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Hottest April on Record
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 18.32
by lewsnews
Another month gone and now they report how this is the warmest April since records began, and I'm not doubting that because it sure has been warm enough to get a tan and sunburn at Dawlish Warren.
But again it's all down to climate change.. it has to be, everything these days is.... it seems fashionable to blame disasters and warm weather on global warming.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 19.32
by Lorns
If this is the effect of global warming then i say " Bring it on!"..
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 19.42
by Jovis
As soon as you get any form of hot weather, it's blamed on global warming. As soon as it rains for any unusual amount of time, it's blamed on global warming.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 19.55
by Lorns
I'm waiting for the drought warning and hosepipe ban even though the reservoirs are full to brimming round here. The river at the bottom my friends garden is looking rather healthy too. Crispy and Aromatic ( the ducks) certainly arn't complaing.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 20.06
by marksi
Jovis wrote:As soon as you get any form of hot weather, it's blamed on global warming. As soon as it rains for any unusual amount of time, it's blamed on global warming.
Are you offering an alternative opinion on the reasons the climate has changed?

Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 20.27
by Jovis
Its not global warming itself which I question; I certainly know the world is getting hotter. I just don't subscribe to the popular theories on why its getting hotter. It seems you can't enjoy the hot weather without somebody saying how it's because of human actions.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 22.02
by Sput
It wouldn't be responsible to attribute this to climate change. It's a case of correlation not equalling causation - we'd expect to see a hot april because of climate change, but alone one hot april doesn't tell us anything. It's like having a graph with one dot on it and trying to say something about a trend.
You'd be hard pressed to find any respectable scientist claiming otherwise, although I'm sure there are plenty of pundits, activists, politicians etc who will try and spout it!
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 22.13
by Jamez
I wouldn't be surprised if the government brings in a toilet tax in the near future. They'll come up with some ridiculous notion that the methane emitted by sewage is contributing to global warming etc.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 22.16
by Sput
Jamez wrote:They'll come up with some ridiculous notion that the methane emitted by sewage is contributing to global warming etc.
In fairness it does - in fact it's quite a potent (hehe) gas in that as well as other respects! It just doesn't stick around (hehe) for nearly as long as carbon dioxide does.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 22.18
by Jamez
Apparently, the average cow emits enough methane in one day to fill a hot-air balloon!
Tax the cows, I say.
Posted: Fri 27 Apr, 2007 22.23
by Sput
Jamez wrote:Apparently, the average cow emits enough methane in one day to fill a hot-air balloon!
Tax the cows, I say.
Something I found out the other day is that it's from their burps rather than farts!