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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:21 PM Original message |
Experts: Climate change is affecting Maine's ecosystem |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. As Maine goes, so goes the nation. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. The first time I heard a cardinal singing in Maine - I knew we were doomed |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Speaking of cardinals |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I never encountered a tick in Maine until 2001 |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They are ugly and nasty |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. rare in Kansas???? |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. From where I live Illiniois is over 300 miles away |
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Morgana LaFey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. I appreciate the map |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. You're welcome |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. We have cardinals? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. Yes - central and southern Maine |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Indeed. They burn a hell of a lot of natural gas up there. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Maine third Northeast state to pass "RGGI" law to cut global warming pollution from power plants |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Maybe you think the numbers are lies? Maine's renewable programs have all failed. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 01:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Yawn |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Well of course, New Jersey's renewable programs are failures too. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I use wood for my heat and hot water - what do you use???? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. I have a couple questions for you. Irony-free. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Which decommissioned US nuclear plant was "replaced" with coal or gas??? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. As usual, no. It does not answer my question. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. How 'bout this... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. I'm trying to figure out how to say this... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. US corn and soybean production over the last 5 years were at record highs |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Global grain supplies are at their lowest point in a century |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 06:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. So there's 53 days worth of grain they couldn't sell. |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. I can't believe some people can be this dense |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 03:05 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. In the globalized free market |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #18 |
25. I have an electric hot water heater, a gas furnace and a recirculating fire place. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Then you should junk you gas furnace and exclusively use cheap nuclear electricity |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 09:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. This is an excellent option. I try to minimize the use of dangerous fossil fuels. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Ummm...New Jersey's electricity costs are higher than Maine's |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 05:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. So, not Solar? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Wood *is* solar energy |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. So is coal, by those standards |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. Wood is carbon neutral, abundant and renewable - coal is not |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Actually, coal is quite abundant |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 02:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. LOL, uranium is created in the core of an exploding star |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. No - uranium is a scarce nonrenewable resource |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 03:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. That rather depends how you measure it. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Yup - every last tree!!!!1111 |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. I always thought they were similar.... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Extreme southern Maine is similar to Mass. (oak dominated hardwoods) |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Thank you. Maine does have different zones... Its been a while |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I do find some irony in that |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Same with us. Bet your ancestors and mine knew each other. Ditto for my hubby's. |
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Mabus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. More than likely |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Yeah, south of brunswick you've got that flat marshy thing going on but |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
37. I am not excited about getting copperheads and other poisonous critters. I love that |
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