That's cool. I'm not sure what your point is though.
Just to reiterate, I said that the global warming theory predicts shifts
in hot Atlantic ocean currents and subsequently hot Atlantic air
currents that would cause some places to heat up as the new hotter air
gets to them (i.e. Europe, N. Africa) and some places to cool down as
their former hot air currents move elsewhere (S. Africa, for instance).
For this reason, a claim that global warming is proven wrong by a drop
in temperature in one place is ignorant and probably lacks any real
research. On the other hand, I haven't done any real research either
=), but I know that a mechanism exists for this sort of thing to happen,
so I think it's important to bring it up before we all throw the global
warming theory out the window due to some half-assed, Fox News thinking.
Regards,
Jon Heese
Paul L Fisher wrote:
> When I lived in South Africa, our house didn't have a furnace or A/C and it
> wasn't because we didn't have electricity. Very moderate temps. Once in a
> great while we had to turn on a space heater.
>
>
> Paul L Fisher
>
> Visit my website: http://www.paul-fisher.com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Jon Heese
> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 9:53 PM
> To: Ron Childs
> Cc: Shotimes
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) For those who think Al Gore has it right.....
>
> Ummm... of course, you guys realize that in the Southern hemisphere,
> winter is from June to September... So August is their equivalent of
> our February.
>
> Obviously the article is still claiming *excessive* cold, and I'm not
> arguing that. Just wanted to state the obvious when I read the "In
> August!" comment.
>
> By the way, the global warming theory doesn't say that all spots on the
> earth heat up the same amount, or that all spots even heat up at all.
> Global warming will cause heat in some places (say, the mid-atlantic),
> that causes a shift in ocean currents, and hence air currents, causing
> the warm air that normally keeps say, S. Africa, warmer in August
> (winter) to move somewhere else.
>
> Saying that S. Africa is having a cold winter doesn't necessarily go
> against global warming, it actually may back it up. Gore actually
> mentions a similar phenomenon in the movie.
>
> Regards,
> Jon Heese
>
> Ron Childs wrote:
>> It must be global cooling. We're heading toward an Ice Age!
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Porter <ronporter@ameritech.net> wrote:
>> Meanwhile, check out this headline from the Associated
>>
>> Press: "S. Africans Shiver Through Harsh Winter." In August! Plainly
> factors
>> other than SUV emissions have an influence on the weather.
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060802/ap_on_re_af/south_africa_cold_snap
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Porter
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