Hey, the Holy Bible is WRONG then... HW
On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Bob Calco <[email protected]> wrote: > http://english.pravda.ru/science/earth/106922-earth_ice_age-0 > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/8rer9j > > - - - > The earth is now on the brink of entering another Ice Age, according to a > large and compelling body of evidence from within the field of climate > science. Many sources of data which provide our knowledge base of long-term > climate change indicate that the warm, twelve thousand year-long Holocene > period will rather soon be coming to an end, and then the earth will return > to Ice Age conditions for the next 100,000 years. > > Ice cores, ocean sediment cores, the geologic record, and studies of > ancient > plant and animal populations all demonstrate a regular cyclic pattern of > Ice > Age glacial maximums which each last about 100,000 years, separated by > intervening warm interglacials, each lasting about 12,000 years. > > ... > > During the 1970s the famous American astronomer Carl Sagan and other > scientists began promoting the theory that 'greenhouse gasses' such as > carbon dioxide, or CO2, produced by human industries could lead to > catastrophic global warming. Since the 1970s the theory of 'anthropogenic > global warming' (AGW) has gradually become accepted as fact by most of the > academic establishment, and their acceptance of AGW has inspired a global > movement to encourage governments to make pivotal changes to prevent the > worsening of AGW. > > The central piece of evidence that is cited in support of the AGW theory is > the famous 'hockey stick' graph which was presented by Al Gore in his 2006 > film "An Inconvenient Truth." The 'hockey stick' graph shows an acute > upward > spike in global temperatures which began during the 1970s and continued > through the winter of 2006/07. However, this warming trend was interrupted > when the winter of 2007/8 delivered the deepest snow cover to the Northern > Hemisphere since 1966 and the coldest temperatures since 2001. It now > appears that the current Northern Hemisphere winter of 2008/09 will > probably > equal or surpass the winter of 2007/08 for both snow depth and cold > temperatures. > > The main flaw in the AGW theory is that its proponents focus on evidence > from only the past one thousand years at most, while ignoring the evidence > from the past million years -- evidence which is essential for a true > understanding of climatology. The data from paleoclimatology provides us > with an alternative and more credible explanation for the recent global > temperature spike, based on the natural cycle of Ice Age maximums and > interglacials. > > ... > > About 325,000 years ago, at the peak of a warm interglacial, global > temperature and CO2 levels were higher than they are today. Today we are > again at the peak, and near to the end, of a warm interglacial, and the > earth is now due to enter the next Ice Age. If we are lucky, we may have a > few years to prepare for it. The Ice Age will return, as it always has, in > its regular and natural cycle, with or without any influence from the > effects of AGW. > > The AGW theory is based on data that is drawn from a ridiculously narrow > span of time and it demonstrates a wanton disregard for the 'big picture' > of > long-term climate change. The data from paleoclimatology, including ice > cores, sea sediments, geology, paleobotany and zoology, indicate that we > are > on the verge of entering another Ice Age, and the data also shows that > severe and lasting climate change can occur within only a few years. While > concern over the dubious threat of Anthropogenic Global Warming continues > to > distract the attention of people throughout the world, the very real threat > of the approaching and inevitable Ice Age, which will render large parts of > the Northern Hemisphere uninhabitable, is being foolishly ignored. > > - - - > > This makes a lot more sense to me than AGW. The very idea that you can draw > conclusions from such a small data sample has always been IMHO the Achilles > Heel of the argument. That plus the sordid cast of characters who rally > around it, and now enjoy great wealth and popularity and power having > manufactured AGW hysteria, hardly inspire confidence. > > You know the world is upside down when and article in Pravda makes more > sense that the conventional wisdom of your own country...... which seems to > have taken a rather decisive dive off a cliff on a number of issues of > national life and death. > > - Bob > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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