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Prophet 451 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-12-07 03:29 PM
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60. There's a lot suggests that
Remember that Einstein line that if the honeybee disappeared, mankind would have only four years to live? Remember that they are, in fact, disappearing? They start disappearing in 2007, vanish entirely in 2008. Add four years and that takes us to... *gulp*

Also, in 2012, THIS turns up again. Toutatis 4179, it's a planet killer. Narrowly missed us in 2004, it'll miss us comfortably next year but the erratic orbit (it pretty much tumbles through space) makes it difficult to predict after that and if it hits us in 2012 or makes a close enough pass, it's game over.
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  -Ominous Arctic melt worries experts rodeodance  Dec-11-07 06:28 PM   #0 
  - Costner called it. Welcome to Waterworld. I'll try to adopt a few polar bears when the shit hits  zonkers   Dec-11-07 06:30 PM   #1 
  - The Pope "Sir Ratface" doesn't agree  saigon68   Dec-12-07 11:10 AM   #49 
  - puh-lease...  QuestionAll   Dec-12-07 07:49 PM   #69 
  - 1st k&r  superconnected   Dec-11-07 06:31 PM   #2 
  - Much ado about nuthin'. Fred Thompson sez global warming concerns  kestrel91316   Dec-11-07 06:50 PM   #3 
  - Fred Thompson is "overblown" -- but lightbulbs aren't going to fix this --- !!!  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:27 PM   #10 
  - There is no political solution to this problem.  motocicleta   Dec-11-07 08:57 PM   #4 
  - "Politics is the shadow cast over government by corporations" . . ..  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:30 PM   #11 
     - Thanks for the hope  motocicleta   Dec-11-07 11:59 PM   #25 
     - get real  ideagarden   Dec-12-07 01:03 AM   #27 
  - That's it?  motocicleta   Dec-11-07 09:01 PM   #5 
  - No -- everyone is busy decking the halls . . . joyous season and all that --- !!!  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:32 PM   #12 
  - Yes, this was a bad, bad year for the environment.  psychopomp   Dec-11-07 10:38 PM   #16 
     - Like I said, I just got done puking  motocicleta   Dec-11-07 11:58 PM   #24 
  - No more ice bongs?  slackmaster   Dec-11-07 09:03 PM   #6 
  - No body gives a crap  kiloman   Dec-11-07 10:12 PM   #7 
  - we give a crap. kids give a crap. and when they grow up they're gonna  orleans   Dec-12-07 03:49 AM   #33 
  - Yes. People will give a crap when the crisis hits them personally.  Winebrat   Dec-12-07 05:49 AM   #35 
  - Sure we do, But the Pope doesn't  kiloman   Dec-12-07 09:29 AM   #37 
  - With a major ice storm affecting a large swath of the USA  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 10:01 AM   #40 
     - There are just way too many people who are so literal-minded  StephenB48   Dec-12-07 12:43 PM   #55 
     - I would go one stage further ...  Nihil   Dec-12-07 07:12 PM   #67 
     - Yes, because they've heard so little about it ---  defendandprotect   Dec-12-07 09:22 PM   #72 
  - Did you think that ExxonMobil worked so hard for decades so that you  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:34 PM   #13 
  - delete-wrong place.nt  nam78_two   Dec-11-07 11:19 PM   #22 
  - you use arctic sea-ice in your bong?  QuestionAll   Dec-12-07 07:51 PM   #70 
  - Congratulations, West Palm Beach resident Rush Limbaugh.  gauguin57   Dec-11-07 10:17 PM   #8 
  - Shouldn't we have at least left our kids a planet --- ????  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:27 PM   #9 
  - My partner and I don't have kids and I get discouraged sometimes  theHandpuppet   Dec-11-07 10:55 PM   #17 
     - As they say, "No good deed goes unpunished---"!!!  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 11:12 PM   #21 
     - continue in your way  kineneb   Dec-12-07 11:28 AM   #51 
