tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post6051983008939870840..comments2023-04-24T09:36:27.739-05:00Comments on Off the Grid in Minneapolis: Geotectonic Ocean Heat TransferUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-59447320076100048942012-08-23T12:59:46.335-05:002012-08-23T12:59:46.335-05:00When you think of it most knowledge that is accept...When you think of it most knowledge that is accepted as gospel is eventually turned on its ear. I guess, given enough time, most knowledge will be debunked or superseded. The current climate change theories may be no different. But the Earth Mother is ever changing. That is her nature. I agree though, the little blue planet may be warming up as a natural course of events, the problem seems to be we are speeding up the process. And that ain't good. Rob Bowyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13668341760863190048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-73998540235538248942012-08-16T09:07:46.265-05:002012-08-16T09:07:46.265-05:00Jason,
Forgot to mention, I love pics of galaxies...Jason,<br /><br />Forgot to mention, I love pics of galaxies. I especially love those from the Hubble, that show dozens of galaxies. To think that we have just begun to discover planets outside our solar system, in our own galaxy, with perhaps and many galaxies out there, as there are stars in this one!William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-76110799291874750682012-08-16T08:53:14.528-05:002012-08-16T08:53:14.528-05:00John,
Unfortunately, peak tectonic activity, if w...John,<br /><br />Unfortunately, peak tectonic activity, if we are approaching that as on a cycle, could mean anything, in terms of quake and volcanic potential. We've no guarantees. And yes, we don't need a Toba to destroy the world. We can do that ourselves very easily.<br /><br />Jason,<br /><br />We are deeply conditioned to think dualistically, that if it's not one it has to be the other. Why not - both, and...? No question AGW is true; it is only false to say, if there is another contributing factor, then AGW can't be true.<br /><br />The earth isn't actually round. I believe it is somewhat quashed, wider in diameter east/west than n/s, due to gravitational exertion. Which suggests, any shift in gravitational intensity would either quash it more, or make it more like a ball, in which case, destabilizing fault lines. Perhaps the same effect related to the shrinking and weakening of the heliosphere, whatever that is?<br /><br />BTW - I knew I shouldn't have inserted that graphic. I was suspicious of it from the start. Though if that guy of your link is right, and I suspect he is - and it is true things will get bumpier the closer we get to the equator, then we haven't seen anything yet...<br /><br />The only truly credible thing I have heard about 2012 as it relates to astronomy, came from here:<br /><br />http://www.infinitelymystical.com/2012-essays.html William Hunter Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659156353754825272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-16545399572996452042012-08-16T04:56:19.959-05:002012-08-16T04:56:19.959-05:00Actually, should have said we were looking deep in...Actually, should have said we were looking deep into the UNIVERSE, not the galaxy.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paulandliz.org/Galaxies/Galaxies_Messier.htm" rel="nofollow">Here</a> are some of the pictures he has taken of distant galaxies.<br /><br />Jason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-25551105115533209552012-08-16T04:40:50.959-05:002012-08-16T04:40:50.959-05:00That is very interesting and certainly livened up ...That is very interesting and certainly livened up my otherwise dull Thursday morning. I have long suspected that there is far more going on, climate-wise, than we can possibly know.<br /><br />Once, as a journalist in Spain, I spent a night gazing deep into the galaxy with an ex-Nasa astronomer who had turned his entire house into a gigantic telescope. We photographed a galaxy that had never been seen before (there's plenty of 'em) and he gave me a bit of an insight into numerous forces 'out there' which can exert influence upon our own planet. I still believed in the AGW hypothesis (and still do) but at least my mind was opened to the possibility that scientists acting in a consensus might not be 100 correct all the time.<br /><br />Still, it's strangely reassuring if it really is the case. When you consider that the Earth's crust is only 0.1% (approx) of the diameter, is it really too much to think that a slight wobble, magnetic upheaval or acceleration/deceleration of velocity could cause stress around the fault lines?<br /><br />BTW, <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2010/06/03/whats-going-to-happen-when-the/" rel="nofollow">this guy</a> says the galactic equator cycle is 30 million years long for Earth and that we are a few hundred thousand years away from crossing it. Who to believe?Jason Heppenstallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17886109260870545074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1160895395634617774.post-83365482960748443662012-08-15T22:37:42.516-05:002012-08-15T22:37:42.516-05:00Actually, if the hypothesis about the global warmi...Actually, if the hypothesis about the global warming being caused by earthquakes being caused by passing through the galactic equator is correct, this is wonderful news. We should just be about peak earthquakes, so maybe in another 20 years things will be back to normal in that realm.<br /><br />Still have the rest of the mess to deal with, though.John D. Wheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203607452410210779noreply@blogger.com