Now, before go too far into this, although both articles are quick to point out that it’s a localized effect only, the problem with the global warming global impact is a whole bunch of localized warming effects. So, to sort of dismiss this as not really sorta being a real problem isn’t fair. Either it’s causing global warming or not. In this case, it is. And since they are spreading fast all over the planet, it’s a rapidly growing problem.
First there were deniers, then flat-Earthers, and a few other insults. When the entire argument fell apart, Al Gore didn’t give up. He just moved the notch up a level. Now we’re all racists:
Before I go too far, really need to start by reading this report. It’s a little long at 30 or so actual pages, but it’s pretty fun.
If you actually did read it, we can have some fun now. If you didn’t, the rest won’t make much sense.
The premise:
While humanity has not yet observed any extraterrestrial intelligence (ETI), contact with ETI remains possible. Contact could occur through a broad range of scenarios that have varying consequences for humanity. However, many discussions of this question assume that contact will follow a particular scenario that derives from the hopes and fears of the author. In this paper, we analyze a broad range of contact scenarios in terms of whether contact with ETI would benefit or harm humanity. This type of broad analysis can help us prepare for actual contact with ETI even if the details of contact do not fully resemble any specific scenario.
Now, the blurb that got my attention:
“Green” aliens might object to the environmental damage humans have caused on Earth and wipe us out to save the planet. “These scenarios give us reason to limit our growth and reduce our impact on global ecosystems. It would be particularly important for us to limit our emissions of greenhouse gases, since atmospheric composition can be observed from other planets,” the authors write.
OK, Gateway Pundit and Hot Air immediately go off on this report. Dismissing it as “stupid”. But, there’s a lot of content here to play with.
First of all, they address the fact we’ve never been contacted. They attribute this to the Fermi Paradox. Wavy lines emerge as I drift back to the day I thought about the Fermi Paradox. In essence, if there are billions of planets and millions with life, why haven’t any come here? Well, maybe because there’s just nothing terribly special, in the galactic sense, about Earth. Drake’s Theory puts a very real limit on space travel as we know it. What it does, as I’ve always felt, is it points out that in order to move in such a way that you can zip all over the universe, you got to use some pretty profound amounts of energy. Regardless of how you do it, it will most likely be expensive. If there are solid planets of valuable resources, that’s where ET will go. Some tiny little planet with lots of trees, cows to gut, and H2O won’t cut it. There’s millions of those out there. So, they would have to come here for a different reason.
Then, they discuss electronic contact. That really doesn’t get too terribly exciting.
Then they get into the meat.
The reason to believe that ETI would be more advanced is because humans and human technology are relatively recent phenomena in the history of Earth. We have only had radio communication for about a century, or just a few generations, which suggests that advanced technology can develop quickly compared to evolutionary timescales. Following this reasoning, it is likely that any extant ETI has been around much longer than us and would have developed far greater technological abilities than we could imagine for ourselves. Even if an ETI is younger than us, the very ability to contact us would likely imply progress beyond that which our society has obtained. We have not yet figured out how to achieve interstellar communication or travel; a society that has these capabilities is almost certainly more technologically advanced than we are……
Did ya follow that? I’ll try to dumb it down a little. If they are smarter than we are, that means, they are smarter than we are. The reason they would be able to communicate with us is because, you guessed it, they are smarter than we are. They’ve been working on radios a lot longer than we have. Next.
They then discuss to some detail how selfish or universal ET might be. Well, that’s fine and good, but it’s pointless in that they are assuming we would care. Man’s kind of reactionary, distrustful, and easily intimidated. Our first instinct in a lot of situations is to shoot first, ask questions later, and let God sort everyone out. They may come here with all the good of the universe in mind, but if that benefit to the universe is to rid it of Earthlings, being selfish wouldn’t make a whole lot of difference for us.
They then ponder our reaction to contact. They think we might not get along too well. They’re probably right. But, exactly how do they think Aleuts are going to communicate with the aliens? It will be a limited response.
They then sum it up with two suggestions. Be careful what we tell them. And, the blurb.
The reason the “blurb” is so stupid is because of what they cite in The Hitchhikers’s Guide to the Galaxy. They didn’t come and chat with humans and decide the planet needed to be saved, they blew it up without telling anyone to make way for an intergalactic highway. The scenarios are endless.
Who are these scientists?
Seth D. Baum, Department of Geography, Pennsylvania State University
Jacob D. Haqq-Misra, Department of Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University
Shawn D. Domagal-Goldman, NASA Planetary Science Division
Someone who studies the physical makeup of the Earth, someone who studies weather, and someone who studies other planets. And the only real conclusion is if we don’t take care of the planet, something else might?
OK, there’s a fight going on right now over cutting wasteful spending……..
Bottom line, there’s ALL KINDS Of first contact scenarios that have already been explored. This scenario they come up with is simply the plot to The Day the Earth Stood Still remake.
Without going to a whole lot of trouble, and absolutely no expense whatsoever to the taxpaying public, I’ve put together some other first-contact analysis:
And coming this fall, Apollo 18. From what I can tell, a movie about astronauts who go to the Moon and find alien bugs with incredible broken technology.