  - Hey ...this can't be!! I heard the newt claim the South Pole ice was growing....  Hulk   Dec-11-07 10:37 PM   #14 
  - Yeah, like when you cut down 1,000 year old redwoods, trees do grow again --- !!!  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 10:38 PM   #15 
  - Do Alaska cruise ships speed the ice melting?  annm4peace   Dec-11-07 10:55 PM   #18 
     - It's a great question . . . and I have more . . .  defendandprotect   Dec-11-07 11:07 PM   #20 
        - Electric cars are still ecocide  tovarish   Dec-12-07 03:30 PM   #61 
           - True, but the burning of fossil fuels has created Global Warming -- a bigger threat!  defendandprotect   Dec-12-07 09:16 PM   #71 
  - It's actually true  XemaSab   Dec-12-07 12:05 PM   #53 
  - Aw shit  vanboggie   Dec-11-07 10:58 PM   #19 
  - K&R.nt  nam78_two   Dec-11-07 11:20 PM   #23 
  - Glabal warming isn't happening  Prophet 451   Dec-12-07 12:56 AM   #26 
  - Once you understand and aceept that we are toast, the rest is easy. :) nt  Javaman   Dec-12-07 09:32 AM   #38 
  - By damn those Myans had it right!  Gonnuts   Dec-12-07 01:29 AM   #28 
  - oh, yeah ... merry chirstmas  Gonnuts   Dec-12-07 01:37 AM   #29 
  - As we happily go the same route of the Myans  FREEWILL56   Dec-12-07 02:45 AM   #31 
  - If not then, 2038 for sure  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 10:06 AM   #41 
  - There's a lot suggests that  Prophet 451   Dec-12-07 03:29 PM   #60 
  - The Mayans said the day before my 50th birthday is the end of a cycle.  Thor_MN   Dec-12-07 07:25 PM   #68 
  - How about 7 years?  vmaus   Dec-12-07 02:02 AM   #30 
  - And it doesn't matter how much Al Gore tries to temper his message...  DCKit   Dec-12-07 09:58 AM   #39 
  - "...According to that pattern, 2007 shouldn't have been a major melt year, but it was...!"  Up2Late   Dec-12-07 02:49 AM   #32 
  - Extremely worrisome  Maestro   Dec-12-07 05:39 AM   #34 
  - Not to play Devil's Advocate too strongly, but it has happened before  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 10:07 AM   #42 
     - I understand the cyclical nature of climate change  Maestro   Dec-12-07 10:36 AM   #43 
     - I'll go with exacerbated  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 10:48 AM   #44 
     - Exactly right Maestro...  Virginia Dare   Dec-12-07 02:48 PM   #57 
     - Really?  tex-wyo-dem   Dec-12-07 10:57 AM   #45 
     - You misread my post, apologies if I was not clear  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 11:02 AM   #46 
        - Sorry, I did misunderstand your post...  tex-wyo-dem   Dec-12-07 11:14 AM   #50 
     - ahh, but at the same speed? that is the question.  kineneb   Dec-12-07 11:32 AM   #52 
  - OH YES, SO LET'S KEEP SLASHING AND BURNING FORESTS......  RestoreGore   Dec-12-07 06:23 AM   #36 
  - We'd rather spend the next 5 years bombing Iran.  donkeyotay   Dec-12-07 11:06 AM   #47 
  - Here's a photograph taken on top of the Greenland Ice Cap  hatrack   Dec-12-07 11:09 AM   #48 
  - Welcome to Hospital Key, Dry Tortugas!  XemaSab   Dec-12-07 12:10 PM   #54 
  - And then this happens  tovarish   Dec-12-07 03:55 PM   #62 
  - Kicked and recommended  Uncle Joe   Dec-12-07 02:37 PM   #56 
  - Not a good time to be purchasing beachfront property....n/t  Virginia Dare   Dec-12-07 02:50 PM   #58 
     - Melting of arctic sea ice doesn't raise sea level by much  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 03:14 PM   #59 
        - I disagree in that, the melting of the sea ice will be one more tipping point  Uncle Joe   Dec-12-07 04:09 PM   #63 
        - Its more the effect it could have on ocean currents  knight_of_the_star   Dec-12-07 04:28 PM   #64 
           - The potential feedback effects, both positive and negative, are not well understood  slackmaster   Dec-12-07 04:31 PM   #65 
              - Right, which is why any predictions..  Virginia Dare   Dec-12-07 05:56 PM   #66 
 

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