Still Republican cynics say there's no such thing as global warming.

John Schutkeker wrote:
Still Republican cynics say there's no such thing as global warming.

Your statement would be more useful if you included more
information --- where was the January warmest? Eau Claire
WI? Wisconsin? The Midwestern US? The US? North
America? The northern Hemisphere?

It makes a difference when you're talking about _global_
warming.


Scott

Scott wrote in news:dsd45g$118$1
@news.doit.wisc.edu:

John Schutkeker wrote:
Still Republican cynics say there's no such thing as global warming.

Your statement would be more useful if you included more
information --- where was the January warmest? Eau Claire
WI? Wisconsin? The Midwestern US? The US? North
America? The northern Hemisphere?

It makes a difference when you're talking about _global_
warming.

That's right, the average surface temp of the US is a negligible
contributor to the surface of the whole planet. :-P

On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:33:33 GMT,
John Schutkeker , in
02 wrote:

+ That's right, the average surface temp of the US is a negligible
+ contributor to the surface of the whole planet. :-P

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html

Area - total: 9,631,418 sq km

Area - comparative:
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa;
about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil);
slightly larger than China; almost two and a half times the size of
the European Union

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/xx.html

Area - total: 510.072 million sq km
note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land

Area - comparative:
land area about 16 times the size of the US

Ergo: the USofA is about 6.25% of the earth's area.

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I R A Darth Aggie wrote:
On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:33:33 GMT,
John Schutkeker , in
02 wrote:


+ That's right, the average surface temp of the US is a negligible
+ contributor to the surface of the whole planet. :-P


http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/us.html

Area - total: 9,631,418 sq km

Area - comparative:
about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa;
about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil);
slightly larger than China; almost two and a half times the size of
the European Union

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/xx.html

Area - total: 510.072 million sq km
note: 70.8% of the world's surface is water, 29.2% is land

Area - comparative:
land area about 16 times the size of the US

Ergo: the USofA is about 6.25% of the earth's area.


Aw, you did his work for him. So if 6.25% of the globe has
1 warm month, is the globe warming overall?


Scott

John Schutkeker wrote:
Still Republican cynics say there's no such thing as global warming.

pfff .. it has been by far the coldest Winter since '97 .. pretty much
since late November temps have been below average. And over here is
Netherlands, Europe.

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:29:13 -0600,
Scott , in
wrote:
+ I R A Darth Aggie wrote:

+ Ergo: the USofA is about 6.25% of the earth's area.

+ Aw, you did his work for him. So if 6.25% of the globe has
+ 1 warm month, is the globe warming overall?

Ummm...depends...how many Russians froze last month?

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