tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post4180924170181323210..comments2024-03-19T03:14:04.172-04:00Comments on Rabett Run: One If By Law Two If By Executive OrderEliRabetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-59144539448601240592012-09-20T20:07:33.286-04:002012-09-20T20:07:33.286-04:00OK. From memory.
Listen my children, and you shal...OK. From memory.<br /><br />Listen my children, and you shall hear<br />Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.<br />On the 18th of April, in '75,<br />Hardly a man is now alive<br />Who remembers that famous day and year.<br /><br />He said to his friend, "If the British march,<br />By land or by sea, on the town tonight,<br />Hang a lantern aloft in the old North Church.<br />One if by land. Two if by sea,<br />And I on the opposite shore will be<br />Ready to ride and spread the alarm,<br />To every Middlesex village and farm.<br /><br />How'd I do? Miss MacIvor's 5th grade class. <br />1960-1961. St. Christopher, Rocky River, Ohio<br />I think I also learned a bunch of the bells, bells,<br />bells, bells, bells, bells, bells,<br />and the clanging and the clanging of the bells,<br />the tintinabulation of the bells etc. <br />But I don't remember that at all well, well, well,<br />well, well.<br />Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-41411535763540783212012-09-20T16:07:18.145-04:002012-09-20T16:07:18.145-04:00Jeff,
The bottom line is always food, except durin...Jeff,<br />The bottom line is always food, except during a drought, when the bottom line is water to grow food.<br /><br />The price of food is going up, and that is very hard on folks that make things that we NEED, and can no longer make for ourselves (because we shipped the factory over there.) Any real hunger in SE Asia or Asia would be very hard on the US economy. And, AGW seems certain to impact industrial agriculture much sooner than the IPCC suggested. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-18123920472215850292012-09-20T02:34:22.491-04:002012-09-20T02:34:22.491-04:00Anyway, thanks for drawing my attention to former ...Anyway, thanks for drawing my attention to former CNO Roughhead's video clip, which got me reading <a href="http://www.srwolf.com/reports/ClimateChangeNavy110218.pdf" rel="nofollow">the report</a> the NAS came up with on his order. Its the kind of thing I expected military types to be looking at seriously. <br /><br />One of the first guys I met when I became interested in climate change was a general officer of the Canadian Forces who had the job of appearing before the Canadian Cabinet periodically to tell them what the overall picture was - the kind of thing Roughead was talking about in the video when he said a big thing on his mind was leaving a Navy that 20 years from now the US taxpayer could no longer afford. <br /><br />Anyway, this was 25 or so years ago. This general told me he regularly told Canada's Prime Minister et.al. that Canada was <i>toasted</i> when the then current predictions about increasing international tension and increasing migration due to climate change came true. The topic of 100 million Americans moving north came up. <br /><br />The only high level US Navy clown I had heard recently on the subject of climate change was a guy who showed up on NPR whose only concern was the effect of sea level rise on Navy shore installations, who thought doing nothing for a few more years couldn't hurt, as it only meant a few more millimeters. <br /><br />I like to know that my Titanic at least has some intelligence on the bridge even though we've hit the iceberg already.... david lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057820755734099375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-83350663587060483882012-09-19T19:33:22.646-04:002012-09-19T19:33:22.646-04:00Then owning them must surely be good for America.
...Then owning them must surely be good for America.<br /><br />Just take a look at the Chrysler building THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-47594349184986025222012-09-19T19:10:57.711-04:002012-09-19T19:10:57.711-04:00They own ChryslerThey own ChryslerEliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-33403136689253222882012-09-19T18:03:44.115-04:002012-09-19T18:03:44.115-04:00Exceeding goals is fine. But if Obama doesn't...Exceeding goals is fine. But if Obama doesn't publicize why the initiative exists, far, wide and repetitively, from the presidential bully pulpit (essentially unused for 3.75 years), then the real significance of the EO is squandered.<br /><br />John PumaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-24721180145481065312012-09-19T15:21:54.666-04:002012-09-19T15:21:54.666-04:00EliRabett said...
We own the damn thing.
Then let... EliRabett said...<br /><i>We own the damn thing.</i><br /><br />Then let's swap it for Ferarri. At current MPG figures we might as well have some fun.THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-7841485604463757672012-09-19T13:58:32.940-04:002012-09-19T13:58:32.940-04:00More on Roughead, Karachi, PK.
