Slappie 9 #1 March 21, 2002 Does anyone has any information or news about the iceberg that broke off antartica? I've heard snippets on this but no real news or even a story?Supossedly an iceberg the size of Rhode Island has broken off and is floating in the north atlantic. Does anyone else think "Global Warming" is happening and the worlds goverments are trying to keep it hush hush as to not cause panic? Like my older buds say.. "Who's gunna care in a hundred years?" WELL I DO!My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #2 March 21, 2002 Yeah, we had been talking about this for a bit, actually. This thing makes the Titanic look like a row-boating accident in size comparison...you know, instead of an iceberg, what if it was RI floating off. I'm fairly sure not too many people would mind..."ahhhhoo...the little guy hasn't done anything yet and you know its going to be good..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #3 March 21, 2002 Damn!! It broke off Antartica (south hemisphere)....floated to the other side of the world (north Atlantic) without melting?? Holy shit!! It must've started off the size of Tejas...Seriously. I haven't heard anything about it. Any info would be interesting. JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #4 March 21, 2002 Ok asshole!! Whatever it's called!! It broke off not sure where and it's HUGE... I agree with AggieDave we're gunna have to refer to it as a "Floating Ice-State" My New Website with 24hr Chat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #5 March 21, 2002 billvon started this thread on the subject yesterday... odd stuff going on these days.nothing succeeds like a budgie with no teeth Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ramon 0 #6 March 21, 2002 Typical conservative arguement: "you don't have enough data to say positively with out a doubt that we are experiencing global warming" But the hidden agenda is lack of public transportation caused by auto makers more interested in selling new cars to every citizen every 5 years and lawmakers receiving huge canpaign contributions from industry...i.e Bush is trying to pretty much get rid of the EPA Clean Air Act. And also there are tremendous reports of persons working at Ground Zero with respiratory problems...The EPA said it was safe....hidden agenda...Don't upset the fragile economy still intact in NY Don't cause trouble, strikes, protests or anything that could turn into a big mess surrounding Ground Zero.Typical Liberal Arguement (unfortunately the scientists are lumped in here) "Ice core samples from antarctica can show what the environment was like for the past few million years. CO2 trending can be done over several million years and you can see upswings, followed by down swings (ice age preceeded by sudden greenery bloom in South America)..Current CO2 levels exceed any ever charted by a large margin and the scientists do not know if the diminishing rainforests will be able to have sudden growth to accomodate the CO2 swing. Hidden agenda...legislate controls on just about everything that emits CO2, raise taxes to help defray losses of companies that can't afford the controls..have the auto industry in upheavals changing to technology which was available 15 years ago, more taxes to defray costs and layoffs. manufactured goods prices go up industry wide to help defray costs of controls or fossil fuels replacements. And non of this would affect the rest of the world. With the possibility of companies like GE encouraging partners and clients to relocate entire facilites overseas to cheaper countries with less controls it is possible more Americans would lose jobs than from NAFTA.but I could be wrong.ramon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emmie 0 #7 March 21, 2002 Hey, I would mind, my dropzone's in rhode island, where would I jump? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mountainman 0 #8 March 21, 2002 QuoteHey, I would mind, my dropzone's in rhode island, where would I jump?So when you you jump in RI, if you have to land out, where do you land? Mass or Conn? Just kidding. Hehehe....JumpinDuo.com...come and sign the guestbook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #9 March 21, 2002 http://www.msnbc.com/news/726247.asp?cp1=1Check out that link for a sweet time-lapse animation.Really incredible"If I ventured in the slipstream; Between the via-ducts of your dreams.......could you find me?" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
