Signs of Global Warming

[Jakey]

I was saying they ARE spending billions of dollars per year on alternative fuel research. That is part of the reason why our gas prices are so high right now. I believe BP is leading that pack.

Source please. :confused:

[joesushi]

THANK YOU, Jakey!

[iceminion]

Pwned!!!

[Kracka]

Source please. :confused:
It was quoted on the news from when big-oil was in front of congress, I'll see if I can find some documents pertaining to such after work tonight.

[Kracka]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/3736826.html BP alone plans to spend $8 billion over the next decade.

[Jakey]

It was quoted on the news from when big-oil was in front of congress, I'll see if I can find some documents pertaining to such after work tonight.

That'd be cool as I have also read about oil companies dumping money into alternative fuel research, but I have yet to see anything which links those R&D expenditures to the high crude oil prices.

[LaunchHard]

You don't need a scientist to tell you about global warming. Just look at what winter was like ten years ago in Minnesota compared to this year. It really is rather sadening. I remember being able to make tunnels in my front yard throught the snow, now its a rarity to have to shovel. Pretty soon we'll forget all about snow, 10 more years, thats my bet.

[AJ]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/23/polar.icemelt.ap/index.html

Another write up.

[1ViciousGSX]

Vicious, where is the proof that the inland glaciers are melting? I have seen a lot of mixed evidence out there. The average temperature of the earth as a whole has not changed much since they were able to keep accurate records.

Looking at the other side of things, what if the earth is able to "cleanse" itself much more than most people realize? Weather patterns seem to go in a 70 year cycle.I'm glad we are talking about this, I just saw a show on the Discovery Science channel about this a few minutes ago. It was called "The Big Chill". Look for it, it explains alot. They stated directly that Iceland's (or Greenland's, can't remember which) glaciers are melting and receeding at a rate of 12 kilometers a year. Maybe a decade ago they were receeding at 6 kilometers a year, so the rate has doubled in recent times. In the next 50 years the waters that dump into the Atlantic Ocean from several rivers will double due to global warning, which will dilute the salt water and slow or stop the "conveyer".

[joesushi]

I've heard that Europe will suffer an extreme drop in temperatures due to shifts in the oceans' currents.