Thermals: an endangered species?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/featu...108853,00.html

What a cheery little article, Liam. Thank you. It's bad enough that the
winter solstice has not yet arrived and you are warning us of the onset of
the next Ice Age. Do you think we will still have sunlight for this year
anyway? I want to fly one more year before re-doing my gelcoat. If it is
just going to be dark forever, I can do the gelcoat myself or just wait for
the Euro to come down some. Nothing like a good Ice Age to knock the
stuffing out of the European money markets. You're going to wish you hadn't
killed all those mastodons, now.


"Liam Finley" wrote in message
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/featu...108853,00.html

We'll always have the ridge, here's looking at you kid.

Yes, but without the sun there's little or no wind either you twit!

Ian

"Lord Struthers" wrote in message
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We'll always have the ridge, here's looking at you kid.

In article .net,
"John Shelton" wrote:

What a cheery little article, Liam. Thank you. It's bad enough that the
winter solstice has not yet arrived and you are warning us of the onset of
the next Ice Age.

Not necessarily the next ice age. If global warming is really
happening, this may be a natural feedback mechanism in action. More
fluffy white clouds means more sunlight bouncing back into space, whcih
means less reaching the ground, which means lower temperatures. Which
then may mean less evapouration and less clouds...

Whether or not such a negative feedback mechanism exists is I think a
foregone conclusion -- it does exist. The question is how effective it
is, and if it is effective how well damped it is.

-- Bruce

That's a brilliant idea.
"Bruce Hoult" wrote in message
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In article .net,
"John Shelton" wrote:

What a cheery little article, Liam. Thank you. It's bad enough that the
winter solstice has not yet arrived and you are warning us of the onset
of
the next Ice Age.

Not necessarily the next ice age. If global warming is really
happening, this may be a natural feedback mechanism in action. More
fluffy white clouds means more sunlight bouncing back into space, whcih
means less reaching the ground, which means lower temperatures. Which
then may mean less evapouration and less clouds...

Whether or not such a negative feedback mechanism exists is I think a
foregone conclusion -- it does exist. The question is how effective it
is, and if it is effective how well damped it is.

-- Bruce




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