Sunday, January 27, 2019
It has been a l-o-n-g time since I last posted, hasn't it?
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
I PREDICT ...
The first study of self-driving car accidents reported they were involved in accidents at a higher rate than conventional vehicles. 2-5 times as likely. This was based on the number of accidents per number of vehicles on the road. So, that was for 11 Google cars versus a gazillion regular ones.
A later study, looked at accidents per million miles driven. In this case, the self-driving cars came out ahead – 3.2 accidents per million miles versus 4.2 accidents per million miles for driver-driven cars.
A later study, looked at accidents per million miles driven. In this case, the self-driving cars came out ahead – 3.2 accidents per million miles versus 4.2 accidents per million miles for driver-driven cars.
In all cases, the self-driving cars were not at fault. And, there were only minor injuries.
But, the self-driving cars were not at fault. What if this continues?
Self-driving cars proliferate. They become 1% of the U.S. vehicles on the road. Then, 2% … 4% … 8%.
And, they continue to be involved in accidents not their fault.
The statistics may then be interpreted to indicate drivers are inadequately trained … I know you find that hard to believe but consider. If driver-driven cars continue to run into self-driving cars without the reverse taking place, how can we not reach the conclusion that driver-driven cars are, in fact, a hazard for self-driving cars?
What could possibly be done? More stringent driver licensing requirements? If alcohol or illicit drug use is a prevalent cause of such accident, shouldn’t testing devices be required for all driver-driven cars?
In truth, there are no “accidents” when considering vehicular traffic. They don’t just happen without reason or cause. Someone made a mistake, a misjudgment, took a chance, didn’t do their job right.
We have come to associate the word “accident” with the incidents of damage and/or injury involving driver-driven vehicles.
Consider the word “accidental” – happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. You can stretch “unintentional” to mean “he didn’t intend to kill anyone when he drove drunk” but he did intend to drink.
Whoa … off on a tangent there … sorry.
So, what about self-driving vehicles?
I PREDICT: As they become more numerous and the incidents of them being hit by driver-driven vehicles continue and increase, the privilege of driving your own vehicle is likely to become more & more restricted.
What about insurance? Because they are likely to be hit with almost no chance of hitting, should users of self-driving vehicles pay higher rates? Higher rates because others hit them? Nay, nay, say I. Self-driving vehicles are safer and should, therefore, be entitled to much lower rates than those hitting them.
You read it here first.
But, the self-driving cars were not at fault. What if this continues?
Self-driving cars proliferate. They become 1% of the U.S. vehicles on the road. Then, 2% … 4% … 8%.
And, they continue to be involved in accidents not their fault.
The statistics may then be interpreted to indicate drivers are inadequately trained … I know you find that hard to believe but consider. If driver-driven cars continue to run into self-driving cars without the reverse taking place, how can we not reach the conclusion that driver-driven cars are, in fact, a hazard for self-driving cars?
What could possibly be done? More stringent driver licensing requirements? If alcohol or illicit drug use is a prevalent cause of such accident, shouldn’t testing devices be required for all driver-driven cars?
In truth, there are no “accidents” when considering vehicular traffic. They don’t just happen without reason or cause. Someone made a mistake, a misjudgment, took a chance, didn’t do their job right.
We have come to associate the word “accident” with the incidents of damage and/or injury involving driver-driven vehicles.
Consider the word “accidental” – happening by chance, unintentionally, or unexpectedly. You can stretch “unintentional” to mean “he didn’t intend to kill anyone when he drove drunk” but he did intend to drink.
Whoa … off on a tangent there … sorry.
So, what about self-driving vehicles?
I PREDICT: As they become more numerous and the incidents of them being hit by driver-driven vehicles continue and increase, the privilege of driving your own vehicle is likely to become more & more restricted.
What about insurance? Because they are likely to be hit with almost no chance of hitting, should users of self-driving vehicles pay higher rates? Higher rates because others hit them? Nay, nay, say I. Self-driving vehicles are safer and should, therefore, be entitled to much lower rates than those hitting them.
You read it here first.
Friday, August 26, 2016
I think ...
