[FRIAM] Global warming - the real story + TeslaMotors and SpaceX

[Robert Howard]

Technologies like this give me hope: http://www.teslamotors.com
<http://www.teslamotors.com/>  

Projects like this give me hope:
http://www.wired.com/science/space/magazine/15-06/ff_space_musk 

The company is owned by Elon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk>  Musk,
founder of PayPal, and now SpaceX <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX> 

 

Robert Howard

Phoenix, Arizona

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com] On Behalf
Of Stephen Guerin
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:10 AM
To: 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group'
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Global warming - the real story

 

Googling "Connie Meskimen" shows her to have a sarcastic wit:

http://www.snopes.com/humor/letters/daylight.asp

 

-Steve

 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Robert Holmes [mailto:robert at holmesacosta.com] 

> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 10:04 AM

> To: FRIAM

> Subject: [FRIAM] Global warming - the real story

> 

> At last, someone has had the courage to tell the real story 

> behind global warning.

> 

> Robert

> 

> 

> From the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 16 April 2007, "Letters" 

> section, page 6B:

> 

> "You may have noticed that March of this year was 

> particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it 

> was the hottest March since the beginning of the last 

> century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions 

> of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in 

> Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two.

> 

> This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As 

> you know, Daylight Savings Time started almost a month early 

> this year. You would think that members of Congress would 

> have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of 

> daylight would have on our climate. Or did they?

> 

> Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us 

> believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next 

> time there should be serious studies performed before 

> Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.

> 

> Connie M. Meskimen

> Hot Springs"

> 

> 

> 

 

 

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