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| North Dakota’s Future: “Too Hot to Plow, Too Wet to Mow? |
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Posted On: Sep 22 2009 5:22PM
Sept. 22, 2009, Fargo, ND — Today, President Barack Obama spoke before the UN for the first time on the successes and challenges that lie ahead on battling climate change, and said, “each of us must do what we can when we can to grow our economies without endangering our planet – and we must all do it together.”
Why is action taken at the Congressional, Presidential, and international level important to North Dakota? Here’s why:
“Average temperatures have increased throughout the [plains] region, with more than 6 degrees Fahrenheit (ºF) increase over the last 30 years occurring in winter months and over the northern states. Relatively cold days are becoming less frequent and relatively hot days more frequent.”
“Conditions are anticipated to become wetter in the north and drier in the south. Projected changes in long-term climate and more frequent extreme events such as heat waves, droughts, and heavy rainfall risk affecting many aspects of life in the Great Plains.”
-Union of Concerned Scientists
So, as you can see, for farmers this means more days that are “too hot to plow, too wet to mow.”
The challenge is clear: “our generation’s response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it – boldly, swiftly, and together – we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe,” Obama said. If you want to see a movie rendition of this “irreversible catastrophe,” go see ‘The Age of Stupid,’ a movie released in theaters Monday that explores just what might be on the horizon if we don’t start working on reducing carbon emissions soon. Let’s be the smart ones. Let’s get together and shift our path.
We certainly cannot afford another delay in action as we did on the Kyoto Protocol. But our Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) have yet to take a position on this critical issue. The President’s remarks will fall on deaf ears this December in Copenhagen, Denmark during international climate negotiations if the US hasn’t passed strong climate legislation before then.
That’s where you come in. You can make a difference. North Dakota is for 1Sky- because the global community is tied together through 1 Sky, 1 Climate, 1 Chance. We can come together to show Senators Conrad and Dorgan that their constituents are watching them closely, and that we we need them to vote for strong climate legislation this fall, for the citizens of North Dakota, not the deep-pocket coal and oil lobbyists of North Dakota.
The best way to get involved on this campaign to tell our Senators that North Dakota is for 1Sky is to come to the campaign kick-off, Wednesday, September 23rd at Teaberry in downtown Fargo at 119 Broadway (under the skyway, across from the black building).
You can sign-up to do something right away! Even if you’ve got just an hour or two per week, there is something for everyone in this campaign.
In the face of this unprecedented challenge, are we, North Dakota and the rest of America, going to let other countries like China surpass America in producing renewable energy and taking the majority of the market-share for the clean energy economy?
This is a race to the moon! Let’s not get left behind because we didn’t take seriously the new clean energy economy and clean energy jobs that come as a benefit of resolving the challenge of climate change.
See you at the kick-off!
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Posted On: Sep 22 2009 6:47PM
I am not going to get into the science of it all. As it rarely ever changes anyone's mind. Which is funny because it is science.
If you follow what has been predicted. North Dakota would average warmer. Mainly in the winter, and normally a warmer winter means more precip. Making it wetter, as well as it will probably extend the growing season. So it would probably be a plus for everyone. Let us also remember during the last warm period our expansion in wealth, knowledge, and population exploded. If your not quite sure when this warm period was.... Medieval Warm Period started in 800 and lasted until about 1300. It was only .2 degrees cooler than today. Remember there was a reason they called Greenland, Greenland.
So lets say a little global "warming" might not be so bad after all. Think of all the farm land and now habitat suitable for human growth in Canada, Siberia, and Alaska.
To combat the problem, what good does it do when China and India won't cut their carbon out puts but we do? It won't matter... Now thats not to say we shouldn't capitalize on a clean energy source/s. It just a matter of economics. Coal plants will cease to exist when they can't afford to operate. If coal plants cease to exist, the standard of living goes down, because there is nothing to replace their power. When the standard of living goes down, pollution goes up. So until CHEAP, clean energy is found that can produce large amounts energy, any type of regulation on so called dirty energy will ruin our economy and pollute more.
If you really want to save the planet from global climate change, kill all the large mammals. As they produce more greenhouse gases than any other source.
As soon as lies and double standards
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Posted On: Sep 23 2009 9:14AM
We are in for a tough winter again and below normal conditions,how is this being a warmer climate?Our summer was even cooler than normal........
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Posted On: Sep 23 2009 11:10AM
Winter will be an average year. We have some cold and warm snaps but for the duration it will all average out. It is true that we are following a cooler than average pattern however. El Nino will play a factor and they both should equal out.
Another thing that would effect the us a lot more than cutting in acting the Kyoto treaty is having white shingles instead of black.
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Posted On: Sep 23 2009 12:36PM
I froze my ass off last winter and I will freeze my ass of this winter.
According to Algore, the winters are supposed to be getting warmer, not cooler. This winter should be warmer than last winter, last winter should have been warmer than the prior winter and so on. We should be talking about what a mild winter we had last year and how we hope this winter is too.
If you wamers were right, then I should not have froze my ass off last winter, and I should not have to worry about freezing my ass off this winter.
Is that blunt enough?
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Posted On: Sep 23 2009 2:17PM
 ......To a T!!!!!
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