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OT Insurance Co Warns About Global Warming Cost
"Bill McKee" wrote in message nk.net... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:51:10 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H." wrote in message m... Here is a site that shows average annual temps various places in the world. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data/ Pick out an area and see what the average annual temps have been. Note that the temps of high population areas rises at a higher rate than does that for urban areas. In most places that I looked, if the area was urban, and the data went back a 100 years or so, there was very little change. -- John H. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes There are hypothesis that the Urban areas are measured incorrectly. Most readings are from ground based thermometers, and over the years the areas around the thermometers have been built up a lot. And the extra buildings add an error to the reading. Spaced based readings have not changed much over the years. Lots less than the ground based readings. Yes, the temp rise in urban areas would seem to be related to the quantity of concrete in urban areas. This would indicate that a return to wooden buildings with straw roofs would be in order. Asphalt and concrete roads also retain heat much better than dirt roads, so we should go back to dirt roads. You're such a visionary. How about requiring that companies use existing empty commercial real estate, rather than mowing down green space until there's nothing left but a few weeds poking out of the cracks? Why does a company move to a new area and build a new building? Because they want to spend lots of bucks? Because of the city tax laws? Because there are no qualified workers in the old area? Because of crime in the older areas? Why? More to the point: Why do they build a new building when, two blocks away, there's five year old facility which falls under all the same laws as the one they intend to build? This is NOT at all uncommon. You've seen it. |
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OT Insurance Co Warns About Global Warming Cost
"John H." wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:58:54 -0500, thunder wrote: I grew up on a farm in Minnesota. We had snow for several months of the year. We also had gravel roads. Believe it or not, they got snow-plowed! You had to mention snow? I just looked out and saw my first flakes of the season. ;-( I look out and see three inches of leaves covering the lawn I just cleared yesterday. I'd rather see snow. Then I could practice writing my name. -- John H. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes I would guess that at least half the leaves on the trees have not yet fallen around here. They also turned later than normal. A very strange fall most likely due to the exceptionally hot summer. |
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OT Insurance Co Warns About Global Warming Cost
"Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Bill McKee" wrote in message nk.net... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:51:10 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H." wrote in message om... Here is a site that shows average annual temps various places in the world. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data/ Pick out an area and see what the average annual temps have been. Note that the temps of high population areas rises at a higher rate than does that for urban areas. In most places that I looked, if the area was urban, and the data went back a 100 years or so, there was very little change. -- John H. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes There are hypothesis that the Urban areas are measured incorrectly. Most readings are from ground based thermometers, and over the years the areas around the thermometers have been built up a lot. And the extra buildings add an error to the reading. Spaced based readings have not changed much over the years. Lots less than the ground based readings. Yes, the temp rise in urban areas would seem to be related to the quantity of concrete in urban areas. This would indicate that a return to wooden buildings with straw roofs would be in order. Asphalt and concrete roads also retain heat much better than dirt roads, so we should go back to dirt roads. You're such a visionary. How about requiring that companies use existing empty commercial real estate, rather than mowing down green space until there's nothing left but a few weeds poking out of the cracks? Why does a company move to a new area and build a new building? Because they want to spend lots of bucks? Because of the city tax laws? Because there are no qualified workers in the old area? Because of crime in the older areas? Why? More to the point: Why do they build a new building when, two blocks away, there's five year old facility which falls under all the same laws as the one they intend to build? This is NOT at all uncommon. You've seen it. Because they want to waste money? |
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OT Insurance Co Warns About Global Warming Cost
"Bill McKee" wrote in message ink.net... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Bill McKee" wrote in message nk.net... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "John H." wrote in message ... On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:51:10 GMT, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H." wrote in message news:2kt7n1toi3s26cqhch32gkr0tsm2ajvgcc@4ax. com... Here is a site that shows average annual temps various places in the world. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data/ Pick out an area and see what the average annual temps have been. Note that the temps of high population areas rises at a higher rate than does that for urban areas. In most places that I looked, if the area was urban, and the data went back a 100 years or so, there was very little change. -- John H. "Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it." Rene Descartes There are hypothesis that the Urban areas are measured incorrectly. Most readings are from ground based thermometers, and over the years the areas around the thermometers have been built up a lot. And the extra buildings add an error to the reading. Spaced based readings have not changed much over the years. Lots less than the ground based readings. Yes, the temp rise in urban areas would seem to be related to the quantity of concrete in urban areas. This would indicate that a return to wooden buildings with straw roofs would be in order. Asphalt and concrete roads also retain heat much better than dirt roads, so we should go back to dirt roads. You're such a visionary. How about requiring that companies use existing empty commercial real estate, rather than mowing down green space until there's nothing left but a few weeds poking out of the cracks? Why does a company move to a new area and build a new building? Because they want to spend lots of bucks? Because of the city tax laws? Because there are no qualified workers in the old area? Because of crime in the older areas? Why? More to the point: Why do they build a new building when, two blocks away, there's five year old facility which falls under all the same laws as the one they intend to build? This is NOT at all uncommon. You've seen it. Because they want to waste money? Nope........it is usually cheaper to build new rather than renovate. Material cost is secondary to labor cost, you usually eat up and saving in materials quite quickly when you try to renovate because of the high cost of labor and disposal of old material. There is also the liability factor. In brown field sites, if you are the new owner, you become liable for any contamination on the site. Building green field, you have no such liability. |
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