"global warming is a good thing, right"

aaahhh, another day, another stupid co-worker story...
todays story started with my complaint of the unusually hot weather we have been having here in central PA for the past few days. yesterday hit 92 and was very humid. the grammatically challenged co-worker said that it has been getting this warm this early for the past couple of years...i responded with, 'and they say global warming is an urban legend'...part of her reponse is what i have put in the title of this post...'global warming is a good thing, right, cause it would make our winters less cold and it would be warmer all the time?' wow...not that i expect all people i talk to, to have a clue, but seriously at least have a bit of a clue of the dangers of global warming.

i proceeded to explain to her, that actually global warming will do the exact opposite of what she thinks. it could put us into another ice age...
i made the mistake of going on to explain to her what exactly would happen, and she told me i was exaggerating and that it wouldn't happen like that.

here is an excerpt from a site i found on one of the theories of how global warming could affect our planet...

"The second theory goes by the name of Abrupt Climate Change. It suggests that catastrophic results of global warming might not occur gradually, as most have expected, but quite suddenly - within a few years. This theory also starts with the melting of glaciers and sea ice, but involves the dilution of seawater's salinity - or salt content - that results. That salt content is a key element in an ocean current that takes heat from the tropics northward and cold water southward and in the process moderates temperatures in the Eastern United States and much of Europe.
The collapse of this so-called conveyor could, in the worst case, produce a new ice age. The best case would give us severe winters, increasingly violent storms, flooding, drought and high winds around the globe, disrupting food production and energy supplies and raising sea levels high enough to flood coastal cities and make them unlivable.
These are not predictions but real possibilities - far more possible today than scientists had previously believed. And while the politicos in the White House continue to stick their heads in the sand, some at the Pentagon have taken on the task of studying the national- security implications of Abrupt Climate Change. "

even after telling her this, she thought i was dumb, and hasn't spoken to me for the rest of the day...and actually she closed a door in my face when i was walking into the building after lunch...

it is a joy every day working with this level of immaturity... ;-)