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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:32 PM Original message |
TN Wildlife Agency - State Facing Loss Of Hemlocks, Beech, Trout W. 5F Increase By 2050, |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. could, might, possibility, .... the only thing we really know is that some people want to ..... |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Toodles |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm glad that you can afford for your energy costs to skyrocket. I can't. So thanks in advance. nt |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The cost of doing nothing will be higher |
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vincna (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Sounds speculative to me - nt |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. President Obama disagrees with you. He said that the costs "will skyrocket". |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 07:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Whatever it costs |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-24-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. That's elevating a lot of prediction to an unsupportable level of certainty. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's an intriguing statement. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. By your silence I assume you concede that not taxing carbon is the same as doing nothing? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Would it matter? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Would what matter? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 07:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. In that case you have a choice don't you? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. My AC is set at 81ºF. What's the temp in your place right now? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-26-09 05:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. 81F (=27C) - I'm impressed! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. And the impact that global warming will have on your food bill will be what again? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Hypothetical as opposed to the certain cost of taxing energy. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Huh. I didn't realize that the Union of Concerned Scientists was a pseudo-scientific organization |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Since the taxes haven't gone into effect yet, wouldn't that make those cost hikes hypothetical too? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. Join the club. Our moose population is almost extinct |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Has Minnesota's climate gotten too warm too fast? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yes, actually. As an avid gardener, I can see the changes in my garden firsthand |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Got hard numbers? How much warmed over what period of time? |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. See post #22. NT |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-25-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. The Arbor Day Foundation has published an interesting update to it's zone maps |
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