Recent content by barney

Maya predictions are not "mythology:" they have been misinterpreted. The predictions are based on highly accurate astronomical data--like what you are describing--collected by them well prior to the arrival of Europeans on the continent. And since we're on the topic, the predictions are not...

I admit I have taken a piss in it every now and then.

Yep. There is also saline factor in polar waters that plays a role in the process but I've forgotten how it works.

LOL You two still at it?

ROFL Oh about the connection between the melting ice and sea levels: it's not the melted ice that adds to the water and increases levels (it does but not significantly) but rather the resulting temperature increase from that process that eventually raises sea levels.

LOL I'd say that's more appropriately applied to other more "eccentric" members of these forums. Damn funny though--can I use that one? 8-)

It varies and does increase in cold months but the trend is reduction. Most of the CO2 is concentrated in the northern hemisphere.

Atmospheric CO2 results in increased temperatures in polar regions, hence you get the ice-melting effect (way beyond that caused by normal climate variation). This has been happening for well over a decade. Ice caps are integral to the stability of the oceanic system. If that changes, it will...

Not evil or wrong...just irrelevant (to those who use common sense). A great many people need this message to get them moving on more pertinent issues like deforestation, which they would otherwise not think about. Gore's "message" may be infotainment for some but for many, it actually has a...

The Alliston Aquifer in Tiny Township, ON is about to be covered in landfill. On a scale of 1 to 10 of irrationality passing for legitimate governance I would rate this as 15. This is truly enviro-masochism of epic proportions. Not only is it absurd to place landfill--as in, GARBAGE--on a...