Climate Change/Mass Extinction Megathread

[frunk]

[crazy canuck]

"I want you to panic"

Good clear message - greeted by polite applause by the Davos crowd

https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2019/jan/25/i-want-you-to-panic-16-year-old-greta-thunberg-issues-climate-warning-at-davos-video

[Caliga]

For what it's worth, DC has had the wettest year since the 1880's.  Funny, I thought the fall seemed an awful lot like an Oregon Coast fall...

It rains constantly here now too.  Haven't had a legit drought in like ten years.

[Valmy]

Yeah I have commented on it a lot in the Weather WTF thread but Fall has been incredibly wet in Texas the last couple years. I find myself wondering if it is a fluke or if warming in the Gulf of Mexico means we are going to get dumped on every (or even most) Autumn moving foward, which would be a major change.

[Caliga]

I mean don't get me wrong, I would actually like to live in a tropical rainforest climate as long as we can keep all of the giant bugs and shit away.

[Valmy]

I mean don't get me wrong, I would actually like to live in a tropical rainforest climate as long as we can keep all of the giant bugs and shit away.

Well our problem is we flood a bunch. We have very rocky soil that does not absorb much water and lots of rivers and creeks everywhere. But that is probably not a problem in a place not sitting on solid blocks of limestone.

[Caliga]

We sit on limestone too (hence why bourbon is so delicious ) but we typically have a big fat layer of clay between our feet and the limestone here.

[viper37]

But that is probably not a problem in a place not sitting on solid blocks of limestone.

give it some time.  In a few million years, I'm sure the soil will adjust to these new conditions.

[Eddie Teach]

We sit on limestone too (hence why bourbon is so delicious

I'll bite. How does the limestone improve the liquor?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Water in limestone areas is usually particularly delicious and tasty. I didn't know that improved whiskey as well though.

[Caliga]

I'll bite. How does the limestone improve the liquor?

I dunno *how*, it just makes the water taste a certain way that is supposed to have a huge impact on the flavor of the finished product.

Isn't that the same reason ales from Burton in England taste good?

[Caliga]

Water in limestone areas is usually particularly delicious and tasty. I didn't know that improved whiskey as well though.

That's the story at least.  I don't think bourbon is legally required to be made with lime water, but all of the distilleries in Kentucky use local well/spring water which is bound to be very limey.

[The Larch]

Water in limestone areas is usually particularly delicious and tasty. I didn't know that improved whiskey as well though.

Water in limestone areas. 

[Syt]

[Tamas]

I assume that's not from your sister's feed.