sigh...
http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/11274560/ (http://www.wral.com/news/state/story/11274560/)
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
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
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?
in north cackalacky, we let our legislture determine science, sigh
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 (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
the "origin of the species" is not particularly popular with legislators now as well...
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....