NASA satellite data from the years 2000 through 2011 show the Earth’s atmosphere is allowing far more heat to be released into space than alarmist computer models have predicted, reports a new study in the peer-reviewed science journal Remote Sensing. The study indicates far less future global warming will occur than United Nations computer models have predicted, and supports prior studies indicating increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide trap far less heat than alarmists have claimed.
Several years ago global warming scientists made an astounding claim. 2005 was the hottest year on “record”. Nevermind all the previous history, the headline was what it was. Some people doubted that claim. Myself included. Others then felt obliged to chime in whether they had a legitimate claim to make or not. One of those was a scientist for NASA:
Research at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) emphasizes a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man-made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one-time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal and annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.
His mission is deal with climate change. So, one would assume he’s not exactly in a position to rebut climate change data. That didn’t slow Livescience down at the time. They were quick to quote Hansen’s less than ringing endorsement of man made climate change.
The lawsuit claims Hansen privately profited from his public job in violation of federal ethics rules, and NASA allowed him to do it because of his influence in the media and celebrity status among environmental groups, which rewarded him handsomely the last four years.
Gifts, speaking fees, prizes and consulting compensation include:
A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his “profound contribution to humanity.” Hansen’s cut ranged from $333,000 to $500,000, Horner said, adding that the precise amount is not known because Hansen’s publicly available financial disclosure form only shows the prize was “an amount in excess of $5,000.”
The 2010 Blue Planet prize worth $550,000 from the Asahi Glass Foundation, which recognizes efforts to solve environmental issues.
The Sophie Prize for his “political activism,” worth $100,000. The Sophie Prize is meant to “inspire people working towards a sustainable future.”
Speaking fees totaling $48,164 from a range of mostly environmental organizations.
A $15,000 participation fee, waived by the W.J. Clinton Foundation for its 2009 Waterkeeper Conference.
$720,000 in legal advice and media consulting services provided by The George Soros Open Society Institute. Hansen said he did not take “direct” support from Soros but accepted “pro bono legal advice.”
A few years ago, Harold Camping predicted the apocalypse would occur on May 21, 2011. When it predicted this date, it was a few years away and no one really cared.
Now here it is in May 2011, and suddenly EVERYONE is discussing the latest End Of The World As We Know It scenario. People are scheduling their weekend around the possibility of the apocalypse. I’m not. Got soccer games and stuff to do this weekend.
Now, the way I understand it, the center of this theory is a massive coronal mass ejection will engulf the planet. Something like this:
Oddly enough, Knowing was released about the same time as this prediction seems to have gone public. I haven’t researched all that a whole lot, so forgive me if I’m wrong in my assumption he was inspired by God, Jesus, and Nicholas Cage.
But I digress. His ACTUAL prediction is the Rapture will occur tomorrow, not the end of the world. Those who believe in God will go to Heaven and the heathens will stay here on Earth till it is destroyed in OCTOBER 21, 2011. That just shoots the whole point of my post all to hell because I went to all the trouble of checking:
There are no CME’s. Since it takes a couple of days to get here, there is no way a CME will end the planet as we know it tomorrow.
Soccer is therefore on. Unless of course the other great profit, Al Gore, continues to be wrong and our miserable, incredibly wet spring rains out the sixth game of my boy’s season.
Check back here October 19, 2011 to see for sure of the world is ending or not. Until then, if a whole bunch of your very religious friends suddenly go missing, be afraid.
The only state with no snow is Florida. Even Hawaii has snow. Not sure, but that may be a record in my lifetime. Sure looks a lot more like an ice age than global warming to me.
Got this from a friend. I’ve heard some of it before. Some of it makes sense once you think about it. Good stuff to know if you have to deal with lots and lots of snow. That seems to be pretty much everyone in the US this year. And if my hunch is correct, will be the norm for several more years. Here ya go, thank me later
Keep your headlights clear with car wax! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights – lasts 6 weeks.
Squeak-proof your wipers with rubbing alcohol! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.
Ice-proof your windows with vinegar! Frost on it’s way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water—preventing water from freezing!
Prevent car doors from freezing shut with cooking spray! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber
Fog-proof your windshield with shaving cream! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.
De-ice your lock in seconds with hand sanitizer! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!
I’ve not fact-checked any of this stuff so let me know if it works.
won’t cut it. There’s millions of those out there. So, they would have to come here for a different reason.
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scenario. People are scheduling their weekend around the possibility of the apocalypse. I’m not. Got soccer games and stuff to do this weekend.
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! Just wipe ordinary car wax on your headlights. It contains special water repellents that will prevent that messy mixture from accumulating on your lights – lasts 6 weeks.
! Wipe the wipers with a cloth saturated with rubbing alcohol or ammonia. This one trick can make badly streaking & squeaking wipers change to near perfect silence & clarity.
! Frost on it’s way? Just fill a spray bottle with three parts vinegar to one part water & spritz it on all your windows at night. In the morning, they’ll be clear of icy mess. Vinegar contains acetic acid, which raises the melting point of water—preventing water from freezing!
! Spritz cooking oil on the rubber seals around car doors & rub it in with a paper towel. The cooking spray prevents water from melting into the rubber
! Spray some shaving cream on the inside of your windshield & wipe if off with paper towels. Shaving cream has many of the same ingredients found in commercial defoggers.
! Just put some hand sanitizer gel on the key & the lock & the problems solved!