The "angry white male" by definition cannot be the "silent majority" as there are more women than men in every demographic.
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Saturday, July 30, 2016
In the good old days, it was called "tell a lie" ...
When people distort, fabricate, prevaricate ... in the good old days, it was called "tell a lie" ... in order to strengthen their argument, they demonstrate their position cannot be based on truth.
Does repeating a lie render the person complicit in the lie? If the lie distorts public perception leading to actions that otherwise would not take place, an individual would still be responsible for whatever part played.
But if no harm comes from the lie, it cannot be “wrong,” i.e., “No harm, no foul.” An insidious fallacy as it will have the individual eventually disregard the unethical aspect of the lie. Said person would then look only to the results of the lie. Shortly, the individual has chosen “the ends justify the means” AKA “the terrorism standard.”
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Friday, June 24, 2016
"… Obama is a failure”
Obama is a failure because ...
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- no guns have been seized from private citizens nor have any been declared illegal
- the Boy Scouts exist
- preachers continue to use radio & TV broadcasts
- students can pray, read religious texts, talk with willing others in school
- campus ministries exist
- pornography can be kept from children
- home schooling continues
- Al-qaida did not take over Iraq
- an Iranian nuclear bomb has not yet exploded in Tel Aviv
- there is no national, single-payer healthcare system
- healthcare has not been rationed
- there are no “death panels”
- tax rates have not increased
- income level subject to Social Security tax has not doubled
- oil drilling has not been restricted in the U.S. save from some offshore areas where the citizens don’t want it
- the global demand for oil is being met
- there are no periodic blackouts of electricity in the U.S. due to shortages
- conservative talk radio exists
- no Bush administration officials have been prosecuted from “war crimes” in Iraq, etc.
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Monday, April 4, 2016
Trump will deport 11 million undocumented immigrants in two years. Really?
On
Monday, 12 May 2008, Postville, Iowa: ~900 agents from ICE (Immigration and
Customs Enforcement) raided Agriprocessors Inc, the nation’s
largest kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing facility. The raid
– officials boasted – was “the largest single - site operation of its
kind in American history.” The investigation preceding the raid
required more than a year. Some 400 were arrested during the raid. About
half were eventually deported.
-- www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/opinion/13sun2.html?_r=1
Time: more than one year before the raid.
Personnel: >1000 in the raid & processing thereafter
Result: around 200 deported.
Do the math.
-- www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/opinion/13sun2.html?_r=1
Time: more than one year before the raid.
Personnel: >1000 in the raid & processing thereafter
Result: around 200 deported.
Do the math.
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
A Fractured Fairy Tale ...
Large numbers of people are supporting Donald Trump for President because they feel betrayed by the current Republicans in leadership roles. Those current Republican leaders promised to do something about immigration, undocumented aliens, the national debt, the budget deficit, the economy, and to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) AKA Obamacare among other items.
Donald Trump promises to change the way things are ... just as the current Republican leadership did when they campaigned for office.
If Donald should be elected President, what is likely to happen? Let us imagine the scenario:
The Place: The Oval Office
The Time: the day after the inauguration
The Scene: President Donald and his advisors
Donald: I would like to get started on my list of promises, gentlemen. And, I do mean "gentlemen" ... no bimbos here, right?
Advisors: Yes, sir.
D: About that wall between us and those Mexicans ...
Advisor A: If I may, sir, initial cost estimates are way too high with the economy the way it is now.
D: That shouldn't be a problem. Call the President of Mexico and ask when we can expect that check to pay for the wall.
A: Sir, Mexico has broken off relations with us. We cannot call the President of Mexico anymore. In addition, Halliburton said they would not be able to hire enough cheap labor to do the work in that area anyway.
D: Well, we will have to just manage that better, won't we?
Advisors: Yes, sir.
D: What about deporting those brown people here in the country illegally?
Advisor B: Sir. If we transport all the "illegal browns" to the nearest local airports that use only regional jets, it will require 95 years to move them all out of the country because their numbers will increase in the camps next to the local airports as they wait. IF we use major metropolitan airports with the larger aircraft, general business operations will slow to a crawl because CEO's will not be able to move around the country in their corporate jets as a result of the restricted airspace requirements to protect the "illegals" housed between the runways of the airports.
