Originally Posted by rck
I'm not sure of the official score, however, I rode outside 7 times in jan. Given that I do not ride if the temps are under 25 that makes for a pretty unusual jan. Additionally, I have friends who are all ready making maple syrup and I've seen trees budding. Regardless of its causes, global warming just isn't so bad!
On global warming, don't jump to conclusions. There is a difference between weather and climate. There are other factors that can cause an unusually warm winter.
That having been said, every ice sheet on the planet (except Mt St Helens) is receeding. The northwest passage is opening during the summer north of Canada (good for China (bad for Panama)).
One more data point is that warm winters are typically associated with an El Nina. There is no El Nina this year. So it's a reasonable conjecture to believe that this is associated with global warming. But it ain't proof.