Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Do You Know the Difference?
As northern Georgia gets blanketed in snow, many Climate Change naysayers point to the icy white fluff as evidence that there is no global warming.
Do they not know the difference between the "weather" and "climate?"
Weather is "the state of the atmosphere at a given time and place, with respect to variables such as temperature, moisture, wind velocity, and barometric pressure."
Climate is "the meteorological conditions, including temperature, precipitation, and wind, that characteristically prevail in a particular region."
Weather is made up of the separate eggs, oil, flour, and sugar. Climate is the cake.
Also, do they not understand what the word "global" means? It does not mean "northern Georgia." It means the entire planet Earth. "Omniterran" if you will. (Yes, I made that word up. It's going on Urban Dictionary as soon as I can get to the site.)
According to scientists, 2010 will go down in the record books as either the warmest or second warmest year on Earth since we started keeping records. And the decade from 2000 to 2010 will be the warmest decade.
So, I'm asking on behalf of everyone who knows the difference between "weather" and "climate," and between "Jasper, Georgia" and "the Earth," please do not point to snow and decry Climate Change. It makes you look stupid and it pisses me off!
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