D: OK, let's hold on that one for a bit. Obamacare! When can we get rid of that?
Advisor C: Well, sir, the Speaker of the House and the Vice President on behalf of the Senate, both called to express their concern on that matter but not for release to the press, you must understand. It turns out a majority of your supporters have actually signed up for Obamacare and, to the dismay of the Congressional Republican leadership, your supporters like having medical insurance after so many years without it.
D: No problem. We can just blame the Republicans for not getting rid of it sooner and then we will start calling it "TrumpCare"! Anything with my name on it will be OK with my followers.
Advisors: Yes, sir.
Advisor D: Sir, about the national debt?
D: Right! I have been thinking about that and, last night, it came to me! We will declare bankruptcy! I know about bankruptcy since I've done it at least four times in the past.
Advisors: GASP!
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Donald Trump promises to change the way things are ... just as the current Republican leadership did when they campaigned for office.
If Donald should be elected President, what is likely to happen? Let us imagine the scenario:
The Place: The Oval Office
The Time: the day after the inauguration
The Scene: President Donald and his advisors
Donald: I would like to get started on my list of promises, gentlemen. And, I do mean "gentlemen" ... no bimbos here, right?
Advisors: Yes, sir.
D: About that wall between us and those Mexicans ...
Advisor A: If I may, sir, initial cost estimates are way too high with the economy the way it is now.
D: That shouldn't be a problem. Call the President of Mexico and ask when we can expect that check to pay for the wall.
A: Sir, Mexico has broken off relations with us. We cannot call the President of Mexico anymore. In addition, Halliburton said they would not be able to hire enough cheap labor to do the work in that area anyway.
D: Well, we will have to just manage that better, won't we?
Advisors: Yes, sir.
D: What about deporting those brown people here in the country illegally?
Advisor B: Sir. If we transport all the "illegal browns" to the nearest local airports that use only regional jets, it will require 95 years to move them all out of the country because their numbers will increase in the camps next to the local airports as they wait. IF we use major metropolitan airports with the larger aircraft, general business operations will slow to a crawl because CEO's will not be able to move around the country in their corporate jets as a result of the restricted airspace requirements to protect the "illegals" housed between the runways of the airports.
D: OK, let's hold on that one for a bit. Obamacare! When can we get rid of that?
Advisor C: Well, sir, the Speaker of the House and the Vice President on behalf of the Senate, both called to express their concern on that matter but not for release to the press, you must understand. It turns out a majority of your supporters have actually signed up for Obamacare and, to the dismay of the Congressional Republican leadership, your supporters like having medical insurance after so many years without it.
D: No problem. We can just blame the Republicans for not getting rid of it sooner and then we will start calling it "TrumpCare"! Anything with my name on it will be OK with my followers.
Advisors: Yes, sir.
Advisor D: Sir, about the national debt?
D: Right! I have been thinking about that and, last night, it came to me! We will declare bankruptcy! I know about bankruptcy since I've done it at least four times in the past.
Advisors: GASP!
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Thursday, February 4, 2016
What is a militia?
A well-organized militia is one organized by state or local government, i.e., an authority having the legal power and authority to do so.
The Minute Men were organized by the British Massachusetts Bay Colony more than 100 years prior to the American Revolutionary War. They were part of the colony's militia -- all able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60.
A self-organized militia is a contradiction in terms -- it is simply a gang ... with guns ... and no adult supervision.
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The Minute Men were organized by the British Massachusetts Bay Colony more than 100 years prior to the American Revolutionary War. They were part of the colony's militia -- all able-bodied men between the ages of 16 and 60.
A self-organized militia is a contradiction in terms -- it is simply a gang ... with guns ... and no adult supervision.
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Monday, January 18, 2016
Exxon-Mobil: An upright, straight forward, two-faced company ...
... July [2015], The Guardian reported that Exxon Mobil Corp ... knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm's own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial."
