With all of the fervor these days about the dangers of global warming many people are concerned about the fate of Antarctica. In fact, there is a growing trend of concerned citizens turning to systems to help our sick earth. An even more passionate group are embracing the next step to homemade solar water heater and that is the homemade solar generator. If you are going to do this, make sure you do your research. Electricity is very serious. Start by reading . Doing so empowers you to help the earth and Anartica. If it weren't for our massive reliance on polluting sources of energy, there is fear that Antarctica would not be in such trouble. The fears are that the ice that makes up the continent is melting faster than normal and not freezing back as it usually does with a very even ebb and flow. The fear is that this will inevitably increase the sea level to a degree that will cause major metropolis and land mass to go under water and leave millions of people without shelter and even causing death. So who are making these claims? There are many scientists who are looking at the earth's weather patters and systems for a long time in an attempt to interpret them. The earliest reason for doing this was not to measure the affect of the greenhouse gases that are magnifying the suns intensity and causing the heat to stay within it. They originally wanted to learn about the earth so that they could by recognizing signs be could warn of natural disasters like earth quakes and hurricanes and tsunamis. Since they have kept data to look for these signs they have noticed disturbing trends in things like the average temperature and the increasing sea level and other things like the sized of the ice cap over Antarctica and they seem to only be going in one direction which spells trouble. Then they start looking for why this is happening, and the buzzword is generally global warming. They cite the increase in certain gases like CO2 which are purportedly on the rise do to the millions of different engines that burn fossil fuels across the world. This purportedly alters the charateristics of the atmosphere that hold the heat from the sun much like a greenhouse does. What people don’t realize is that these are all theories to explain trends in the environment that no one has any clue about. It is a fact that Antarctica melts in areas and at different times. Since we have begun keeping records of these events, there is evidence that the land mass is shrinking, but this is very erroneous thinking. Of course it has only been a few decades since we have had the ability to make specialized measurements like this. It may seem like that is enough time to make good predictions about the earth which is millions of year old (some say billions). You just can’t make definitive statements about trends that may just be natural cycles that are 500 years in length. Even 100 year or 50 year cycles would not have been fully measured yet. So we must cool our jets and not take ourselves so seriously. We know a lot less about the melting Antarctica and many other things that seem to be slowly headed toward disaster than we think. We may not know the truth but that should not stop you from making a difference by putting in a homemade solar water heater or solar generator. Make a difference today. Ralph Somers, editor
With all of the fervor these days about the dangers of global warming many people are concerned about the fate of Antarctica. In fact, there is a growing trend of concerned citizens turning to systems to help our sick earth. An even more passionate group are embracing the next step to homemade solar water heater and that is the homemade solar generator. Ensure you do your research if you are going to do this. Electricity is very serious. Start by reading . Doing so empowers you to help the earth and Anartica. If not for our gross dependence on traditional polluting energy sources, the fear is that Antarctica would not be in such peril. The concern is that the ice that the continent is made up of is melting quicker than normal and not freezing again as it typically does with a very predictable pattern. The fear is that this will inevitably increase the sea level to a degree that will cause major metropolis and land mass to go under water and leave millions of people without shelter and even causing death. So who are making these claims? Well there are many scientists that have been looking at the earth’s climates and weather systems for a long time and trying to make sense of them. The initial reason for doing this was not to calculate that implications of the greenhouse gases that are intensifying the sun's intensity and preventing the heat from escaping. Initially they wanted to study the earth for signals of impending natural disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and tsunamis. From the time that they have begun logging the data, they have observed a troubling pattern in events such as the changing average temperature and the rising sea level among other trends like the size of Antarctica's ice cap. And they appear only to be going. Then they start looking for why this is happening, and the buzzword is generally global warming. They cite the increase in certain gases like CO2 which are purportedly on the rise do to the millions of different engines that burn fossil fuels across the world. This purportedly alters the charateristics of the atmosphere that hold the heat from the sun much like a greenhouse does. What is not commonly known is that these are all hypotheses to try and understand the general direction of the environment that no one currently has a grasp of. It is a fact that Antarctica melts in areas and at different times. Since we have begun keeping records of these events, there is evidence that the land mass is shrinking, but this is very erroneous thinking. You see we have only been able to make specialized measurements like this for several decades which may seem like a long enough time to make good guesses about the earth which is thousands of years old (some even say billions). You just can’t make definitive statements about trends that may just be natural cycles that are 500 years in length. Even 100 year or 50 year cycles would not have been fully measured yet. So we must cool our jets and not take ourselves so seriously. We know a lot less about the melting Antarctica and many other things that seem to be slowly headed toward disaster than we think. We may not know the truth but that should not stop you from making a difference by putting in a homemade solar water heater or solar generator. Make and impact today. Ralph Somers, editor
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