From Warren Richardson's Home/Office Desktop
Hello!
Dateline 10/7/2010
The Green Metroplex website is now history, y'all. Thank you to those whom sent feedback and due diligence links to review over the years.
I'm currently working on a means by which to park images, videos and other content that was being done on that domain from time to time; actually in more frequency than green theme content of the past few months. The websites hit counters were showing high traffic for saved Minard and Richardson family related images, videos and Gram Minards recordings and recollections of our family heritage and almost zero web page views, as it happens.
The website was an expensive experiment/hobby and common sense finally intervened. Frankly, there are many and better green theme websites out there for anyone with a genuine interest in saving money by going green and reducing their carbon footprint in the bargain. In our home we are replacing 5 plus year old Compact Fluorescent bulbs, now, with LED lighting (from the savings that the CFL's gave us) We should be ready for the scheduled demise and massive jump in price caused by demand in 2012, when the incandescent bulb can no longer be legally sold in the states. I am glad to be phasing into the LED lighting because frankly, safely disposing of the worn out CFL lights is doable but it's a pain...
Some carbon footprint reductions are too late to head off some world disasters, as we speak. Glaciologists whom have factored in the rise in mean temperature of the world's ocean's from 32 degrees Fahrenheit to its current 34.7 degrees Fahrenheit mean average say that there is sufficient heat energy now to melt all the glaciers that directly empty into the oceans, by 2080 which should continue to raise sea levels by a bit over 3 feet. Carbon emission control can only slow the interference with the ocean's currents - only the glaciers have the difference in temperature sufficient to absorb these hotter seas, however. In the mean time, large city's inland that get water from underground aquifers recharged from mountain glacier melt will soon be in major stress very soon as these formerly reliable sources of fresh water have all but disappeared, too.
Over a billion human beings on every continent are being or will be dislocated by the ocean sea level rise by the end of this century. The coral island nations are already suffering from sea water high tide flooding in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. New Orleans, which is sinking very fast as the oil is pumped out from under it and the state of Florida who's growing retirement cities pump the lens of fresh water from rain out so fast it is being reduce as well, have less than 50 years (some say 40 years) before their barrier reefs and protective swamps will be gone and their population centers take sea water storm hits from the gulf and Atlantic directly.
Anyone out there still staunch supporters of the "factoid" that mankind is not a factor in climate and environmental change? No? Don't want to hear it? 
Then please, DON'T buy beachfront property in Al Gore's neighborhood, y'all. Get it cheap on Miami Beach, Galveston Island or Houston ;-)
Then please, DON'T buy beachfront property in Al Gore's neighborhood, y'all. Get it cheap on Miami Beach, Galveston Island or Houston ;-)
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