-- NPR
As many of the world’s major oil companies — including Exxon, Mobil and Shell — joined a multimillion-dollar industry effort to stave off new regulations to address climate change, they were quietly safeguarding billion-dollar infrastructure projects from rising sea levels, warming temperatures and increasing storm severity.
From the North Sea to the Canadian Arctic, the companies were raising the decks of offshore platforms, protecting pipelines from increasing coastal erosion, and designing helipads, pipelines and roads in a warming and buckling Arctic.
-- LA Times
-- NPR
As many of the world’s major oil companies — including Exxon, Mobil and Shell — joined a multimillion-dollar industry effort to stave off new regulations to address climate change, they were quietly safeguarding billion-dollar infrastructure projects from rising sea levels, warming temperatures and increasing storm severity.
From the North Sea to the Canadian Arctic, the companies were raising the decks of offshore platforms, protecting pipelines from increasing coastal erosion, and designing helipads, pipelines and roads in a warming and buckling Arctic.
-- LA Times
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Which policies of the first Republicans would be acceptable to today's Republicans?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North. In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act stated settlers would decide if their new state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner did not want to watch a flood of pro-slavery settlers claim new territories. From this primary issue, a new political party arose ... the Republican Party.
The Republican dislike of slavery came from the belief in a country wherein every man was free to make himself a good life by his own efforts.
The Republicans were the party of free working white men; they opposed the spread of slavery because they feared competition from unpaid labor in the new Western lands. They were no particular friends of the blacks, slave or free. They were purely a sectional party -- the Northeast for the most part.
Issues put forward by the Republicans included:
liberal capitalism - the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
monopoly capitalism - a capitalist system typified by trade monopolies in the hands of a few people.
Sources:
ushistory.org
historytoday.com
u-s-history.com
The early Republicans ...
Help settlers own the western lands
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers & worker's jobs
Liberal immigration laws to provide labor to Northern manufacturers
Capitalism with economic decisions made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
No particular friends of blacks
Today's Republicans ...
Let business drill, mine, harvest the western lands at low cost
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers
Tight immigration laws to reduce potential liberal voters
Capitalism with decisions made by a plutocracy
No particular friends of blacks, Latinos, Muslims, Mideastern peoples, refugees, poor, homeless, mentally ill
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The Republican dislike of slavery came from the belief in a country wherein every man was free to make himself a good life by his own efforts.
The Republicans were the party of free working white men; they opposed the spread of slavery because they feared competition from unpaid labor in the new Western lands. They were no particular friends of the blacks, slave or free. They were purely a sectional party -- the Northeast for the most part.
Issues put forward by the Republicans included:
- Repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act — the Republican opposition to the extension of slavery was based more on economic concerns than moral ones
- Support of the central route for the construction of the transcontinental railroad
- Support of a Homestead Acts, which would ease the process for settlers to own western lands
- Support of high protective tariffs and liberal immigration laws — both were attractive to Northern manufacturers.
- Supported, in its early years, liberal capitalism as opposed to monopoly capitalism.
liberal capitalism - the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
monopoly capitalism - a capitalist system typified by trade monopolies in the hands of a few people.
Sources:
ushistory.org
historytoday.com
u-s-history.com
The early Republicans ...
Help settlers own the western lands
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers & worker's jobs
Liberal immigration laws to provide labor to Northern manufacturers
Capitalism with economic decisions made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
No particular friends of blacks
Today's Republicans ...
Let business drill, mine, harvest the western lands at low cost
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers
Tight immigration laws to reduce potential liberal voters
Capitalism with decisions made by a plutocracy
No particular friends of blacks, Latinos, Muslims, Mideastern peoples, refugees, poor, homeless, mentally ill
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015
What have liberals ever done for the U.S.?
