It’s So Cold! Is Global Warming to Blame?

My first thoughts on the cold is no, it’s January and isn’t it supposed to be cold this time of year? Well of course it is but the difference is HOW cold!

I haven’t noticed a difference where I live because it just seems normal but the mere frigid temperatures are being felt elsewhere, like Florida.  Farmers there were scrambling to protect there oranges because of the record freeze.

Anyway, you’ve probably noticed the record cold because you’re experiencing it yourself or you’ve seen the news. You can’t miss it if you’re online or watching the tube. It’s all they’re talking about!

So does all this cold have anything to do with Global Warming? It sure does!

Going through all my “Green” friend’s posts about this cold snap, I found an article that shows “4 real-time signs” of global warming that you want to check out   Global Warming Heat Waves and Ice, Snow, Where’s all the Global Warming?

Extreme Winter Cold (Photos)

Photo on home page courtesy of NPR

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  • Susan, you've made a lot of great points here and now that I think about it, aren't we the most intelligent beings on the planet? Well maybe we aren't when it comes to what we're doing to this planet. Maybe would should all just sit down and THINK for a minute and ponder what we're doing to ourselves and our home. Thanks Susan!
  • Ok, let's think here. What is the media interested in, where is their aim in the article...to stir controversy...another think here: would you buy a new car only to spill food and drink and not clean it up? What about leave a chocolate bar in the seat of your car to melt? Think ahead, be responsible, know the facts about plastics...we are destroying forests that help cope with the gasses. We are burning fossil fuels, rotting plastics and farming less...we are taking convenience in exchange for the good things in life, and no, I don't mean money. Although, it's involved...
    Instead, don't eat in your car! Don't use plastics...
    My husband had type 4 cancer, I2th one in his family, all inconsistent in type and location in the body. All of them lived in Alamogordo, NM...near White Sands Missile range. Everyone...over 75% of the population have cancer there, why? Radiation from depleted uranium left over from the A bomb testing years ago. It was no coincidence that when he move there when he was 4 years old, that his hair all fell out and his teeth turned grey. It grew back silver..and black...It was blonde. He and his cousin are the only survivors and his cousin is sick from the chemo...and radiation.
    My husband, on the other hand, is cancer free....no traditional treatment. I learned that plastics are stabilized by a mercury gas...the taste in your water after it sits in the bottles for a while. The mercury is very poisonous...my family doesn't have anything that we use as dishes that's plastic, only glass and polycarbonate.
    Think #3: What do they do with that gas emission? It goes out into the air....and what does that do to our atmosphere, and to us...well, you be the judge. It's irresponsible. It's wrong and it's all about money...
    And what about the leftover drugs that go down the toilet, what about that? That is a whole other subject, but it's all about money, baby! We are a greedy society. A selfish natured species.

    One more think: It is proven that the bees are dying as a species and have already disappeared completely on some Asian islands. They have to hand pollinate asian pears there....by humans...check out PBS for that one, or ask your produce manager at your local store, they can confirm that one! Why? Pesticides...screwed up their immune systems and they couldn't return to the hives.... Chain reaction..what happens if they die off? What are we gonna eat, what happens to the food chain....I mean really, think ahead here. Supply and demand. Pesticides make the food last longer, go further for the almighty dollar.
    If you support organic, local especially, you increase farming, and help the community, help the bees and help the earth. You also might save your health and thus doctors bills.

    Think, think, think! Stuff is messed up, cause we just didn't think! We are top of the food chain, so what are you gonna do about it!
    Seems to me that listening to politicians and media motivated by money is not really a very smart think!
    You know what I think? Selfishness is why some people don't want to think!
  • Here's an article that says all this cold has nothing to do with Global Warming and explains what does. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/...
    Any thoughts?
  • Well hello belly buddy! I think one of the reasons for this obnoxious weather is the change in the earth's axis. We know that the change is seasons is not due to the earth's distance from the sun but from the tilt of the earth's axis. As the world gets older, the earth changes it's tilt by just cm's a year. Eventually, with time, the axis will eventually be tilted in such a way that the earth will have a hot summer and cold winter beyond what we can tolerate. Of course, this will take millions and millions of years but the affects are starting to happen with each year that passes. I do believe that global warming has some to do with the climate but I also believe that there are other things happening that we cannot control. Since we have a helping hand in global warming, that's where we all need to focus our efforts. Go Green!!!
  • I really think that the politicians have created this "conspiracy theory" in order to redirect the money. It is usually all about money for politicians. I think this is even bigger than just us and our bad habits.
    The climate is changing and I also watch the solar flares. They have been very high the last couple of years. You throw high magnetic fields at a spinning magnet like our planet and you will definitely see some changes in it's spin. It's simple science really. The poles have shifted, and that has a definite change in the equator, making a climate change across the globe. Plus, you have humans misusing their knowledge, being lazy and wasteful. You increase that reactions from all of this causing ozone reduction.

    Nasa has been studying this for years and is racing to find new places we can live...like other planets and in space. They must know something, you think?? But they are not going to share everything with us, now are they! First, the government won't allow mass panic, since we are a mostly an emotional race living on impulses most of the time.
    We are entities with the ability to ascend..to grow mentally and emotionally. We are the highest on the food chain and the only ones who are capable to care for this planet. We were originally set here to care for this world and all the creatures in it. I think some of us have done our part but we can't do it all, it will take a whole or it won't work. United we stand, divided we fall. The same is true for our great nation, but that is a totally different matter.
    What was it some one once said.........
    "With great power comes great responsibility."
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