regulating rising sea and global warming by legislative action...

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Oldrig

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July 05, 2012, 01:26:01 PM
Well, denying the science won't stop the seas from rising.

But then, you've gotta ask, will legislative action have any effect on it?

According to a study released today, Rhode Island's climate has warmed the most since 1912, with Massachusetts coming in second. Sea-level rise is happening more in the Northeast than in other regions, but I don't see legislatures up here doing much either.

Sea's gonna rise. Maybe we should all become liveaboards? :-\

--Joe
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

jmpeltier

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July 06, 2012, 09:46:15 PM
Let's not forget that this is the same governing body that overturned the governor's veto of the fracking bill because the key vote mistakenly pushed the green button instead of the red one.  Oops.  Hard for me to take them seriously now after these last two shenanigans.    http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/07/03/2174842/state-senate-overrides-gov-perdues.html
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Captain Smollett

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July 06, 2012, 10:17:01 PM
Quote from: Oldrig on July 05, 2012, 01:26:01 PM

Sea-level rise is happening more in the Northeast than in other regions,

--Joe

I'm sorry, but how is this possible?

And how is it measured?
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SalientAngle

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July 06, 2012, 10:29:27 PM
in north cackalacky, we let our legislture determine science, sigh

Oldrig

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July 10, 2012, 04:28:17 PM
Quote from: Captain Smollett on July 06, 2012, 10:17:01 PM
I'm sorry, but how is this possible?

And how is it measured?

John,

Try this article from the C.S. Monitor. There are others out there, too. It was from a NASA study:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0626/Sea-level-in-Northeastern-US-rising-more-than-three-times-faster-than-global-average-video

It seems counter-intuitive, but that's what the scientists seem to have found. Of course, our legislatures could declare the study to be bullsh*t, and the problem would be solved.

--Joe
"What a greate matter it is to saile a shyppe or goe to sea"
--Capt. John Smith, 1627

SalientAngle

#6
July 10, 2012, 04:33:56 PM
the "origin of the species" is not particularly popular with legislators now as well...

SalientAngle

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July 10, 2012, 07:24:50 PM
our north cackalacky legislature is attempting to refute science for coastal development interests and to change actuarial tables for financial insurance gains. they do not want to accept science, statistics, or anything elsle, it is sad... in the international science community our legislature has become a joke... and, they want to start "fracking"... this thread in HUMOR for a reason....
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