand on a beach the size of the east coast when it comes to influencing the climate on this planet.
But this is another way to punish properity. Whatever happened to Acid Rain and Ted Danson\’s claim that the oceans were going totally devoid of life, which should have happened a few years ago? All of these are myths just like a few others I have to offer Bob.
1. Democrats love small business, that\’s why they want to raise the minimum wage.
2. Only tax increases boost the economy, so what\’s your explanation on the markets the past 4 years?
Global warming is a political issue because the mainstream media has decided they want it to be. If \”true\” science was a factor they could have just as easily picked the other side and said it a multi decade or century trend.
Instead, and as usual, the media sided with their liberal, anti big business, pro big goverment friends and have created an issue out of nothing.
Just as legislating morality does not work, neither will regulating the temperature of the earth.