Global Change
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This summer, several places in the country have experienced record high temperatures. Even states in the north are experiencing temperatures of 90 and 100 degrees.
Even Midwestern states like Illinois and Minnesota have reached temperatures around 110 and South Dakota recently lost about 1,500 head of cattle due to the heat.
To nobody's surprise, those who believe in global warming are pointing to that as the cause for the high temperatures.However, this clearly cannot be the case, especially when you stop to consider the fact that many states experienced record low temperatures this past winter.
Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas was the site of Super Bowl XLV last February, and many people in attendance were hoping to get a nice tan in the Texas heat.
That wasn't the case though, and it was probably due to unusual amount of snowfall and freezing cold temperatures. This is a classic example of why some people might prefer to call global warming "climate change" because they believe it can somehow work both ways, making the environment hot and cold.
If this is the case, how do you predict the weather? Do our cars cool the planet in the winter and warm it in the summer? Is earth like a thermos?
If this thinking was my train of thought, I'd be led to believe that we can store a frozen pizza in the oven until it's ready to be cooked in the freezer.
Even kids know at a young age not to touch a hot stove or put their hand in a fire if they don't want to get burned. If they do get burned though, we gibe them ice, not something else hot.
Also, we all know the more layers of clothes we wear or the closer we get to a fire, the warmer we'll be. It doesn't matter what time of the year it is.
How can anybody argue hat by starting up a car and releasing gasses, we cause the planet to cool while also causing it to heat? I'm still waiting on an explanation.
There's a perfectly good explanation for the recent rising temperatures: it's the summer, and in the summer, this portion of the earth is closer to the sun than it is in the winter. It's really that simple, and there's no reason to complicate it more than that.
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Alexis Wright is an electricity consultant in the Houston area and she does a great job of writing about her articles, making the topic both entertaining and informative. She also enjoys keeping the with latest news and information when it comes to music, movies, sports and other forms of entertainment. To check out another one of her articles go to DVR and Advertisements. This article, Global Change has free reprint rights.
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