Moreover, it is common sense that at any point in time the planet is warming or cooling. It does not stay flat very often.
Jumping to political conclusions based on this observation seems hardly befitting a man of science, who is, I might add, professionally speaking a skeptic. - Publius On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Publius Maximus <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm all for studying it, but when thugs like Hugo Chavez are getting > all the applause lines at a conference, chances are science long since > stopped being part of the inquiry. > > - Publius > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:32 PM, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: >> And from the same article >> "Man, too, may be somewhat responsible for the cooling trend. The University >> of Wisconsin's Reid A. Bryson and other climatologists suggest that dust and >> other particles released into the atmosphere as a result of farming and fuel >> burning may be blocking more and more sunlight from reaching and heating the >> surface of the earth." >> >> So, nothing is firm. Whether we get cooling or heating, can we blame mankind >> for affecting the weather? In the same article scientists are mounting ever >> more studies about our climate. We need these to determine whether the earth >> is warming or cooling. >> >> >> >> Read more: >> http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944914-2,00.html#ixzz0a68IAHO8 >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Publius Maximus" <[email protected]> >> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 8:47 PM >> Subject: [OT] Science: Another Ice Age? >> >> >> http://bit.ly/63Zn3I >> >> - - - >> As they review the bizarre and unpredictable weather pattern of the >> past several years, a growing number of scientists are beginning to >> suspect that many seemingly contradictory meteorological fluctuations >> are actually part of a global climatic upheaval. However widely the >> weather varies from place to place and time to time, when >> meteorologists take an average of temperatures around the globe they >> find that the atmosphere has been growing gradually cooler for the >> past three decades. The trend shows no indication of reversing. >> Climatological Cassandras are becoming increasingly apprehensive, for >> the weather aberrations they are studying may be the harbinger of >> another ice age. >> >> Telltale signs are everywhere —from the unexpected persistence and >> thickness of pack ice in the waters around Iceland to the southward >> migration of a warmth-loving creature like the armadillo from the >> Midwest.Since the 1940s the mean global temperature has dropped about >> 2.7° F. >> - - - >> >> Every time I reread this Time magazine blast from the past, I get a >> warm-fuzzy feeling about scientific consensus, not unlike what I >> experience when downing two or three glasses of single-malt Scotch >> whiskey. >> >> Ahhh! >> >> Damn, it's going down to near freezing Sunday night here in Tampa. >> Better stock up! >> >> - Publius >> >> -- >> >> "It ought never to be forgotten, that a firm union of this country, >> under an efficient government, will probably be an increasing object >> of jealousy to more than one nation of Europe; and that enterprises to >> subvert it will sometimes originate in the intrigues of foreign >> powers, and will seldom fail to be patronized and abetted by some of >> them. Its preservation, therefore ought in no case that can be >> avoided, to be committed to the guardianship of any but those whose >> situation will uniformly beget an immediate interest in the faithful >> and vigilant performance of the trust." [Federalist Papers #59] >> [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. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
