tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post7229519246701872126..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: The Dark AllianceGail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-44122672868926348562011-01-12T03:49:31.933-05:002011-01-12T03:49:31.933-05:00Regarding the autism study - a section in the popu...Regarding the autism study - a section in the popular book on neuroscience "The Brain that changes itself" (N.Doidge) suggests a strong link to "white noise". This might suggest that the freeway traffic noise might be part of the problem. Still a byproduct of our misuse of oil, if so. For all your commentary - bang on the mark, I think.JohnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613781884378953465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-3721154859344326162011-01-11T12:09:03.619-05:002011-01-11T12:09:03.619-05:00Ned: {Oh, we're done for, we're done for, ...Ned: {Oh, we're done for, we're done for, we're done diddely done<br />for, we're done diddely doodily, done diddely doodily, done<br />diddely doodily, done diddely doodily --}<br />Homer: {[grabs him and slaps him] Flanders! Snap out of it!<br />[slap!]}<br />Ned: {Thank you, Homer...I don't know what got -- [slap! slap!<br />slap!]}<br />Bart: {[grabbing Homer's arm] Dad, I think he's OK --}<br />Homer: {[slap! slap! slap slap!] It's better [slap!] to be [slap!]<br />safe [slap!] than [slap!] sorry! [slap! slap! slap!]<br />[apologizing] Sorry.}<br />Flanders: {Diddely -- [slap!]}richard Paulinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-5626874482942814742011-01-11T10:12:28.450-05:002011-01-11T10:12:28.450-05:00Catman, I don't think the chemicals they refer...Catman, I don't think the chemicals they refer to are week killers. Here's another story:<br /><br />http://www.naturalnews.com/019470.html<br /><br />"The study showed that children with autism were more likely to be born in areas with high levels of mercury, cadmium, nickel, trichloroethylene and vinyl chloride."<br /><br />I think the point is there are many more cars on freeways than "major roads." by an order of magnitude and of course they are going faster.<br /><br />I'll google some more and see what comes up.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-60698765988348601642011-01-11T10:05:53.575-05:002011-01-11T10:05:53.575-05:00Morocco Bama, you are correct that climate change ...Morocco Bama, you are correct that climate change will continue because the excess CO2 will persist in the atmosphere for 1000 years even if we stop all emissions. And the aerosols do mask the full warming effect already in the pipeline from prior emissions - and there will be amplifying feedbacks.<br /><br />On the other hand, we are severely compromising our ability to grow food with the ozone pollution. If people understood that we have to eliminate ozone, then maybe the concurrent rise in temperatures as global dimming is relatively quickly eliminated will convince the remaining deniers that we have a little problem here with climate change.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-28949397988749418612011-01-11T10:04:51.245-05:002011-01-11T10:04:51.245-05:00My take on the LA Times article linking childhood ...My take on the LA Times article linking childhood autism with proximity to freeways is that the variety of chemical, concentration and and amount coverage of weed killers used by State contractors is different than the types and amounts used by county employees.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-40439090377130840462011-01-11T09:38:35.113-05:002011-01-11T09:38:35.113-05:00I don't believe the effects of anthropogenic g...I don't believe the effects of anthropogenic global climate change are easily mitigated. My understanding is that the concentrations of CO2 currently in the atmosphere are the result of emissions from at least fifty years prior. All that has happened in between is yet to be reflected, so even if we stopped today, the lag, and it is a significant lag, is yet to hit. Sure, we may be able to mitigate particle pollution and Ozone immediately, but in regards to particle pollution, let's not forget that we need it to offset a further greenhouse effect via Global Dimming.Morocco Bamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-73398193722578088062011-01-11T09:05:40.605-05:002011-01-11T09:05:40.605-05:00Thanks, Gail.
