KKOB Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Is global warming a good thing for the UK? Most of the downsides have been explained but is there anything positive to this phenomena? hmmm . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 We might be able to grow olives and oranges. If we're ever not either a) Flooded or b) In the middle of a drought. Sure I read an article asking this very question a while ago and it did point out quite a few positives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Over the past 350 years since the weather records began the weather recently scratches the surface of the damage weather has done in the past + Including Rainfall and Temperature... What that has do to with your question I don't know but all I'm gonna say is There is nothing negative as of yet to be shown and if their is, surely it just means hotter summers and milder winters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 For you, there might be good sides. For Dutchies, well... Which reminds me, I need new swimming pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shino Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I can't believe this... DCK, maybe you can clarify something for me, why did the Dutch start "stealing" land from the sea and when they started? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 A generally hotter planet means more than just hot summers and mild winters though, it means different extremes of too much/too little rainfall thanks to increased evaporation and more things like hurricanes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Somewhere in the Middle Ages (11th century) they started 'poldering' small lakes already. Poldering was mainly done for the fertile land it yields, but in recent years it was done just for living space (the entire province Flevoland was made for that). We didn't go easy, comparing: Middle Ages: Now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaggle64 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 A rise of 1-2 degrees will result in regular, hotter summers, the type of ones which killed dozens people across Europe a few years ago. Southern parts of Europe will become unable to farm traditional summer crops. Economic migrants from Africa and Asia, where the deserts have already started expanding at an exponential rate, will increase dramatically. As the ice caps melt it's possible that gulf stream, which brings us our warm weather and much of our rain, will be either shifted or stop all together by the new body of water. If the ice caps do melt, we're pretty much guaranteed a rise in sea level of at least sixteen feet, which (I probably don't have to point out) will make the recent nation-wide flooding look like paddling pool. Of course, this is all if we're lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfox Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Sea levels rising = destruction of Liverpool and a beach for Manchester? Must be good then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-zim Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 also is the gulf stream becomes diluted with water from the melting ice caps it could actually send all of europe into an ice age. Watch an inconvenient truth by al gore. it makes you really think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatnickc Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 As the ice caps melt it's possible that gulf stream, which brings us our warm weather and much of our rain, will be either shifted or stop all together by the new body of water. also is the gulf stream becomes diluted with water from the melting ice caps it could actually send all of europe into an ice age. Watch an inconvenient truth by al gore. it makes you really think. You mean the North Atlantic Drift. The gulf stream becoems that when it hits North America. I'd prefer cooler weather in Britain, so if the NAD stops I'd be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-zim Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 it is all the same cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKOB Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 Where's the evidence for this? Like pages from science websites? It's alright saying these things are possible but why is it and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Sea levels rising = destruction of Liverpool and a beach for Manchester? Must be good then! Hear hear. A beach on Manchester would rock. The Uk might become warmer thus making it that tiny little* bit more of an option for foriegners to come and visit on holiday. *very tiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I'm actually amazed we haven't had the token "Gloabl Warming Hoax!!!" conspiracy nut yet, there's at least one on every board. He'll be waiting in the wings as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Sea levels rising = destruction of Liverpool and a beach for Manchester? Must be good then! Why don't they just nuke Manchester bury a mile deep hole and pump all the water there?....Makes alot more sense ::P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-zim Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Where's the evidence for this? Like pages from science websites? It's alright saying these things are possible but why is it and stuff. Watch "An inconvienient truth" it won loads of awards. there was a website but i forgot it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Why don't they just nuke Manchester bury a mile deep hole and pump all the water there? Because as soon as there's a drought the scousers would be over there robbing it by the bucket load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Because as soon as there's a drought the scousers would be over there robbing it by the bucket load. Why-Aye-Man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Why don't they just nuke Manchester bury a mile deep hole and pump all the water there?....Makes alot more sense ::P The IRA already tried and failed. Alas the pub my dad ran didn't survive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Chavs, football hooligans, celebrity gossip-whores and binge drinkers now make up a large population of the UK. If we can... remove some of those - it could be an improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Chavs, football hooligans, celebrity gossip-whores and binge drinkers now make up a large population of the UK. If we can... remove some of those - it could be an improvement. You forget to include those 90,000 Prison Loving Criminals.... Besides anything that we do to reduce global warming China will make up for the Emissions we have saved and then triple the output... It's all looking a little bit futile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Global warming is most likely doesn't even exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Global warming is most likely doesn't even exist. I was just about to say that. It's just the natural rise and falls of temperature the Earth has seen time and time again. This graph shows and explains all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant-Shimmin Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 So Good he posted it twice....Touche Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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