From: "Robert Comer" 

> The permian extinction was caused by global cooling not warming. It was
> the FREEZE that they think killed off so much life. As I said, warm is
> more life, cold baaaaaad..

Not correct, where did you ever get that idea?  All the theory I've read
about it it was a 10 degree increase in temperature, lower oxygen content,
gaseous methane problems...

> You moved because of snow, you now saying you won't move because of
> floods? One move per life time? Is this some sort of new rule .

Of course not, but you still choose to live where you are and complain
about the snow too. I'm more worried about the people that can't move.

>http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/permcause.html

How bizarre, I hadn't read any similar theory ever.  I don't think that
could cause a 95% kill off, the equator would still be warm and the oceans
would be little effected for quite a ways toward the poles, but the permian
extinction killed off 95% of sea life too.

The forth scenario sounds plausible to have been the cause.

I find it very strange they don't mention any of the warming theories, me
thinks there's a bit of political bias showing...

It's all no matter, what we have now is warming and that's what concerns
me, and no, it's not the immediate future I'm worried about, I'm just
worried it could be ignored too long, that's all.

--
Bob Comer


"Geo."  wrote in message
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> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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>
>> Not correct, a 5 degree change will put us smack dab in the middle of the
>> methane hydrate melt just like the permian extinction.
>
> The permian extinction was caused by global cooling not warming. It was
> the FREEZE that they think killed off so much life. As I said, warm is
> more life, cold baaaaaad..
>
>>>Also a full melt of the northern ice cap (unlikely) and the resulting sea
>>>level rise means less than a 2% change in land mass.
>>
>> A *LARGE* percentage of people live in that 2% difference... (including
>> me.)
>
> You moved because of snow, you now saying you won't move because of
> floods? One move per life time? Is this some sort of new rule .
>
>> Read about what happened previous to and during the permian extinction.
>> The small swings you are talking about is not necessarily what is going
>> to happen this time.  One clue is that during the permian extinction,
>> global average temperature only raised 10 degrees F.
>
> http://park.org/Canada/Museum/extinction/permcause.html
>
> Although the cause of the Permian mass extinction remains a debate,
> numerous theories have been formulated to explain the events of the
> extinction. One of the most current theories for the mass extinction of
> the Permian is an agent that has been also held responsible for the
> Ordovician and Devonian crises, glaciation on Gondwana. A similar
> glaciation event in the Permian would likely produce mass extinction in
> the same manner as previous, that is, by a global widespread cooling
> and/or worldwide lowering of sea level.
>
> Cold=baaaaad...
>
> Geo.

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