Originally Posted by phinney

Spry, isn't it obvious to you that you're experiencing much higher average global temperatures? Better wear extra sunscreen on today's ride. Don't worry anyway, before we fry we'll either run out of oil (notice how you don't hear much about that one anymore) or an asteroid will take us out (don't hear much about that one either).

I can't believe people keep falling for this stuff over and over again. Someone really should write a book about the pathology of a global catastrophe and the end of mankind. Has there always been a proportion of the population that is both gullible and obsessed with gloom and doom or is it a modern phenomena? It certainly seems that the political exploitation of this group is fairly recent. The history section alone would be fascinating. Maybe I could get a grant?