Weather

Aug 2016 – Updated Feb 2023

We can’t leave the weather out of it – that’s all we Brits talk about

Global Warming / the Ice Age cometh. You would think with all the experts about that we would get some sort of agreement as to what is happening with the weather, unfortunately the experts appear to agree to differ!

I’ve seen a bit of weather since my childhood days and I’ve noticed that the seasons appear to change – I’ve known it snow in late April and I’ve known it be warm in winter. When I started my working life I was an apprentice engineer at a colliery and this meant I was working underground for many of the years I was working at the “pit”. I was able to view the rocks and strata while I was about a mile underground and I found it quite fascinating.

It has occurred to me that mine workings of any sort tend to leave large holes underground and then you have quarries which leave large holes on the surface. In addition we have large holes and valleys (artificially) filled with water to make lakes and reservoirs. It has also occurred to me that when an object is spinning it tends to try to  “stabilise” things a bit (keep the balance). My knowledge of Geology is limited but apparently the Earth is made of a “fluid” core and has hard bits on the outside which are constantly moving and the whole thing spins!

Putting it all together, it doesn’t seem to be rocket science – the earth is merely trying to “stabilise” and re-balance itself . This may currently be causing a shift in the orbit which could result in the unusual weather patterns. It is reckoned that the earth is a few years old and it’s seen a bit of change over the years, it’s had everything from meteor pounding to hot n cold spells and has managed to survive longer than human existence so it’s seems that “Human” actions are more of a minor irritation. Having seen core samples of (part of) the earth’s crust it can readily be seen what the weather and climate has been like over time so all these weather forecasts and predictions appear to be more for entertainment – is it me?

Update Feb 2023

On a more serious note. We can’t keep raping the planet of its resources and expect the planet to keep giving! At some point the resources we extract to enable us to live in our modern world, will deplete. That is not scaremongering, it is a fact. Most of what we extract was created Millions of years ago, when its gone its gone!

The Aboriginals of most countries / continents seem to have had the right idea and lived WITH the Earth and didn’t just TAKE! Unfortunately, its probably too late to repair the damage we have caused but reducing the pollution (not limited to airborne) should help a little and keeping in mind the “cause and effect” situation. We can’t put back all the coal, oil, gas and ore that we have removed but we’re engineers and scientists! We can find alternatives, we can accept that Earthquakes, Volcanoes and the movement of the tectonic plates are all naturally occurring “Earth Maintenance” and work with it. We are the guests of this planet, lets show some respect and stop being the parasites we have become.

Humans apparently started out as 2 (one male & one female) and now count 8+ BILLION and we all need feeding, shelter and clothing. We all produce bio and other waste but NEED to get back to living where we have a negative impact on the planet. The way to do this is to only use renewable and sustainable means. This would also mean that we need to share the world and remove greed and corruption, otherwise we will destroy our wonderful planet or at least make it uninhabitable for humans.

The modern world relies on “Electricary” and without it we would literally be back in the dark ages. We need to use renewable and sustainable methods to produce Electricity in a low cost and affordable to the masses.

Well that was a little side track from talking about the weather 🙂