Originally Posted by RockyMtnMerlin
Here
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94 is a short scientific article explaining why the above quote is not quite accurate. They say that it is much more accurate to say that the
popular press was guilty of saying some unfortunate things about an impending ice age. Great thing about realclimate.org is that they present the issue, cite supporting scientific work, discuss non-supporting scientifc work and then come to their conclusion. They then take the further step to answer questions from both people who support their conclusions and those who oppose them. Makes for some very good reading.
I think that some of us have been saying that the popular press was guilty of saying some unfortunate things about impending climate change. What I want to hear from both sides in this issue is real, fact stipulating science, not colored by lots of emotion laced rhetoric.
I would like to know more about what conditions existed on this planet during the previous interglacial periods and what the potential causes were back then. I would like to know more about what political or economic interests may be fueling both the pro's and con's so that I might make some informed decisions about what I am reading and watching.
I have become very wary of popular catastrophies....ozone layer....nuclear winter.....bird flue....terrorism.....eco terrorists.....the domono theory.....peak oil.....that play out in the media for a while and then fade away in the face of the next impending end of it all story.
Nor can I abide by the naysayers who joke about having beachfront property in New Hampshire.
The words of fear are....could...might...as much as....its possible that....may be......idiots....bull!@#$%.....all of my scientists are right and all of yours are wrong. Remember that there are people out there on both sides of the issue that believe that Elvis lives, flouride is a communist plot, there is a shadow government that rules the world and everyone else is bad.
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