The GI Bill
Endangered Species Act
Environmental Laws
The Space Program
The Peace Corps
Americorps
The Civil Rights Movement
Earned Income Tax Credit
Family & Medical Leave Act
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Americans With Disabilities Act
Freedom of Information Act
Women's right to control their reproductive future
Allowing citizens to view their own credit records
The Internet
Balancing the federal budget
The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)
Lobbying Disclosure Act
"Motor-Voter" Act
The Voting Rights Act
Unemployment Insurance
Medicare/Medicaid
Food Stamps/WIC
Social Security
Peace between Israel and Egypt
Peace between Israel and Jordan
The Department of Education
The Department of Energy
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
Labor Laws
The Marshall Plan
Winning World War II
Food Safety Laws
Workplace Safety Laws
The Tennessee Valley Project
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Securities and Exchange Commission
Women's Right to Vote
Universal Public Education
National Weather Service
Product Labeling Laws
Truth in Advertising Laws
Morrill Land Grant Act
Rural Electrification
Public Universities
Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Broadcasting
Supporting the establishment of Israel
The United Nations
NATO
Endangered Species Act
Environmental Laws
The Space Program
The Peace Corps
Americorps
The Civil Rights Movement
Earned Income Tax Credit
Family & Medical Leave Act
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Americans With Disabilities Act
Freedom of Information Act
Women's right to control their reproductive future
Allowing citizens to view their own credit records
The Internet
Balancing the federal budget
The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)
Lobbying Disclosure Act
"Motor-Voter" Act
The Voting Rights Act
Unemployment Insurance
Medicare/Medicaid
Food Stamps/WIC
Social Security
Peace between Israel and Egypt
Peace between Israel and Jordan
The Department of Education
The Department of Energy
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
Labor Laws
The Marshall Plan
Winning World War II
Food Safety Laws
Workplace Safety Laws
The Tennessee Valley Project
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Securities and Exchange Commission
Women's Right to Vote
Universal Public Education
National Weather Service
Product Labeling Laws
Truth in Advertising Laws
Morrill Land Grant Act
Rural Electrification
Public Universities
Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Broadcasting
Supporting the establishment of Israel
The United Nations
NATO
Where does it say in the U.S. Constitution ...
Article VI, paragraph 3, ... no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
Whether you are religious or not, it matters not under the Constitution. Religion thereby is separated from the state.
Whether you are religious or not, it matters not under the Constitution. Religion thereby is separated from the state.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
What are the odds?
“3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001. 3,400: Americans who died by household firearms since five weeks ago.” -- Salon.com
So ... what is mostly likely to happen to you or someone you know? The math is not that hard.
So ... what is mostly likely to happen to you or someone you know? The math is not that hard.
Friday, November 27, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
From my collection of semi-pithy statements ...
"It works," [Donald] Trump repeated of waterboarding. "Believe me, it works. And you know what? If it doesn't work, they deserve it anyway, for what they're doing."
-- People.com
It is the Donald who would torture for the sake of torture. That is sadism.
He has gone way beyond patriotism. He is opposed to all the Constitution stands for and has moved into immorality.
-- People.com
It is the Donald who would torture for the sake of torture. That is sadism.
He has gone way beyond patriotism. He is opposed to all the Constitution stands for and has moved into immorality.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
The Confederate Battle Flag ... just let it go.
However, in Western countries, association with the German Nazi Party has obliterated any use of the swastika in its original context. Its use is banned in Germany. Any appearance elsewhere is immediately presumed to represent a fascist, nationalist, racist agenda.
The Confederate battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia (original square later rectangular) was, at one time, a symbol to those whose ancestors served in the armed forces of the Confederacy. However, it has also been adopted by various racist groups. It now that association which the flag represents: fascist, nationalist, racist, hate, violence.
Those who feel affection for the flag have lost the battle of public opinion. It would be better to just let it go.
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Jade Helm 2015 ... a scenario
Operation Jade Helm 2015, a US Army training exercise, will take place from 15 July to 15 September 2015. About 1,200 U.S. Special Operations forces will be taking part. The exercise will stretch across several western States.
A small percentage of Texans have decided this will be the beginning of the end for their freedom. They expect to be rounded up and housed in closed Wal-Marts converted to detention facilities. They insist the U.S. Army, sworn to defend the U.S. Constitution, will instead follow illegal orders to lock up Texans because ... well, no good reason has actually been presented so far.
