Comments on: Hot Air http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/ Heronswood Voice – A web log written by George Ball Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:50:49 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Claudine http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24290 Claudine Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:25:08 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24290 How can one says that. As usual, we will not do anything. Meanwhile outside buildings and statisitcs are showing a strong change in temperature, rain, wind, drought in our own backyard. Go and watch the poles. Go in the Pacific at miles from any continent and watch the pollution in the sea, the death of the Fone and Flora. Temperatures too high. Go at the top of mountains and watch plants dying. Do nothing, it seems so much easier. Poor planet. How can one says that.
As usual, we will not do anything.
Meanwhile outside buildings and statisitcs are showing a strong change in temperature, rain, wind, drought in our own backyard.
Go and watch the poles.
Go in the Pacific at miles from any continent and watch the pollution in the sea, the death of the Fone and Flora. Temperatures too high.
Go at the top of mountains and watch plants dying.
Do nothing, it seems so much easier.
Poor planet.

]]> By: Donna http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24288 Donna Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:41:52 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24288 Excellent.......but scary! I say, turn off the AC....it is causing alot more damage...then good! Excellent…….but scary!
I say, turn off the AC….it is causing alot more damage…then good!

]]> By: nadia http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24287 nadia Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:33:27 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24287 I find it so interesting to read different articles about climate change and how vastly different the perspectives are. I really enjoyed this article and the 'artificially cooled' theory is one I had not thought of... and how true and obvious it is. Thank you. I find it so interesting to read different articles about climate change and how vastly different the perspectives are. I really enjoyed this article and the ‘artificially cooled’ theory is one I had not thought of… and how true and obvious it is.
Thank you.

]]> By: Julie Pearson http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24283 Julie Pearson Sat, 24 Apr 2010 09:14:18 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24283 Having lived for seventy years on this extraordinary planet I am well aware of the effect of climate change..I am an avid gardener and a keen observer of nature and I am very concerned with the strange denial of most people when it comes to this particular situation.. So many people are connected to their technical devices and it appears that they are oblivious to what is happening around them. I am trying to teach by example..I drive as little as possible, I have an eco-friendly garden that requires very little water (I have NO grass), try to buy locally, etc...and I pray that people wake up and pay attention to what nature is telling us...otherwise, we are toast!! Having lived for seventy years on this extraordinary planet I am well aware of the effect of climate change..I am an avid gardener and a keen observer of nature and I am very concerned with the strange denial of most people when it comes to this particular situation.. So many people are connected to their technical devices and it appears that they are oblivious to what is happening around them. I am trying to teach by example..I drive as little as possible, I have an eco-friendly garden that requires very little water (I have NO grass), try to buy locally, etc…and I pray that people wake up and pay attention to what nature is telling us…otherwise, we are toast!!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24282 Cynthia Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:09:42 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24282 I concur with the article regarding the observation that global warming is more closely related to modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment than the ebb and flow of natural environmental change. The current population is overwhelmingly surrounded by manufactured climate indoors, with little experience in the natural environment ourdoors. "Be gone" couch potatoes and hot-house "plants!" Do some recent scientific research on climate change, plant a garden and volunteer to preserve the trees in YOUR neighborhood! I concur with the article regarding the observation that global warming is more closely related to modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment than the ebb and flow of natural environmental change. The current population is overwhelmingly surrounded by manufactured climate indoors, with little experience in the natural environment ourdoors. “Be gone” couch potatoes and hot-house “plants!” Do some recent scientific research on climate change, plant a garden and volunteer to preserve the trees in YOUR neighborhood!

]]> By: EDS http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24281 EDS Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:47:27 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24281 Interesting. I've been in the middle about this for some time as global warming has happened before within historical times. (Cattle and wheat were raised in southern Greenland from 900 to 1350 AD.) however I think we should try to stabilize the climate, as both we and nature together are to blame. We here in MA recently had the worst floods in 250 years and the tides have visibly risen (I live on the shore), so something obviously is happening. Interesting. I’ve been in the middle about this for some time as global warming has happened before within historical times. (Cattle and wheat were raised in southern Greenland from 900 to 1350 AD.) however I think we should try to stabilize the climate, as both we and nature together are to blame. We here in MA recently had the worst floods in 250 years and the tides have visibly risen (I live on the shore), so something obviously is happening.

