A history lesson and what we can learn from it.
Pete Du Pont gives us a quick history lesson in global climate change.
"When Eric the Red led the Norwegian Vikings to Greenland in the late 900s, it was an ice-free farm country--grass for sheep and cattle, open water for fishing, a livable climate--so good a colony that by 1100 there were 3,000 people living there. Then came the Ice Age. By 1400, average temperatures had declined by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the glaciers had crushed southward across the farmlands and harbors, and the Vikings did not survive.
Such global temperature fluctuations are not surprising, for looking back in history we see a regular pattern of warming and cooling. From 200 B.C. to A.D. 600 saw the Roman Warming period; from 600 to 900, the cold period of the Dark Ages; from 900 to 1300 was the Medieval warming period; and 1300 to 1850, the Little Ice Age."
He then compares the much touted IPCC report to the "Inconvenient Truth" of Al Gore's movie and find Al surprisingly wanting.
"While global warming alarmism has become a daily American press feature, the IPCC, in its new report, is backtracking on its warming predictions. While Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" warns of up to 20 feet of sea-level increase, the IPCC has halved its estimate of the rise in sea level by the end of this century, to 17 inches from 36. It has reduced its estimate of the impact of global greenhouse-gas emissions on global climate by more than one-third, because, it says, pollutant particles reflect sunlight back into space and this has a cooling effect. " (emphasis mine)
Boy talk about "inconvenient"....then there is this...
"The IPCC confirms its 2001 conclusion that global warming will have little effect on the number of typhoons or hurricanes the world will experience, but it does not note that there has been a steady decrease in the number of global hurricane days since 1970--from 600 to 400 days, according to Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Peter Webster." (emphasis again mine)
But what about that "scientific consensus" that Al swears agrees to all of this?
"As we have seen since the beginning of time, and from the Vikings' experience in Greenland, our world experiences cyclical climate changes. America needs to understand clearly what is happening and why before we sign onto U.N. environmental agreements, shut down our industries and power plants, and limit our economic growth. "
Which is what I have been saying all along. I didn't realize that I was in such "lofty" company but it's nice to know that I am.
"When Eric the Red led the Norwegian Vikings to Greenland in the late 900s, it was an ice-free farm country--grass for sheep and cattle, open water for fishing, a livable climate--so good a colony that by 1100 there were 3,000 people living there. Then came the Ice Age. By 1400, average temperatures had declined by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, the glaciers had crushed southward across the farmlands and harbors, and the Vikings did not survive.
Such global temperature fluctuations are not surprising, for looking back in history we see a regular pattern of warming and cooling. From 200 B.C. to A.D. 600 saw the Roman Warming period; from 600 to 900, the cold period of the Dark Ages; from 900 to 1300 was the Medieval warming period; and 1300 to 1850, the Little Ice Age."
He then compares the much touted IPCC report to the "Inconvenient Truth" of Al Gore's movie and find Al surprisingly wanting.
"While global warming alarmism has become a daily American press feature, the IPCC, in its new report, is backtracking on its warming predictions. While Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" warns of up to 20 feet of sea-level increase, the IPCC has halved its estimate of the rise in sea level by the end of this century, to 17 inches from 36. It has reduced its estimate of the impact of global greenhouse-gas emissions on global climate by more than one-third, because, it says, pollutant particles reflect sunlight back into space and this has a cooling effect. " (emphasis mine)
Boy talk about "inconvenient"....then there is this...
"The IPCC confirms its 2001 conclusion that global warming will have little effect on the number of typhoons or hurricanes the world will experience, but it does not note that there has been a steady decrease in the number of global hurricane days since 1970--from 600 to 400 days, according to Georgia Tech atmospheric scientist Peter Webster." (emphasis again mine)
But what about that "scientific consensus" that Al swears agrees to all of this?
"As we have seen since the beginning of time, and from the Vikings' experience in Greenland, our world experiences cyclical climate changes. America needs to understand clearly what is happening and why before we sign onto U.N. environmental agreements, shut down our industries and power plants, and limit our economic growth. "
Which is what I have been saying all along. I didn't realize that I was in such "lofty" company but it's nice to know that I am.
Labels: Global Climate Change
posted by The Lady Logician at
7:11 AM
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All you need to know... is in the IPCC report itself. It states very clearly that if we would strongly limit CO2 emissions starting today, we would be experiencing global warming for the next 200 years or so! (This information, by the way, is confirmed by ice core studies.) The only possible conclusion is that, if drastic measures on our part cannot stop it, then how in the blue blazes can we (humankind) be guilty of STARTING it??
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Anonymous, at 10:06 AM
Good post. Unfortunately, the media and BIG Science has already indoctrinated much of the public. I wish that people would wake up and start testing the theories because they Don't Add Up. Your article is a step in the right direction in opening people's minds. Thanks! -Tim
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tsh, at 5:22 PM
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