2 ms·

So, the people that have been warning us for 50 years were .. actually correct. No, they weren't. We didn't end up in a mini ice-age. The glaciers in Glacier N

So, the people that have been warning us for 50 years were .. actually correct. No, they weren't. We didn't end up in a mini ice-age. The glaciers in Glacier National Park did not disappear. The polar ice caps did not melt. Widespread famine did not occur. Widespread destruction did not occur. Instead, humanity has experience it's greatest period of prosperity in the same period prophets like Ehrlich assured us of our impending doom. Doom is always right around the corner. Who would have thought that science could work! Science always works. But scientists get things wrong frequently.

esarbe 7y ago
Let's try to pick some of your claims. Let's start with Global Cooling. Although popularized by the media, this theory was very fringe and not accepted scientific consensus. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling) The glaciers in Glacier National Park; they are melting. And melting fast (https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/climate-change.htm https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/climate-change.htm) The polar ice caps are melting. We've had a 11% reduction in are in about 20 years. (https://i1.wp.com/ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/plots/icecover/osisaf_nh_iceextent_daily_5years_en.png https://i1.wp.com/ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/plots/icecover/osisaf_...) If we continue like that, widespread famine and destruction are just around the corner. We're currently running into that, head first, full speed ahead.
tzs 7y ago
> No, they weren't. We didn't end up in a mini ice-age. 1. Only a small fraction of scientists predicted an ice age. 2. Those predictions were based on the assumption that we wouldn't do anything to seriously address the increasing release of particulates into the atmosphere. Particulates have a cooling effect. The models predicting an ice age predicted that the particulate cooling effect would be enough to overcome the warming effect from greenhouse gas emissions. 3. We in fact took particulates seriously, leading to a massive decrease in particulate emissions, thereby invalidating the assumption that led those models to forecast that the cooling effect would overcome the warming effect from greenhouse gases.

esarbe 7y ago

Let's try to pick some of your claims. Let's start with Global Cooling. Although popularized by the media, this theory was very fringe and not accepted scientific consensus. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_cooling) The glaciers in Glacier National Park; they are melting. And melting fast (https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/climate-change.htm https://www.nps.gov/glac/learn/nature/climate-change.htm) The polar ice caps are melting. We've had a 11% reduction in are in about 20 years. (https://i1.wp.com/ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/plots/icecover/osisaf_nh_iceextent_daily_5years_en.png https://i1.wp.com/ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/plots/icecover/osisaf_...) If we continue like that, widespread famine and destruction are just around the corner. We're currently running into that, head first, full speed ahead.

tzs 7y ago

> No, they weren't. We didn't end up in a mini ice-age. 1. Only a small fraction of scientists predicted an ice age. 2. Those predictions were based on the assumption that we wouldn't do anything to seriously address the increasing release of particulates into the atmosphere. Particulates have a cooling effect. The models predicting an ice age predicted that the particulate cooling effect would be enough to overcome the warming effect from greenhouse gas emissions. 3. We in fact took particulates seriously, leading to a massive decrease in particulate emissions, thereby invalidating the assumption that led those models to forecast that the cooling effect would overcome the warming effect from greenhouse gases.