]]> By: Karen Tweedy http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24279 Karen Tweedy Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:32:45 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24279 I concur heartily, having just retreated to my air conditioned home office to further plan/dream about my garden after only 30 minutes of outdoor work in what seemed like a blistering 80 degree spring sunshine. Prior to that I took my dog for a ride in my air conditioned car to buy a milkshake at the drive-thru! We are so far removed from the actual environment most of the time that we are clueless wusses. Your insight along with historical references made me chuckle and think back to the days growing up in Atlanta with no air conditioning. We just stayed outside til we had to come in because it felt better out there and was so much more interesting. Now it feels better indoors and we have the internet, satellite TV and video games to hold our interest and expand our rears! As far as climate change goes, I would like to see some legitimate,open scientific inquiry going on and not just this 1 ring circus (the other 2 rings have been tarped over) presented to prop up the lobbying for the carbon credit scheme designed to line the pockets of some of our so-called leaders. Now should I go sweat a little outside and finish prepping the ground for new fescue seed or continue surfing the web for clematis 'Haizawa'? Ooh, I just remembered I have fudgcicles in the freezer! I concur heartily, having just retreated to my air conditioned home office to further plan/dream about my garden after only 30 minutes of outdoor work in what seemed like a blistering 80 degree spring sunshine. Prior to that I took my dog for a ride in my air conditioned car to buy a milkshake at the drive-thru! We are so far removed from the actual environment most of the time that we are clueless wusses. Your insight along with historical references made me chuckle and think back to the days growing up in Atlanta with no air conditioning. We just stayed outside til we had to come in because it felt better out there and was so much more interesting. Now it feels better indoors and we have the internet, satellite TV and video games to hold our interest and expand our rears!
As far as climate change goes, I would like to see some legitimate,open scientific inquiry going on and not just this 1 ring circus (the other 2 rings have been tarped over) presented to prop up the lobbying for the carbon credit scheme designed to line the pockets of some of our so-called leaders.
Now should I go sweat a little outside and finish prepping the ground for new fescue seed or continue surfing the web for clematis ‘Haizawa’? Ooh, I just remembered I have fudgcicles in the freezer!

]]> By: F. Bennett http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24278 F. Bennett Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:48:39 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24278 Thanks for adding your voice (Hot Air) to this core issue of our times. Next steps might include info on ways to contribute to the solution through gardening tips (eg trees and plants that maximize oxygen, ecosystem health, and positioning in relation to house, watering; or best alternatives to chemicals; or cheap/ non-skilled/eco-sound ways to save runoff water from winter to summer use...)The issue of how our lifestyles are killing the oceans is pressing and could use some personal solutions as well (plastics and acidification). Thanks. Thanks for adding your voice (Hot Air) to this core issue of our times. Next steps might include info on ways to contribute to the solution through gardening tips (eg trees and plants that maximize oxygen, ecosystem health, and positioning in relation to house, watering; or best alternatives to chemicals; or cheap/ non-skilled/eco-sound ways to save runoff water from winter to summer use…)The issue of how our lifestyles are killing the oceans is pressing and could use some personal solutions as well (plastics and acidification). Thanks.

]]> By: Cookie Littlefield http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24277 Cookie Littlefield Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:18:11 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24277 Whoever wrote that was well informed, educated & akin to environmental factors. Bless you! I plan to send this to all our Holliston Garden Club Members, of which I am one. Your nursery is tops and Peter & I have bought a number of plants from you with totally satisfactory results. You people are a treasure but sometimes treasures go unnoticed. Not this time...Bless you again! Impessed, Cookie :) Whoever wrote that was well informed, educated & akin to environmental factors. Bless you! I plan to send this to all our Holliston Garden Club Members, of which I am one.

Your nursery is tops and Peter & I have bought a number of plants from you with totally satisfactory results.

You people are a treasure but sometimes treasures go unnoticed. Not this time…Bless you again!
Impessed, Cookie :)

]]> By: Mary Coppola http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/2010/04/hot-air/#comment-24275 Mary Coppola Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:09:12 +0000 http://www.heronswoodvoice.com/?p=897#comment-24275 Very, very interesting. I have lived in a great variety of climates in US (Mojave Dessert-very hot very dry), Wash. DC (hot & humid), N. Calif. (nearly perfect!)..Europe (England & Germany) cold & humid winters, France/Spain (hot hot summers), India (S. tip...hot & super humid, Chile & Argentina (very changeable daily, hot-cold, not too humid)..and now the killer, mid North Carolina...mild winters w/ferociously humid summers...most of these did not have AC and amazingly enuf, I survived them all w/o too much discomfort. Now older, living in AC, the summers are tolerable & I thank God for it. After reading your article, I can better understand how "they did it back then here in NC wearing all those underclothes and long dresses or 3 piece suits"! Thanks. Very, very interesting. I have lived in a great variety of climates in US (Mojave Dessert-very hot very dry), Wash. DC (hot & humid), N. Calif. (nearly perfect!)..Europe (England & Germany) cold & humid winters, France/Spain (hot hot summers), India (S. tip…hot & super humid, Chile & Argentina (very changeable daily, hot-cold, not too humid)..and now the killer, mid North Carolina…mild winters w/ferociously humid summers…most of these did not have AC and amazingly enuf, I survived them all w/o too much discomfort. Now older, living in AC, the summers are tolerable & I thank God for it. After reading your article, I can better understand how “they did it back then here in NC wearing all those underclothes and long dresses or 3 piece suits”! Thanks.

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