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To: ManyMoose who wrote (157592)	2/13/2006 12:01:56 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793549

You could be right. The salinity of the deep water in the northern parts of the Gulf Stream has been found to be reduced and is continuing to reduce. A good indicator that the Gulf Stream may very well come to a stop at some point in the future. The melting of increased amounts of fresh water ice due to global warming might result in cooling of Northern Europe and, as you say, a new ice age. I know that the reasons for global warming are in dispute. I don't want to get into that. Suffice it to say that the fact of global warming in the Northern Hemisphere, for whatever reason, is not in dispute. Once the increased flow of fresh water stops thanks to increased cooling, I guess then the whole Gulf Stream cycle could start again. I think there is evidence that this stopping and re-starting has happened in the past.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (157592)	2/13/2006 4:19:49 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793549

Snow Blankets East Coast Causing Global Warming by Scott Ott (2006-02-12) — A thick blanket of snow that covered much of the northeastern United States this weekend may increase global warming by preventing the heat that radiates from earth’s molten core from escaping into the atmosphere, according to former vice president Al Gore. Mr. Gore, a noted global warming expert who also once ran for president, dismissed suggestions that the biggest snowstorm in New York City history diminishes his case that the planet is warming at an alarming rate. “First of all,” Mr. Gore said, “the reason for all of this snow is that greenhouse gasses trap reflected solar heat causing the polar ice caps to melt, increasing the volume of oceanic water that evaporates, then freezes to become snow. The warmer the planet gets, the more massive snow storms we’ll see.” The former vice president, former senator and founder of the red-hot Current TV Network, said the only solution is to remove the snow, not just from the ground, but from earth’s water cycle. “We must pack the snow into giant containers and launch it into outer space,” Mr. Gore said. “Every day that George Bush fails to do this, the threat to Mother Earth grows exponentially.”