Evidence for Climate Change: The Water Knife

[SoulRaven]

The alarmists can always find something to be alarmed about.

The great dustbowl of the dirty thirties, took care of itself...

From 1950 to 1956, drought plagued the Great Plains and Southwest. Temperatures were hot and rain was scarce. In Texas, rainfall decreased by 40 percent between 1949 and 1951, according to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). In some places, crop yields fell by half. But again, it rebounded to normal...

Among the short-term droughts between the 1950s dry period and today was a widespread period of drought between 1962 and 1966 that hit much of the Northeastern United States. This Northeastern drought actually occurred in a period when temperatures were lower than average, but the rain disappeared. Yup, fixed itself again...

None of this stuff, including what's happening today is even remotely new. It's just a normal cycle of things. It's Mother Earth taking care of her own needs in spite of mankind.

Mother Earth, and Mother Nature know what they're doing, and they could care less whether we are here or not. They will do whatever is needed to protect themselves, in spite of whatever man does to destroy it. Mother Earth, and Mother Nature are more powerful than the whole human population combined, and proves it on a regular basis.

We can and should cut down on pollution of all kinds, but in the end, my money is on both Mother Earth, and Mother Nature to take care of us. I believe that they are capable of taking care of the problem, and mankind isn't capable of doing it by ourselves.

 

[Brian_and_Jesse]

Thank you for the explanation, Bob - and thank you too, OG for your thoughts on the matter.

Up until 1950 and the seasons and years before, we had relatively little pollution on the planet. We also had less than half the population that the Earth boasts now, which is problematic on multiple levels: more than twice as many people, twice as much garbage, twice as much need, and twice as much apathy - and greed, lets not forget greed.

The greatest immediate danger to humankind isn't global warming but chemical pollution, the three greatest offenders being heavy metals, pesticides, and phthalates (carcinogenic plasticizers), which we find in even the breast milk of polar bears.

We've so polluted the oceans that there is no soil (nor body of freshwater) on Earth that is not now contaminated.

In any supermarket in N. America, LESS THAN 1% of the food on the shelves is NOT poisonous to humans.

Grass/range fed animals are no better, as acid rain has polluted the foliage and soil to such a degree that even animals in the wild are dying of 'human' diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and neurological disorders.

An ice age would give us a shot at cleaning up the planet, but we're long overdue for a plague, and I tend to believe that 'Nature' will rebalance the scales via a Level IV virus, and soon. Not that a global plague will solve all our problems, but it ought to mitigate some of them.

Climate change has been ongoing since the dawn of Creation, but what's different about where we are now is that we're approaching critical mass, and barring Divine intervention, the extinction of the human race.

Just my 10 cents (adjusted for inflation).

Jesse.

 

[gcal]

For all that poisonous content in our food, life expectancies in the first world are 3 times what they were for our ancient ancestors and they keep getting longer. Third world life expectancies have grown, also. As far as human extinction goes, that would be unlikely. There are a lot of us, with pockets of those who still remember primitive skills in many areas. If we did go extinct, well, all species eventually do. We know how to clean up our mess and the changes that requires. We dont want to do it. The earth got along without us for well over 4 billion years and will get along without us for another estimated 5 billion years before it dies.

 

[gcal]

As far as I know, there aren't any "human" diseases. Disease is endemic to animals. We get diseases because we are animals.

 

[GotSmart]

In any supermarket in N. America, LESS THAN 1% of the food on the shelves is NOT poisonous to humans.

Grass/range fed animals are no better, as acid rain has polluted the foliage and soil to such a degree that even animals in the wild are dying of 'human' diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and neurological disorders.

Jesse.

I would like to see information on these two items please.  


http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

 

[Brian_and_Jesse]

I would like to see information on these two items please.  

I  have scores of books and reference materials, GS, but you can start with Detoxify or Die by Sherry A. Rodgers MD, ND.  Every statement she makes she backs up with scientific papers on the subject. It's available from Amazon.com

There are many other sources worthy of note, but for a detailed and comprehensive look at toxicity in our lives today, the above-mentioned book is the 'go to' beginners guide - IMHO, of course.

Shabbat shalom,

Jesse.

 

[akrvbob]

Jesse, you are totally off-topic, please stay on topic. You are more than welcome to start it as a new thread.

Bob

 

[Brian_and_Jesse]

Sorry, Bob.  Got caught again just answering another question!  Sigh... not falling into the 'thread drift' trap is full-time work for me.  The toxicity of the Earth has everything to do with climate change, as I understand it. :huh:

Think I'll take some time off.

Blessings to all,

Jesse.