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GeraldRube
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Antarctic Sea Ice Extent Aug 5 2014 – Amazing Rise! 49 Days Ahead of ‘Normal’
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David Autumns
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and despite the dire predictions there's still more than a couple of India's worth of Sea Ice at the other end with only 6 weeks max to the end of the melt Season
----------------------------------------I don't think I'll be needing to live as a Hermit  https://secure.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/...,27654_offset,4400#450665  [Edit 1 times, last edit by David Autumns at Aug 5, 2014 9:19:06 PM] |
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GeraldRube
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 The Al "Nobel Peace Prize" Gore Challenge Dear Mr Gore Make all of that white stuff above disappear by this summer or admit you were being economical with the truth during your acceptance speech and return yours and the IPCC's Nobel Peace Prize Medals and Kroner so they can be given to someone who genuinely risks their life daily while working tirelessly towards Peace. If your fearmongering end of the World prediction turns out to be the truth I promise to switch off all of my computers doing valuable research for scientific projects on behalf of the World Community Grid and others. Turn off The Global Thermometer. Stop driving my car Give up my job and go off grid to live as a hermit and you will never hear from me again. Regards Dave "7 years from now" Dave we have some big rocks in Texas you can crawl under---but i think it would more appropriate for big Al |
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David Autumns
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I've been out and about Gerald in Scotland which is currently gearing up for a vote to decide if they still want to be part of the United Kingdom. So it might be the last visit I make while Scotland is part of the union. Scotland currently has a no new nuclear policy . Long may it continue In the meantime I've been here between Ardrossen and Largs overlooking the Isle of Arran  It's not easy to get to and hemmed in on all sides but  That blue stick is the boundary post of a licensed Nuclear Site ... so no closer. Arrested or get Shot take your pick The 2 white buildings are the shells of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterston_A_nuclear_power_station Which was unique in being loaded from below the reactor http://www.hunterston.eu/hunterstona/page6.htm They will be around for a while http://www.magnoxsites.co.uk/site/hunterston-a/ Wylfa (still running see above) is of this type (!) From this angle no view of Hunterston B http://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/hunterston-b So around the other side from Largs Marina, and quite a zoom  B is the Glassy Building alongside emminating steam (???) Currently one reactor is shutdown for a statutory outage http://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/hunterston-b It was built in 1968 started producing power is 1976 and will still be running in 2023 God willing ! Largs Marina is incidentally home to one of Helen MacArthur's Cancer Trust Centres  http://www.ellenmacarthurcancertrust.org/ 2 left to see currently running but I have overlooked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trawsfynydd_nuclear_power_station No new Nuclear Build at Dounreay, Torness, Hunterston or Chapelcross Thanks Scotland  Dave [Edit 2 times, last edit by David Autumns at Aug 7, 2014 8:16:57 PM] |
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David Autumns
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David Autumns
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We hit the top of the year on the 5th August at 11pm BST
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David Autumns
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Just a bit of clarity around this
----------------------------------------http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2014/02/221704.htm "Try and picture a very thin layer of gases â a quarter-inch, half an inch, somewhere in that vicinity â thatâs how thick it is. Itâs in our atmosphere. Itâs way up there at the edge of the atmosphere. And for millions of years â literally millions of years â we know that layer has acted like a thermal blanket for the planet â trapping the sunâs heat and warming the surface of the Earth to the ideal, life-sustaining temperature"  CO2 being one of the heavier gases in our atmosphere is most likely down here than up there though it is dispersed throughout the 100Kms of Atmosphere as defined by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line If all the CO2 was squashed together in one layer as perceived by the Secretary of State Out of that 100 Kilometres the CO2 layer would be (today) 39.9 metres thick In old money 130 feet 10 55â64 inches out of 62.1371 miles By any measure insignificant but responsible for all life being created on Earth (for the pedantic this layer of CO2 would have to be at the height of the average circumference in the 100kms pile of atmosphere for this to be accurate as the circumference of the layer would change with height and hence the thickness required to represent the number of molecules contained within a layer of CO2 of 399 parts per million would also change with height. Also the number of molecules per cubic metre decreases with height ...this is way too complicated....  )- still 39.9 metres in 100kms is insignificant though considerably more than the 1/4 or 1/2 inch Secretary Kerry would have us believe. Which calls into question the 97%  Dave [Edit 2 times, last edit by David Autumns at Aug 8, 2014 7:58:38 AM] |
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David Autumns
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http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=2724
----------------------------------------Maybe they are having a trial run for when they return home to the UK Winter 2014/15 2015/16 While the power was out a new record recorded low of -55.4C took place http://antantarctic.wordpress.com/2014/08/ Must be the "warming" |
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David Autumns
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Just received the Electricity Bill
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David Autumns
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http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001486441
----------------------------------------that last paragraph is unusual. In a discussion about how the grant will be spent it says "and to take measures to correct public misperceptions about radiation" They are not going to run a PR campaign that says "Extra Radiation above background is good for you" are they? |
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