tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post9018369509421329147..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10144Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-81561413972778917292010-05-25T01:16:05.313-05:002010-05-25T01:16:05.313-05:00While a 'recommended drink' has merit, giv...While a 'recommended drink' has merit, given the number & scale of the issues we conftont, you might want to hold off on an outright exclusion of narcotics....<br /><br />Re: Inertia, the Northern Hemisphere summer is warmer on average than the Southern (I don't recall exactly but it's a few degrees). This is attributable to there being considerably more land mass in the North than in the South. Land heats (and cools) more quickly than Ocean.<br /><br />But Ocean does heat (and cool), albeit much more slowly. Add to this the anomalistic year - the elliptical orbit the Earth takes around the Sun. The Earth is actually several million miles closer to the Sun in December. It will be several hundred years before this proximity will occur during the Northern hemisphere summer. <br /><br />Therefore, as the southern oceans heat, their rate of temp rise should increase (relative to the Northern Hemi) due to greater solar gain during their summer. <br /><br />While eventually all oceans worldwide will heat-up if these trends continue, I would envision huge near-term (< 10 years)implications in the South for loss of polar ice, disruption of typical weather patterns, increases in extreme weather, etc due to an accelerating process that is already underway.TomOfTheNorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480131003518342065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-15550817370508107462010-05-25T00:42:58.183-05:002010-05-25T00:42:58.183-05:00Your sinister plan to make me an alcoholic has mer...Your sinister plan to make me an alcoholic has merit!Rumorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948216807360763565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-74645444191560516662010-05-24T20:45:11.805-05:002010-05-24T20:45:11.805-05:00kwark / Rumor:
Sorry to be late responding - I w...kwark / Rumor:<br /> Sorry to be late responding - I was out having a life, hard as that may be to imagine.<br /><br />My first thought is to add a recommended wine or drink of the day. "Today's news goes best with a 12 year old Islay..." And some of my best days started with a good drink at 10 in the morning.<br /><br />I'll take it all under advisement and we'll see, we'll see.<br /><br />ckmCharles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-60154955482949492202010-05-24T19:35:38.420-05:002010-05-24T19:35:38.420-05:00I second Rumor's commendation! After looking ...I second Rumor's commendation! After looking at the mountain of problems we face, it makes it hard to focus on the molehill that's the crisis de jour at work.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-63971492517401424042010-05-24T09:57:06.162-05:002010-05-24T09:57:06.162-05:00P.S. Let's pretend I can spell the word antido...P.S. Let's pretend I can spell the word antidote properly?<br /><br />I blame the stiff drink.Rumorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948216807360763565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-20919355290113526122010-05-24T09:11:40.083-05:002010-05-24T09:11:40.083-05:00As usual, I'm ever grateful you take the time ...As usual, I'm ever grateful you take the time to put together your daily briefs, but I'm starting to wonder if it needs a type of "daily antitode" similar to what Yves does over at Naked Capitalism. Because, man, it's either that or I'm going to have to start taking stiff drinks at 10 in the morning.Rumorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948216807360763565noreply@blogger.com