Re: whenwhen Skye was a sub-tropical paradise with warm shallow seas

On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:11:56 +0200, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder):

Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off> wrote:
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On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 11:44:14 +0200, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J.
Lodder):
 

erik simpson <eastside.erik@gmail.com> wrote:
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On 7/25/24 2:06 AM, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:

On 2024-07-24 22:52:47 +0000, Bob Casanova said:
 

On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:35:12 -0600, the following appeared
in talk.origins, posted by André G. Isaak
<agisaak@gm.invalid>:
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On 2024-07-24 15:00, burkhard wrote:

It isn't any longer now, that much I can tell you - though we braced
the
cold and went for a swim yesterday. Not exactly Skye, though we
can see it from where we are (Malaig)

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I envy you. It was 37° C here yesterday.
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Oooh, a low-temp sauna! ;-)
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It's varied form 42C to 47C (daytime highs) here this month,
with dew points from -5C to 23C. A "dry heat" it's not, at
this time of year. :-(

 
They've been predicting 33-35° for us for days, but it's never been

that > hot on our balcony -- maybe 31° maximum. > > A friend of mine
was injured in Italy and spend more time the he wanted in a hospital
there.  He complained about the lack of air conditioning even there.
I've heard that France is also air conditioner deficient.
Is that your experience?

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Softies, you Americans,
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I suspect that if the Netherlands had the climate which is
normal here in many places you'd be a "softy" too. Come to
Phoenix in July and go without AC for a few weeks, then
repeat that.

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There you go again. It was Italy and France that we were talking about.
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So your comment, "Softies, you Americans," was about Italy
and France? We must have admitted them to the Union when I
wasn't looking...

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Why be intentionally uncomfortable?

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Burning coal to feed air conditioners to combat global warming
is of course the way to go,
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So all electricity is produced by coal? That would be news
to the operators of nuclear, hydro and gas-fired plants.

Granted, if you're referring to China it *is* mostly
coal-powered generation, with AIUI dozens more plants added
every year. And the US is reducing the use of coal, while
China is increasing it. So I don't think that if I do
without AC it will offset the huge amount of CO2 generated
in China.

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Bob C.

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