Originally Posted by CB HI
And if we listened to the same climate scientist in the 1970-80's telling us that we were headed for another ice age, to be on the safe side, we would have been driving the most inefficient motor vehicles so that we could keep the earth as warm as possible for as long as possible.
RIGHT?
Not really. The statement that "climate scientist" (sic) in 1970-1980's were claiming that we were headed for another ice age is actually based on sensationalized statements by the popular media back then. There were few actual scientists at the time saying that.
"Every now and again, the myth that "we shouldn't believe global warming predictions now, because in the 1970's they were predicting an ice age and/or cooling" surfaces. Recently, George Will mentioned it in his column (see Will-full ignorance) and the egregious Crichton manages to say "in the 1970's all the climate scientists believed an ice age was coming" (see Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion ). You can find it in various other places too [here, mildly here, etc]. But its not an argument used by respectable and knowledgeable skeptics, because it crumbles under analysis. That doesn't stop it repeatedly cropping up in newsgroups though."
read the rest here
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php...-myth/#more-94