Gulf Stream Slowdown in Progress?

peacefinder writes "Researchers report that one process which drives the Gulf Stream is slowing down. As that current is part of the global oceanic heat conveyor which keeps parts of Europe and North America warmer than would be expected for their latitudes, such a slowdown might lead to abrupt climate change."

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So what do we do?

[robpoe]

Of course the party line is "Stop polluting".

Riiight.

When %Politician% from %party% starts driving electric cars to political rallies .. then it's leadership by example. But .. where do they get the power for said electric cars? Coal burning power plants. So is it really LESS pollution to drive an electric car than an oil powered one?

No.

So what? Build huge wind farms? Sorry, the environmentalist commies say it's too hard on the local birds, who fly into the blades and splatter.

Nuclear? Even with all the safety advances, the environmentalist commies rally and attack and block and sing kumbahyah (sp) in front of the bulldozers...

Oil? Heck no! Save our forests (from the same environmentalist commies).

Wait! I got it. Hydrogen power.

Duuh, where you do think they're getting the hydrogen. Passing large amounts of power through water. They get Oxygen, too, but where does the power come from? Coal! Right.

Oh, you say electrolysis. How do they heat the metals. Coal. Bingo.

The answer here is there IS no answer. Joe Fatass Public isn't going to stop driving his SUV cuz it's gunna get cold next century.

Something's gotta give .. and the environmentalist commies .. wont allow it TO give.

Mod me down, whatever...