Comments on: Al Gore’s Thermometer http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/ Motivating readers to believe, act, and achieve by looking at life with wit, wisdom, and engaging creativity Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:14:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Can Somebody Explain Temperature To Me? http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-29333 Can Somebody Explain Temperature To Me? Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:40:35 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-29333 [...] a chance that one of the thermometers is not giving an accurate reading. You mean like mine? Al Gore [...] a chance that one of the thermometers is not giving an accurate reading. You mean like mine? Al Gore

]]> By: pet snakes http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27769 pet snakes Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:03:59 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27769 My guess is that Al Gore has been breathing on that thermometer and all his hot air is causing the temperature to rise. My guess is that Al Gore has been breathing on that thermometer and all his hot air is causing the temperature to rise.

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27751 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:43:24 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27751 Usually it's because something smells good in the kitchen. But maybe that's just me. Usually it’s because something smells good in the kitchen.

But maybe that’s just me.

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27750 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:42:28 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27750 We need lots of funny these days! We need lots of funny these days!

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27749 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:42:12 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27749 It's super sensitive! Thank you for the SU, sir!!! It’s super sensitive!

Thank you for the SU, sir!!!

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27748 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:41:37 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27748 No trickery involved at all. No trickery involved at all.

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27747 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:41:04 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27747 Al Gore invented the backlash. Al Gore invented the backlash.

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27746 dcr Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:40:33 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27746 Nope. The thermometer really is outside. Nope. The thermometer really is outside.

]]> By: brain http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27745 brain Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:06:03 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27745 every one is being led by the nose in one form or another every one is being led by the nose in one form or another

]]> By: Random Eric http://www.dcrblogs.com/2009/01/31/al-gores-thermometer/#comment-27744 Random Eric Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:39:54 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/?p=1540#comment-27744 It is funny, and we need more funny! If people are taking this seriously (ugh)... Maybe Al Gore simplified it too much. Global warming would not mean the end of Winter, or that we will never have really cold Winters. More like Winter on average over the world and over the years would be a little warmer (doesn't sound TOO bad) but also that Summer would be hotter on average over the world and over the years. Effects we would most likely notice are different weather patterns, different amounts of precipitation, changes in crop productivity, droughts, etc., etc. Some places might be nice! Some could really suffer catastrophically. Minor climate changes tend to be felt rather harshly by humans, other animals, and of course plants. If we had significant global warming and it started to accelerate into runaway global warming, that could be lethal. I don't think any scientists are really saying that has to happen It is funny, and we need more funny!

If people are taking this seriously (ugh)… Maybe Al Gore simplified it too much.

Global warming would not mean the end of Winter, or that we will never have really cold Winters. More like Winter on average over the world and over the years would be a little warmer (doesn’t sound TOO bad) but also that Summer would be hotter on average over the world and over the years. Effects we would most likely notice are different weather patterns, different amounts of precipitation, changes in crop productivity, droughts, etc., etc. Some places might be nice! Some could really suffer catastrophically. Minor climate changes tend to be felt rather harshly by humans, other animals, and of course plants.

If we had significant global warming and it started to accelerate into runaway global warming, that could be lethal. I don’t think any scientists are really saying that has to happen

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