The Who's Cover of "Heat Wave" And Some Global Warming Facts For You!

[DistressedAmerican]

The Who covers "Heat Wave" originally Martha and the Vandellas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAcS6xmSS4


Something to enjoy while reading some less interesting (but far more crucial) facts on global warming:

THE 33 FACTS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING
By Victor Miguel Ponce

http://globalwarming.sdsu.edu/

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*The Earth was formed about 4,560,000,000 years ago.

*In the beginning, the Earth's atmosphere contained very little oxygen (less than 1%).

*Early plants started to develop more than 2,000,000,000 years ago.

*Through photosynthesis, plants uptake carbon dioxide into the biosphere as organic matter, and release oxygen as a byproduct.

*Through geologic time, oxygen accumulated gradually in the atmosphere, reaching a value of 21% of atmospheric gases at the present time.

*Through geologic time, surplus organic matter has been sequestered in the lithosphere as fossil organics materials (coal and petroleum).

*Early animals (with external shells) started to develop about 543,000,000 years ago.

*Animals operate in the opposite way than plants: they uptake oxygen, burn organic matter (food), and release carbon dioxide as a byproduct.

*Humans began to develop about 5,000,000 years ago.

*Cooler climatic conditions have prevailed during the past 1,000,000 years. The species Homo sapiens evolved under these cooler climatic conditions.

*Homo sapiens dates back to more than 300,000 years.

*The variety Homo sapiens sapiens, to which all humans belong, dates back to about 120,000 years.

*The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was as low as 190 ppm during the last Ice Age, about 21,000 years ago.

*The last Ice Age began to recede 18,000 years ago.

*The agricultural revolution, where humans converted forests and rangelands into farms, began to develop about 9,000 years ago.

*The agricultural revolution caused a reduction in standing biomass in the biosphere and reduced the uptake of carbon dioxide, indirectly contributing, however so slightly, to global warming.

*The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased gradually from a low of 190 ppm 21,000 year ago, to 299 ppm in the year 1900, i.e., at an average 0.00519 ppm per year.

*The industrial revolution, where humans developed machines (artificial animals, since they consume fuels, which are mostly organic matter), began about 135 years ago.

*In October 1999, the world's population reached 6,000,000,000, which is double that of the year 1960.

*The world's population is increasing at the rate of about 90,000,000 per year.

*The current world population is 6,527,543,165 (060701).

*The global fleet of motor vehicles is estimated at 780,000,000 (2005).

*The global fleet of motor vehicles has been recently growing at the rate of 16,000,000 per year.

*Motor vehicles (cars, trucks, buses, and scooters) account for 80% of all transport-related energy use.

*The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which was at 299 ppm in the year 1900, rose to 316 ppm in 1959, a 5.6% in the 59-year period, or at an average 0.288 ppm per year.

*Measurements of the concentration of carbon dioxide since 1959 have revealed an increase to 377 ppm in 2004, a 19.3% in the recent 45-year period, or at an average 1.36 ppm per year.


*The concentration of carbon dioxide has increased an average of about 1.5 ppm per year over the past two decades.

*The concentration of carbon dioxide increased 2.87 ppm in 1998, more than in any other year of record.

*Records of world temperature have been kept since 1861. The last decade of the 20th century was the warmest. The year 1998 was the warmest of record; the year 2001 was the second warmest.

*About 75% of the annual increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide is due to the burning of fossil fuels.

*The remaining 25% is attributed to anthropogenic changes in land use, which have the effect of reducing the net uptake of carbon dioxide.

*Anthropogenic changes in land use occur when forests are converted to rangelands, rangelands to agriculture, and agriculture to urban areas.

*Other patterns of land degradation--deforestation, overgrazing, overcultivation, desertification, and salinization--reduce the net uptake of carbon dioxide, indirectly contributing, however slightly, to global warming.


More links:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming.html

http://www.nationalcenter.org/Kyoto.html

[DistressedAmerican]

1. Kick For Earth.

:kick:

GO EARTH! :applause:

[Imperialism Inc.]

3. And another

:kick:

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7. Kick

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[mom cat]

2. Thanks for the post.

Here from the Boston Heat wave with this reminder: take care of fluffy and fido today.

[DistressedAmerican]

4. Good Reminder. Fill Those Water Bowls Folks!

:hi:

[mom cat]

5. And throw in some ice cubes. My puds love them.

[DistressedAmerican]

8. You People Owe Al Gore An Apology.

And the Who!

(wakinglife and mom cat get a pass.):bounce:

[ismnotwasm]

9. Excellent

I was watching a local news show up here in Washington state. The news? Global warming is good for the state Winery industry.
Needless to say, I wanted to vomit.

This very good stuff, and looks like a lot of work was put into it. Thank you.

[Gregorian]

10. Very good post.

These are the facts I like people to see.

By the way, I have personally confirmed the third from the last fact. Several means have been established to determine the amount of increased CO2 concentration in the atmosphere not attributed to burning of fossil fuels.


These are all of the facts one needs in order to start making better decisions. (Note that population is the number one driving force of all other variables.)

[Hissyspit]

11. Ah, the "hockey stick..."

People still debate about the hockey stick (surface tempature graph). I don't know why. It looks pretty obvious to me and should scare the hell out of everyone.

[Carla in Ca]

13. I really enjoyed this!

Thanks for posting...great info.