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2008-10-21 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Global Cooling Alert: Thirty years of warmer temperatures go poof

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-10-21 10:29|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 When they are screaming that it is cooling and we need to wear propeller caps, warm it up again.

Posted by newc">newc 2008-10-21 10:52|| 2008-10-21 10:52|| Front Page Top

#2 When it's cooling they'll be screaming that we need to do exactly the same thing to combat "warming".

You see it's not about climate, it's about control.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-10-21 11:02|| 2008-10-21 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Exactly, it has never been about warming. It was about transferring our industry to the 3rd world and controlling how much energy, living space, and eventually, how much and what kind of food we get.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-10-21 11:35|| 2008-10-21 11:35|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't believe 20th century warming was due to CO2, BUT the trend line on that graph is speculative at best. The last thing I need is another climate bogon emitter.

Posted by Minister of funny walks 2008-10-21 14:40|| 2008-10-21 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't blame me. My carbon footprint has at least doubled in the last ten years.

Posted by Iblis 2008-10-21 15:53|| 2008-10-21 15:53|| Front Page Top

#6 I remember back in the early 70's prognostications of the coming Ice age. Week after week for years the predicted the coming ice age and every cold front that passed was further proof of impending doom. I wonder how long it will be before we cycle back to worrying about an ice age? If you want to worry, think about Killer asteroids. Now that will ruin your day!

Posted by darrylq 2008-10-21 21:40|| 2008-10-21 21:40|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't know much about mideval history but I am curious if there are any theories out there...did the mideval warming period improve crop yields and generally improved life for Northern Europeans? Did it permit them to spend less effort on mere survival and free up time for advancements? Was this a contributing factor in allowing the Renaissance to occur? Was it important in advancing Western society?

Posted by Chemist 2008-10-21 22:03|| 2008-10-21 22:03|| Front Page Top

#8 Track down a copy of the History Channel's 'Little Ice Age, Big Chill' documentary. Pretty decent [though they felt compelled to do the GW angle towards the end, de rigeur for 2005]. Some of your questions are answered there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-10-21 22:19|| 2008-10-21 22:19|| Front Page Top

#9 The warming period in the 12th and 13th century was a blessing to Central and Northern Europe

Posted by European Conservative 2008-10-21 23:00|| 2008-10-21 23:00|| Front Page Top

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