Had a flashback and this tune came ...Thanks, Gail.<br /><br />Had a flashback and this tune came through.<br />World of Pain - Cream<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tgqYWQKBnw<br /><br />(Gail Collins and Felix Pappalardi)<br />Outside my window is a tree.<br />Outside my window is a tree.<br />There only for me.<br />And it stands in the grey of the city,<br />No time for pity, for the tree or me.<br /><br />There is a world of pain<br />In the falling rain<br />Around me.<br /><br />Is there a reason for today?<br />Is there a reason for today?<br />Do you remember?<br />I can hear all the cries of the city,<br />No time for pity for a growing tree.<br /><br />There is a world of pain<br />In the falling rain<br />Around me.<br /><br />Outside my window is a tree.<br />Outside my window is a tree.<br />There only for me.<br />And it stands in the grey of the city,<br />No time for pity, for the tree or me.<br /><br />There is a world of pain<br />In the falling rain<br />Around me.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-20421626827697828202011-01-11T08:21:19.450-05:002011-01-11T08:21:19.450-05:00Catman, I can't remember all the places I have...Catman, I can't remember all the places I have seen references to sea minerals (not the same as salt) but here's the first one that came up when I googled it just now:<br /><br />http://www.thebestfoodever.com/gro-pal-sea-mineral.php<br /><br />I have read enough to believe that it really is a great fertilizer and could be very useful for growing food and specific trees - but I don't see how it could be applied on a forest-wide scale.Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-31564508047051796772011-01-11T08:17:51.315-05:002011-01-11T08:17:51.315-05:00Richard Pauli, we will leave digital images and v...Richard Pauli, we will leave digital images and videos of beauty in Nature for our ancestors.<br /><br />But even those might be destroyed by an EMP from people fighting tribal warfare with nuclear bombs. Everything electronic or electrical that is running when the EMP burst occurs, ceases to function. Some military electronics are shielded from EMP.<br /><br /><br /><br />No beauty. No glue. No civilization.<br /><br />Gail, do you have a link or post about sea minerals to save trees? Wouldn't it be 'sea salt' and I thought salted earth was dead earth.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-81007163152411102132011-01-11T02:52:16.602-05:002011-01-11T02:52:16.602-05:00This posting is most poignant.
Indeed as people ...This posting is most poignant. <br /><br />Indeed as people lose touch with the "vibrantly lush...rich, complex and inexpressibly beautiful.." - people will get cranky. Very cranky.<br /><br />We should remember beauty and strive to keep it. It is the glue of civilization. <br /><br />Jeekers....richard Paulihttp://climatemanifesto.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-45814698515683453622011-01-11T00:33:27.252-05:002011-01-11T00:33:27.252-05:00I noticed it happening here in Vancouver Canada ba...I noticed it happening here in Vancouver Canada back in the summer of 09, though I think judging by some of the trees it has been going on longer than that. It got worse in the summer of 10 and I expect it will be worst once again when the plants start blooming again here in Spring. No one notices except me, or at least if they do notice, they do not mention it.<br /><br />Plants are also blooming way out of season. Roses bloomed in December and we had the cherry blossoms come out in late January 2010 which is at least 2 months early if not more. It's been colder this year so we'll see if it happens again. <br /><br />I think we're in big trouble. I'm a bit worried what will happen when the sleeping folks wake up to the devastation that is growing around us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-9463274665681391302011-01-10T22:00:32.507-05:002011-01-10T22:00:32.507-05:00With our Georgia blizzard, transportation, both la...With our Georgia blizzard, transportation, both land and air, has pretty much come to a halt for a day or two. <br /><br />The atmosphere has become fresh and clean, and smells right.<br /><br />Yes, we can quickly clean up the atmosphere and end ozone damage to perennials. Leave carbon fuels in the ground where Nature put them so we could have the environment we evolved in.<br /><br />I really wanted the Dylan version, but it, along with most of the CBS catalog, now owned by SONY, is not allowed on YouTube. The shotgun blasts on the Easy Rider soundtrack reminded me too much of reality which is crashing in on us.catman306https://www.blogger.com/profile/04670081770711560337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-49464368786502882862011-01-10T11:46:15.844-05:002011-01-10T11:46:15.844-05:00I've heard those sea minerals can offset much ...I've heard those sea minerals can offset much of the damage that comes from environmental stresses. There is still time to rescue trees - we could stop burning fuel, or at least, cut way way back, and the atmosphere would clear very quickly, and we could replant We could build greenhouses with filtered air and start seedling trees and then transplant them.<br /><br />The problem is, we're not doing any of that because hardly anybody realizes how bad it is. For some reason it's obvious when corals die, and not so obvious (except to us) when the trees die.<br /><br />No choice but to keep slogging!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-80549993320941124912011-01-10T11:40:58.773-05:002011-01-10T11:40:58.773-05:00As soon as the snow melts I am going to save as ma...As soon as the snow melts I am going to save as many trees as possible with rock dust. I dont know if it will help but it is worth a try.<br />http://remineralize.org/site/<br />I dont know if things are going to crash as fast as you are saying but the great barrier reef may die this year.<br />http://climateprogress.org/2011/01/09/coral-reefs-second-worst-beating-on-record-2010/highschoolernoreply@blogger.com