re: #43 LudwigVanQuixote

Given the extreme droughts in Texas for the past: killer droughts and record heat in 1996 and 1998 and the droughts in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 with 2011 being the worst, one would expect Texans to be able to look out the window and understand that something is afoot. The drying of the south, central US has long been predicted and this is not a fluctuation in weather, but rather an obvious trend to all but the most delusional.

Let’s look at the current temps for Texas at 8 degrees F above the baseline:

[Link: www.ncdc.noaa.gov…]

You can also look at precipitation levels as well.

Do you think this will affect crops and damage the economy of Texas?

Of course the effects are not just there. Over heated ground stresses water mains - as does the increased pressure from increased demand in overheated urban centers. The result on an aging infrastructure is collapse of the waterworks.

This is a MSM piece, but it makes a clear point that any child can understand. Old pipes under thermal stress and increased pressure break:

700 water main breaks in Houston — a day

[Link: today.msnbc.msn.com…]

Science will not be wished away by the fantasies of right wing prayer or denial.

In the near future, I shall make a page focusing on the damage that has already been done by climate change to the state of Texas. I will also touch on the effects of new insect migrations and other health issues as well as the inevitable rise of immigration from Mexico as their eco system crashes.

Perry could look out the window… So could all of his rabid supporters in Texas, but that would require being able to see the world as it is. Religious fanatics are not capable of that.

In Texas, it’s not just the heating that makes the pipes break. Clay soils contract and crack when they dry out, and that is the biggest cause of broken water mains.

As to Mexico, the crash of their ecosystem has probably been a contributing factor to the crash of their social system. It’s Mad Max down there, with thousands of drug-war killings every year.