QUOTE: Originally posted by rrnut282 Modelcar Your question about the floating ice is only correct for the North Pole. A good majority of the ice around the South Pole sits on top of the continent of Antartica. In places it is upwards of a thousand feet thick. I believe that is the ice that might, possibly, only in the extremist of circumstances, that would be responsible for the oceans to rise, if it ever melts. While I'm on the subject, does the Kyoto Protocols specifically ban volcanic activity? One good blast from a volcano spews more ash, co2, methane, and hydrocarbons into the atmosphere than the U.S. does in several years. (Remember the cool summer we had after Mt Penitubo erupted in the Phillipeans?) So I say, if they don't go after the biggest polluters, why are they picking on the little 'ol U.S.?
QUOTE: Originally posted by M.W. Hemphill Dave (futuremodal): A debate on global warming is hopelessly off-topic for this forum, only the discussion of how carbon emissions, etc., would affect railroads, and for that question one doesn't have to prove global warming is fact or fancy, just posit it as a "what if" and consider the consequences. Continuing it in this forum is harmful, I think. I'm not going to promulgate this off-topic debate further, so I deleted the post you responded to, and I apologize for leading you into it in my zeal to respond to Modelcar's questions. E-mail me if you wi***o continue what I think should be a discussion in another forum, or a private exchange, and when I have time, I'll be glad to respond off-forum.
QUOTE: Originally posted by futuremodal dihydrogen oxide
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QUOTE: Originally posted by rich747us As far as the abandonment reports I've read in the October Trains, several of them were branch lines up in North Dakota probably used to serve grain elevators. You have to think that there are tons of little spurs just like these across the country, and the railroads are just getting rid of them to cut expenses.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Modelcar Global Warming.......I'd like to understand that a bit more.
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