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Post by sigurdur on May 31, 2010 16:53:59 GMT
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Post by tobyglyn on Jun 1, 2010 3:40:32 GMT
From the article: "The government, in a report last year, identified the unfenced grasslands and the herds that roam there as acutely vulnerable to climate change, citing more frequent droughts and harsh dzud winters. "We Mongolians did not treat nature properly. Nature is taking revenge. It's all our fault," said Munkhbat Lhagvasuren, a 34-year-old herder who drove his herd of 1,000 through three different counties in the winter trying to find pasture not buried under snow." [insert emoticon here] |
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Post by graywolf on Jun 1, 2010 10:06:54 GMT
Reminds me of the problem the reindeer herders are having with rain freezing the lichen prior to snowfall. Seems the extremes in climate, driven by climate shift, are causing issues for many peoples be it excess snow ,unseasonal rain ,thin ice, drought or storm surge.
Once we have a seasonal pack the evaporation across the old 'ice desert' would ,I imagine lead to even more snow around the northern continental fringe of Eurasia.
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Post by twawki on Jun 1, 2010 11:18:48 GMT
We are children of the tropics - we heat our houses to tropical temps. What will we do when it gets colder and we can either no longer afford electricity or else because of renewables it is no longer constant enough to supply us during the freezing times
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Post by curiousgeorge on Jun 1, 2010 17:17:48 GMT
We are children of the tropics - we heat our houses to tropical temps. What will we do when it gets colder and we can either no longer afford electricity or else because of renewables it is no longer constant enough to supply us during the freezing times Speaking of renewables here's an interesting study discussed on CNET: news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20006361-54.htmlNote the percent of land use needed (especially by various renewables) to meet 100% of 2010 energy demand.  |
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Post by alayna on Jun 2, 2010 4:45:42 GMT
We are children of the tropics - we heat our houses to tropical temps. What will we do when it gets colder and we can either no longer afford electricity or else because of renewables it is no longer constant enough to supply us during the freezing times Speaking of renewables here's an interesting study discussed on CNET: news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20006361-54.htmlNote the percent of land use needed (especially by various renewables) to meet 100% of 2010 energy demand. Well the answer seems pretty damn obvious to me.. NUCLEAR sigh.  |
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Post by alayna on Jun 2, 2010 4:46:10 GMT
This is damn scary. I hope these reports are wrong.
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