Comments on: Laylee has a Fever… Just Like Earth http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/ On Her Flying Trapeze - Blog of Seattle-Area Mom, Kathryn Young Thompson Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:14:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marian http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-38073 marian Sun, 13 May 2007 01:41:05 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-38073 And when the last "ice age" ended, to my knowledge, there were not many SUV's cruising the planet... So why the massive warm-up? Were there pre-historic cows belching methane everywhere? Oh, what do I know... And when the last “ice age” ended, to my knowledge, there were not many SUV’s cruising the planet… So why the massive warm-up? Were there pre-historic cows belching methane everywhere? Oh, what do I know…

]]> By: LainaKay http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-35308 LainaKay Mon, 07 May 2007 16:07:33 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-35308 Amen Pops! Thanks for the info! Amen Pops! Thanks for the info!

]]> By: Millie http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-35296 Millie Mon, 07 May 2007 15:44:34 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-35296 Someone should research this. The "Teh" typo is not a typo. It's part of NCS' never-failing charm. Her Mexi-charm, I don't think she'd mind me saying. She's just that cute. I love her "teh". ;) Someone should research this.

The “Teh” typo is not a typo. It’s part of NCS’ never-failing charm. Her Mexi-charm, I don’t think she’d mind me saying. She’s just that cute. I love her “teh”. ;)

]]> By: Pops http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34984 Pops Sun, 06 May 2007 16:42:59 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34984 Yes, global warming is real. The planet is still in recovery from the Little Ice Age, which gave the planet average global temperatures colder than they had been for thousands of years. The recovery began in about 1850 or so. There was a spike upward in the 1930s, then a cooling period that lasted through the 1970s. We still haven't reached the level of the Medieval Warm Period, during which civilization flourished because of the wonderful climate. But we're getting there. Why the increase in atmospheric CO2? I don't think it's us - we don't make very much in comparison with natural processes. The ocean appears to be the great climate regulator. It contains vast amounts of carbon dioxide in solution. When the ocean warms, it gives off CO2. When it cools, it absorbs it. Because humanity produces so little CO2, we really have no hope of regulating atmospheric CO2. For example, if all vehicles in the United States were banned, it would represent an annual reduction in CO2 emissions equal to 0.00042 of what's already in the atmosphere. That is not large enough to be measurable by any stretch of the imagination. One of my worst fears is that we will resort to the production of aerosols to block insolation -- that could have a truly devastating effect on the climate. Another worst fear is that global warming alarmism is a gambit to fool people into giving up freedom, which seems to be consistent with the political machinations surrounding the issue. In the meantime, enjoy the benefits of increased atmospheric CO2. For example, there is a close relationship between CO2 and plant vitality. As atmospheric CO2 goes up, so does the quantity of biomass on the planet. One experiment indicated a near-linear relationship between atmospheric CO2 and plant growth. All you farmers out there, think crop yields! Furthermore, there isn't a cause-and-effect relationship between atmospheric CO2 and temperature in the paleoclimate record. It's the other way around: atmospheric CO2 rises in response to warming temperatures, often with a lag of hundreds of years, apparently due to the thermal inertia of the ocean. It's the sun. Yes, global warming is real. The planet is still in recovery from the Little Ice Age, which gave the planet average global temperatures colder than they had been for thousands of years. The recovery began in about 1850 or so. There was a spike upward in the 1930s, then a cooling period that lasted through the 1970s. We still haven’t reached the level of the Medieval Warm Period, during which civilization flourished because of the wonderful climate. But we’re getting there.

Why the increase in atmospheric CO2? I don’t think it’s us – we don’t make very much in comparison with natural processes. The ocean appears to be the great climate regulator. It contains vast amounts of carbon dioxide in solution. When the ocean warms, it gives off CO2. When it cools, it absorbs it.

Because humanity produces so little CO2, we really have no hope of regulating atmospheric CO2. For example, if all vehicles in the United States were banned, it would represent an annual reduction in CO2 emissions equal to 0.00042 of what’s already in the atmosphere. That is not large enough to be measurable by any stretch of the imagination.

One of my worst fears is that we will resort to the production of aerosols to block insolation — that could have a truly devastating effect on the climate. Another worst fear is that global warming alarmism is a gambit to fool people into giving up freedom, which seems to be consistent with the political machinations surrounding the issue.

In the meantime, enjoy the benefits of increased atmospheric CO2. For example, there is a close relationship between CO2 and plant vitality. As atmospheric CO2 goes up, so does the quantity of biomass on the planet. One experiment indicated a near-linear relationship between atmospheric CO2 and plant growth. All you farmers out there, think crop yields!

Furthermore, there isn’t a cause-and-effect relationship between atmospheric CO2 and temperature in the paleoclimate record. It’s the other way around: atmospheric CO2 rises in response to warming temperatures, often with a lag of hundreds of years, apparently due to the thermal inertia of the ocean.

It’s the sun.

]]> By: nosurfgirl http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34765 nosurfgirl Sun, 06 May 2007 03:26:13 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34765 :) I'm hoping, too. In any case, as has been stated previous, it's nice to have clean air. Someone recently (I can't remember who) compared SLC's air during inversion to the equivalent of breathing secondhand smoke. eww. :)

I’m hoping, too. In any case, as has been stated previous, it’s nice to have clean air. Someone recently (I can’t remember who) compared SLC’s air during inversion to the equivalent of breathing secondhand smoke.

eww.

]]> By: Eve http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34384 Eve Sat, 05 May 2007 03:03:25 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34384 Cowbell made me laugh, comments made me laugh. Your right about that one. She's hilarious. And meeting her and then picturing that stuff coming out of her mouth? Even funnier! Cowbell made me laugh, comments made me laugh. Your right about that one. She’s hilarious. And meeting her and then picturing that stuff coming out of her mouth?
Even funnier!

]]> By: chilihead http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34381 chilihead Sat, 05 May 2007 02:35:56 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34381 Do you love the irony that my previous comment had a typo? Karma, people. Karma. Do you love the irony that my previous comment had a typo? Karma, people. Karma.

]]> By: chilihead http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34247 chilihead Fri, 04 May 2007 20:58:58 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34247 I will gladly play my cowbell and save the earth IF he fixes that darn typo! I can't stand it! LOL But I do loves me some cowbell, so may play it anyway. I will gladly play my cowbell and save the earth IF he fixes that darn typo! I can’t stand it! LOL But I do loves me some cowbell, so may play it anyway.

]]> By: No Cool Story http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34246 No Cool Story Fri, 04 May 2007 20:57:21 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34246 Ok, so when I said "Sith mind tricks" that meant JEDI/Sith mind tricks. Not something else ;) Ok, so when I said “Sith mind tricks” that meant JEDI/Sith mind tricks. Not something else ;)

]]> By: The Daring One http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever-just-like-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-34244 The Daring One Fri, 04 May 2007 20:41:40 +0000 http://www.daringyoungmom.com/2007/05/03/laylee-has-a-fever%e2%80%a6-just-like-earth/#comment-34244 I think globalwarming is real too. I'm just not fully convinced of its causes. I hope that by reducing energy consumption and pollution and production of green house gasses, we will be able to regulate temperatures. That would be sweet. I think globalwarming is real too. I’m just not fully convinced of its causes. I hope that by reducing energy consumption and pollution and production of green house gasses, we will be able to regulate temperatures. That would be sweet.

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