Will Japan be around in the year 2500 AD? Due to global warming, I mean?

[torasan]

It's 2010. Akemashite omedetto gozaimashita, and long live Tora-san of the old movie series. He's my hero!

Question and merely a thought exercise, no need to get all exised about it and all that. But in your POV, given what we know now about climate change and global warming, especially via experts like Dr James Lovelock in the UK and James Hansen and Mark Lynas and Tim Flannery, will Japan still be here 500 years from now? Of course, the island chain will still exist, but will there by any people living in the Japanese archipelago by then?

Or, ....drum roll, ....shamisen strum, ....will all Japanese (and their expat spouses) have moved north by then to the warmer climes in Russia and Alaska in order to have food, fuel and shelter in so called climate refuges?

Sounds like a sci fi question, but just curious what you might think, pro or con. Dish. If you wish.

[torasan]

background info here: NSFW: kidding: http://pcillu101.blogspot.com

[torasan]

[Coligny]

Are you like... bipolar or something ?

No offense...

Sorry to interfere in this thread with yourself...

[Greji]

Are you like... bipolar or something ?

No offense...

Sorry to interfere in this thread with yourself...

I vote for bipolar. Bears and all. The warmest year last century was in the 1930's. It has been getting cooler since.

Your turn Mike. Sikk'em....

[torasan]

sorry forgot url:

http://northwardho.blogspot.com

[osopolar]

Someone call?

[Coligny]

I vote for bipolar. Bears and all. The warmest year last century was in the 1930's. It has been getting cooler since.

Your turn Mike. Sikk'em....

So you too you'ze pissing yourself laughing when you hear on the news... "Thiiiiisss mooonnnthhh, wasssss the HOTTEST on recorddssss since 1830" with a dramatic voice ?

No shit guys... it's as hot as it was last time when there wasn't any cars on the road and the indutrial revolution barely started... good luck wif dat' global warning thingamabob...

The best part is when they give you a previous HOTTEST month on record dating from before Napoleon(*) established the nationnal meteorological service. Who kickstarted temperature recording... Meaning their proof for these so called record were some supposed book-keeping by a monk who was noting everyday how the water felt in his shower or sumething...


(*)we lost a shitload of battleships due to... lets say... adverse weather conditions... That pissed him of and he decided to establish observatories for tracking the weather all over the empire in the early or mid 1800'

[Ketou]

Yep....looking forward to the new taxes on breathing.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Someone call?

What's wrong with this picture? Hint: I'm not talking about the drinks, ipod, or spit roast.

[Typhoon]

I'm looking forward to buying that beachfront property up in Hudson's Bay, Canada that I've always dreamed about.

[dimwit]

What's wrong with this picture? Hint: I'm not talking about the drinks, ipod, or spit roast.

Penguins taste a million times better brazed and deep fried?

[BO-SENSEI]

Polar bears live in the Artic and Penguins live in the Antartic. Better off roasting a baby harp seal.

[tidbits]

What's wrong with this picture? Hint: I'm not talking about the drinks, ipod, or spit roast.

The Polar Bear's genital has shrunk?:)

[Samurai_Jerk]

Polar bears live in the Artic and Penguins live in the Antartic. Better off roasting a baby harp seal.

That is correct.

[Samurai_Jerk]

The Polar Bear's genital has shrunk?:)

You seem a bit feisty today. You been drinking?

[tidbits]

You seem a bit feisty today. You been drinking?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14485634/

Not directly related to the picture (although I hope the person who created the picture should have done some special effect on that part). I am always very serious as as far as genital topic concern.

Polar bears in east Greenland are among the most polluted animals in the Arctic. Scientists say industrial pollutants are to blame for reduced genital size in the animals.

[Iraira]

The Polar Bear's genital has shrunk?:)

Well, polar bears don't have opposable thumbs, so there is no way they could operate a beer bottle opener or even remove a twist off cap. The penguin might have been on some "See the North Pole before it melts away" vacation.

[Typhoon]

Polar bear to penguin payback for . . .

[Greji]

I am always very serious as as far as genital topic concern.

A very important topic. May I introduce you to a former Shimbashi goat herder?
(eat your heart out Gomi!)

[tidbits]

A very important topic. May I introduce you to a former Shimbashi goat herder?
(eat your heart out Gomi!)

My pleasure.. if he is knowledgeble about horses would be even better .

[Coligny]

Well, polar bears don't have opposable thumbs, so there is no way they could operate a beer bottle opener or even remove a twist off cap.

Dude, french military 4x4 have special opening on the side doors sills just to open beers. Not sure if it was intended, but it sure weurks

Talking aboot the Peugeot P4 here


(Not talking aboot the 'Jeep' brand who belonged to Renault in the 80' before they had to sell it to regain military contract with the US army who I think did not allow foreign ownership of companies or something when they start making the Hummers, which might explain why the Renault Sherpa looks... that way... )

The penguin might have been on some "See the North Pole before it melts away" vacation.

Never heard of imported food ?...

[GuyJean]

.. The warmest year last century was in the 1930's. It has been getting cooler since..

Where?..

1934 is the hottest year on record
http://www.skepticalscience.com/1934-hottest-year-on-record.htm

.. The skeptic argument...
"In August 2007, Steve McIntyre noticed a strange discontinuity in US temperature data, occurring around January 2000. McKintyre notified NASA who acknowledged the problem as an 'oversight' that would be fixed in the next data refresh. The warmest year on US record is now 1934. 1998 (long trumpeted by the media as record-breaking) moves to second place." (Daily Tech).

What the science says...
1934 is the hottest year on record in the USA which only comprises 2% of the globe. According to NASA temperature records, the hottest year on record globally is 2005...

GJ