Simmering?
In case you wonder why global-warming enthusiast's seem to be in such a lather all the time, a clue can be found in a recent article by Peter Janssen of Cruising Life that quoted Brian Sullivan (Bloomberg) with the following:
The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead.
The definition of “simmering” is "a low boil.” So, Brian Sullivan is making a claim that the sea is boiling! That’s bad! He goes on to add:
In the Gulf of Mexico, where offshore drilling accounts for about 17% of U.S. oil output, water temperatures were 76.3 degrees Fahrenheit (24.6 Celsius), 1.7 degrees above the long-term average, said Phil Klotzbach at Colorado State University. If Gulf waters stay warm, it could be the fuel that intensifies any storm that comes that way, Klotzbach said.
Especially bad is that place where demon oil is brought up; the temperature has increased 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit “above the long-term average.” If that is indeed an average, shouldn’t there be a few temperatures that come in below the average? At any rate, “76.3 degrees Fahrenheit” is significantly below boiling; closer to ‘hyperboling', I’d say.
I have little doubt that the “slash and burn” that has been going on for the last half-century in Central America and other area’s has contributed to lower air quality and disruptions in the weather pattern, but that is quite a bit different than drilling oil—unless of course it’s British Petroleum that’s doing the drilling!
/fl