RV snowbirding or MX or Carribean
DW and I recently retired and we are debating wether the RV snowbird lifestyle in the southern states is the way to go or rent or buy a condo apartment in MX or some affordable carribean countries. B...
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Diver4242 wrote:MDKMDK wrote:
Those who complain about "global warming", have clearly never spent a summer any where in Canada. Our winters make some places in Alaska blush.
The concern is primarily the distinct rise in sea-water temperatures, which is melting the polar ice caps, flooding our coastal cities, and causing fuel for extreme storms, not air temps.
Yes, there's still very cold weather in northern places. But as a trend, we're seeing record highs, warmest summers ever, etc around the world.
"since recording began" might be an appropriate caveat on that comment. Since we started as a molten ball of space debris, there have been at least 5 ice ages, depending on who you ask and what your point of view might be, and who you choose to believe.
To be fair you have to consider all sides of the issue.
https://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/ice-ages-what-are-they-and-what-causes-them/
That said, my comment was made (mostly) tongue in cheek.
The question surrounding climate change isn't that it occurs, but why it occurs. Keeping in mind of course, that it has been constantly changing for about 4 billion years, give or take, according to estimates of the age of this piece of space debris. Long before there was any life on the planet, and long before that "life" began taking any notice.