The Army has sent spokepeople to talk to the Texans. This, of course, was an exercise in futility and those attending the public meetings already knew anyone in an Army uniform ... well, anyone in a current, official Army uniform was a liar under any circumstance. There was nothing the spokesfolks could say because the audience already had the "facts" from various odd-ball radio personalities and off-the-wall Websites. Even Fox News called them "kookie"!
My fear ...
A member of the Texas State Guard will be driving alone on a road at night. He will be returning to his family from an official meeting of the Guard called by the Texas Governor. He will, of course, be wearing his Texas State Guard uniform which, surprise, surprise, looks just like the uniform of the U.S. Army.
He will be passed by a pickup carrying a couple of suspicious Texans on the lookout for the illegal roundup they have been expecting for months.
The Guardsman will wave at the two.
They will immediately recognize the wave as a signal to the invisible black helicopter they "know" has been following them the several miles. [The "whop-whop" sound is actually coming from one of the tires.]
Having decided not to be taken without a fight, the pickup swirls into a quick 180 and catches up with the Guardsman. They open fire in a "preemptive strike" to take out the only available target of oppression.
Time passes. Investigations proceed. The two are arrested for murder.
At the trial, the defense argues the two assassins were merely doing their duty against the oppressive, over-reaching Federal government and, because of their heroic action of ambush and backshooting, the illegal roundup was halted.
The two are acquitted and hailed as Texas heroes.
Three months later, the two are found outside their respective homes with bullet holes in their foreheads. Local authorities surmise person or persons unknown with sniper training may have been involved in the slayings. The investigation continues.
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A small percentage of Texans have decided this will be the beginning of the end for their freedom. They expect to be rounded up and housed in closed Wal-Marts converted to detention facilities. They insist the U.S. Army, sworn to defend the U.S. Constitution, will instead follow illegal orders to lock up Texans because ... well, no good reason has actually been presented so far.
The Army has sent spokepeople to talk to the Texans. This, of course, was an exercise in futility and those attending the public meetings already knew anyone in an Army uniform ... well, anyone in a current, official Army uniform was a liar under any circumstance. There was nothing the spokesfolks could say because the audience already had the "facts" from various odd-ball radio personalities and off-the-wall Websites. Even Fox News called them "kookie"!
My fear ...
A member of the Texas State Guard will be driving alone on a road at night. He will be returning to his family from an official meeting of the Guard called by the Texas Governor. He will, of course, be wearing his Texas State Guard uniform which, surprise, surprise, looks just like the uniform of the U.S. Army.
He will be passed by a pickup carrying a couple of suspicious Texans on the lookout for the illegal roundup they have been expecting for months.
The Guardsman will wave at the two.
They will immediately recognize the wave as a signal to the invisible black helicopter they "know" has been following them the several miles. [The "whop-whop" sound is actually coming from one of the tires.]
Having decided not to be taken without a fight, the pickup swirls into a quick 180 and catches up with the Guardsman. They open fire in a "preemptive strike" to take out the only available target of oppression.
Time passes. Investigations proceed. The two are arrested for murder.
At the trial, the defense argues the two assassins were merely doing their duty against the oppressive, over-reaching Federal government and, because of their heroic action of ambush and backshooting, the illegal roundup was halted.
The two are acquitted and hailed as Texas heroes.
Three months later, the two are found outside their respective homes with bullet holes in their foreheads. Local authorities surmise person or persons unknown with sniper training may have been involved in the slayings. The investigation continues.
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Sunday, May 10, 2015
Climate change ... what do you think?
"In 1850, ... there were an estimated 150 glaciers in the area ... By 1968, ... around 50. Today ... 26, many ... mere remnants of
what they once were.
"If current trends continue, some scientists predict that by the year 2030, Glacier National Park will not contain any glaciers and many of the park's smaller glaciers will melt even sooner."
-- nps.gov
So, just check back in fifteen (15) years to see what transpires.
"If current trends continue, some scientists predict that by the year 2030, Glacier National Park will not contain any glaciers and many of the park's smaller glaciers will melt even sooner."
-- nps.gov
So, just check back in fifteen (15) years to see what transpires.
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