Did You Get the Memo?

A small piece in the Washington Post and with what's going on at NASA isn't getting much play right now, except for on conservative sites. Basically, NASA did it's math wrong and didn't correct for urbanization and the way that all the blacktops and reflective car windshields in heavily populated areas raise the temperature.

If what NASA says is correct, that when they corrected it only lowered the temperature average by 0.15 of a degree Celsius, then I have nothing to complain about. If they're wrong, and it actually did make a bigger difference, then .... maybe Rush should say something. I'm not doubting NASA too much, just saying something.

I think the bigger issue here is the global hysteria over global warming. Whether it's natural or man made, it looks like global temperatures may be rising. Hmm, don't think this has ever happened in the past? What about the fact that a subtropical ocean, where water temperature were 50 degrees Celsius, lived there in the past? Ever hear about the Ice Ages and how everything melted? What about the dinosaurs?

Look, global warming should not comes as a surprise. The only thing that I know about the weather is that it changes. It doesn't stay the same. So yeah, we need to plan for long-term climate fluctuations, and not just sit and take with what comes out right away. And if certain animals, like the polar bear or the Dodo, can't adapt, then they can join the fossil record like the dinosaurs and sabertoothed tigers, and Neanderthals, for that much. I don't understand how scientists, who believe in evolution, can get so worked up about seeing natual selection at work. I just don't. Can anyone else explain it to me?

Oh, and if you want to read a book that talks about how the ideal of the virgin, American landscape might not be true, read 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus. It's eye-opening to say the least.