This was in contex...More on Roughead, Karachi, PK.<br /><br />This was in context of other discussions of the geopolitical stresses caused by climate change in unstable parts of the world.<br /><br />In addition, it was clear (a has been the case with other experiences with senior military), that Roughead (a) thought in longer terms than the next election cycle<br />and<br />(b) was responsible for having to spend money effectively to be ready for problems.<br /><br />I think PK has other climate problems (floods/droughts), but I speculate he picked this one because the Navy cares about SLR and thinks about its geopolitcal effects.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-34002158026150851332012-09-19T11:44:30.271-04:002012-09-19T11:44:30.271-04:00We own the damn thing.We own the damn thing.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-86253579984207294702012-09-19T11:31:19.962-04:002012-09-19T11:31:19.962-04:00Now is the time for all good men to come to the a...Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country by buying a fleet of at least 20 used cars , no, make that Chevy Volts , from this man , at a rate of 2 % annually relative to fiscal year 2005<br /><br />Because what's good for General Motors is good for the USA .THE CLIMATE WARShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02578106673226403151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-32143953853531160582012-09-19T11:01:55.447-04:002012-09-19T11:01:55.447-04:00Eli is of the opinion that one can always exceed g...Eli is of the opinion that one can always exceed goals, and that something like this EO concentrates minds.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-44004148251205187822012-09-19T09:44:16.380-04:002012-09-19T09:44:16.380-04:00An Arab, Asian, African en American Summer coming ...An Arab, Asian, African en American Summer coming up now. <br /><br />We've warned the hell outta us. <br />Time to sit back, relax and enjoy the mayhem. <br /><br />cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-3337142705024741992012-09-19T08:51:50.056-04:002012-09-19T08:51:50.056-04:00I'm a bore on the subject of the agriculture a...I'm a bore on the subject of the agriculture and AGW. The "Arab Spring" grew from an increase in food prices, and Pakistan lost 2 years (in a row) of its agriculture to floods. Pakistan not only has nukes it has an active, powerful, armed element of radical Islamists.<br /><br />The dire part of AGW has been underway for quite some time, and it isn't going to get better. When I read the fatuous, creepy, idiotic climate denialists, steam whistles from this little flange in my neck like a cartoon character. Put aside the future and its horrors, on a very practical level they're committing treason today.Jeffrey Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966839006518642902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-45602404415300543792012-09-19T08:45:02.663-04:002012-09-19T08:45:02.663-04:00Obviously, since the Senate hasn't been intere...Obviously, since the Senate hasn't been interested in making the US a party to the Law of the Sea for any other reason, a hoax type issue like climate change which the Republican Candidate for President led the RNC in a one minute display of their open scorn for anyone who takes it seriously at Tampa isn't going to change what the more than 40 Republican Senators who will still be in the US Senate after the next election do about any concern the US Navy has about this new ocean that is opening up, which isn't happening by the way, any time soon. <br /><br />The Republican Party platform adopted in Tampa specifically chastised Obama for elevating the climate change hoax to the level of national security as an issue. The first thing a new Republican Administration would do, obviously, is throw all the reports this CNO commissioned such as the "National Security Implications of Climate Change for US Forces" into the dumpster where they belong. <br /><br />It is interesting to consider why Karachi's status, sea level wise, is of concern to a US CNO. Pakistan did not show up on the chart of "Top 15 countries by population exposed today and in the 2070s to coastal flooding" presented to him by the NAS when he asked them what he should be concerned about. <br /><br />It speaks volumes, to every country in the world, about what having a few hundred nukes lying around in your powder keg factionalized country can do in the way of making Washington pay attention to you. david lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057820755734099375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-63679782510600895572012-09-19T08:09:20.314-04:002012-09-19T08:09:20.314-04:00Now, we're gonna pay. First checks are coming ...Now, we're gonna pay. First checks are coming in:<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/sep/19/mass-slaughter-farm-animals-food-prices.<br /><br />I more than vaguely seem to remember this kind of thing is a beginning to the end. cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-10566415234011128102012-09-19T02:59:24.922-04:002012-09-19T02:59:24.922-04:00Eli, the difficulty is that however good the Obama...Eli, the difficulty is that however good the Obama administration may be relative to what has come before, the actions they've taken fall far short of the trajectory we need to be on. See this <a href="http://grist.org/climate-energy/freaked-out-climate-scientists-urge-other-freaked-out-climate-scientists-to-speak-up-fight-man/" rel="nofollow">discussion</a>.<br />Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-46371545135567135292012-09-19T02:54:32.024-04:002012-09-19T02:54:32.024-04:00Circulation changes are going to be problem for PK...Circulation changes are going to be problem for PK sooner than SLR.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-17772682387510109872012-09-19T01:45:27.687-04:002012-09-19T01:45:27.687-04:00Sorry, I asked Admiral Roughead what worried *him*...Sorry, I asked Admiral Roughead what worried *him*.<br /><br />Arctic was #2<br /><br />Low Pacific bases was 3.<br /><br />Norfolk and San Diego were 4, not because less important, but believed to have more time.<br /><br /><br />#1 was the fact that Karachi, PK was at sea level...John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-8218918212929400342012-09-19T00:59:04.665-04:002012-09-19T00:59:04.665-04:00Answer to pop quiz:
As CNO, Roughead asked the N...Answer to pop quiz: <br /><br />As CNO, Roughead asked the NAS to carry out <a href="http://www.srwolf.com/reports/ClimateChangeNavy110218.pdf" rel="nofollow">a study</a> examining the global implications of climate change for the US Navy. <br /><br />Action area 1 found by that study was US ratification of the Law of the Sea given what climate change is doing to the sea ice which until now has restricted naval operations in the Arctic Ocean. <br /><br />So, obviously, the number one concern of the US Navy when it comes to climate change is what sea level rise is going to do to its port facilities. <br /><br />Or it could be that the number one concern could become how to ignore the issue if a Republican ever becomes President and Commander in Chief again. <br /><br />The US Navy could play a role if, under a Republican President, it becomes necessary to detain all US climate scientists, I mean those criminal hoax perpetrators to keep them from misleading our youth and corrupting our precious bodily fluids.david lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01057820755734099375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16612221.post-52210783740464335192012-09-18T23:29:24.333-04:002012-09-18T23:29:24.333-04:00See the 40-min interview (3rd video) with Admiral(...See the 40-min interview (3rd video) with <a href="http://peec.stanford.edu/events/2012/sves/videos.php" rel="nofollow">Admiral(ret) Gary Roughead</a>. He talked about the Navy energy efficiency task force and its results. He had a climate task force, too, and it also produced interesting results (I talked to him afterwards. His reply to "What worries you about climate?" was an interesting list. Quiz: what do you thinak was #1 on his list?John Masheynoreply@blogger.com