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its the end of the world!!!!
Bob696:
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But at the moment we are having a totally unprecedented change in climate - the rate of change is far higher than anything that you would expect to happen naturally.
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We don't KNOW what the speed of the process is so we have nothing to compare it with.
All we have are geological records which are naturaly mesured in thousands of years (if not millions).
Following lifted from LRUK
Source: The Daily Torygraph, sat dec 30th - Philip Eden's Weatherwatch
--- Quote ---"A year for the record books"
"It was a year when unusual weather events frequently occupied the headlines, several records were broken, and many people were convinced that the climate really was changing.
"January '06 was the wettest for almost 30 years in southern England, then on Feb 8 a severe thunderstorm accompanied by hail and violent squalls caused much damage across the Midlands and the South-east.
"Spring was wet in the north and west of Britain, but very dry in the south and east; June was mostly fine, apart from a 12-hour long, steady downpour on the 29th which deposited between 2 and 3in of rain in a broad zone across southern, central and eastern England.
"That apart, it was a memorably long and sunny summer which culminated in record-breaking temperatures in early September with 35 deg C widely approached or exceeded.
"October and November were both remarkably mild though often cloudy and damp, but the year ended with a dramatic burst of wintry weather with widespread snowfalls of 6in or more, and level depths approached 2ft in eastern Scotland.
"You might not remember all those events. In fact you should not remember any of them as the year was 1906, not 2006.
"The purpose of the exercise has been to illustrate that, weather-wise, there is nothing new under the sun. Any year will deliver a handful of records and a host of unusual events, and we should not be surprised whe nthey turn up."
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http://www.clearlight.com/~mhieb/WVFossils/ice_ages.html makes for a good read
Biggles:
Hmm. I actually think the whole idea of Tony Blair suddenly taking up green credentials and preaching that we're on the brink of environmental disaster is complete sleight of hand. After so many years of pandering to the USA's big plans for running (or ruining) the planet, he and George W have suddenly realised they can distract us with misrepresented "facts" about global warming. Its a good excuse to put fuel tax up without a lorry drivers strike, for a start.
The government doesn't want us to have cars, planes, trains or buses, its rather inconvenient for us all to insist on moving around all the time (hence road pricing is inevitable). They'd rather we all stayed at work all day and had one days holiday per year. That way income tax and company profits (and tax contributions) would rise, and the government could afford more tanks and fighter planes.
Has anyone published official calculations for the environmental impact of the wars that Bush and Blair are constantly orchestrating? No, I thought not.
Lucy1978:
THe reservoir in that article was ALLOWED to run down to low levels all in the name of politics, (drought orders give the water companies a lot of powers such as forced metering, they wouldn't otherwise get) The photos were taken early last year, januaryish, water was being pumped into the reservoir for most of last year, with it at about 60% capacity over the summer.
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: "Lord Shagg-Pyle" ---The only problem with desalination plants is that they use a load of energy to convert the water. A bit of a Catch 22.
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How about a power station run by waves :wink: I know these exist and are eco friendly. the waves make the power that produces lots of lovely clean water. water goes to houses and then back into the sea to make more power. Thats far too efficient for this nanny state
Garin:
If you build 100,000 new houses it stands to reason that you need extra reservoirs to supply them with water, the water companies want a meter in every house so they can get their hands on more of your cash, they should be using the cash they have got to fix the leaks in the system instead of funding shareholders
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