Ice Age ‘07: Politically Incorrect Weather

CBN News ^ | February 9, 2007 | Dale Hurd

[DugwayDuke]

"Oh, pardon my ignorance. Global warming, portrayed by internet inventor Al Gore and some really smart people at the UN as the biggest crisis in world history, is now about climate change. So it can get really cold, and that also means it’s warming. And if you don’t understand that logic, you probably didn’t go to the right school."

I remember debating on-line in the mid-90s 'global warming'. I became a 'global warming' denier when I was told that 'global warming' could cause hotter temperatures and colder termperatures, more rain and less rain, etc.

At that point I realized that 'global warming' was fatally flawed as an hypothesis. A hypothesis must be capable of being proved right or wrong. But, if everything is consistent with the hypothesis, it can not be factually verified.

I was amazed that those arguing the correctness of global warming could not see this basic scientific problem. At that point I became a 'global warming' denier.

[Arrowhead1952]

See the link to an FR thread the other day.

See here for the 1975 textbook warning about global cooling and the impending iceage.

[doberville]

Who will be around to collect if they take your bet?

[Caipirabob]

My drains freeze too, I can cope with no water for a day or too but no drain sucks big time.

I remember going to school at Purdue and having my eyelashes freezing together the first time I tried to walk in a -30 windchill.

I moved to Florida within weeks of graduation.

We have our problems, but there's no snow or real cold. Thank you, God, there is no snow.

Let us know if you ever come down for a visit in warmer climes. I don't recommend anyone move here right now with the problem with insurance and taxes, but if you do visit, we'll help you scout out some fun and show you some good restaurants. We'll take you to one of our Brazilian restaurants like Chima. 16 kinds of meat roasted on spit and marinated with brine. Good eatin'...

[GregoryFul]

Even the drop in world's average temperature since 1998 (according to satellite data), is due to GW!

[USCG SimTech]

I stubbed my toe three times in the past year and each time it was cloudy out.

Therefore

Every time it's cloudy out I'm at high risk of stubbing my toe.

Flawed logic in this global warming, junk science.

[etlib]

I was amazed that those arguing the correctness of global warming could not see this basic scientific problem. At that point I became a 'global warming' denier.

This is part of what did it for me too. However the clincher was when I read articles by GW proponents which essentially said that GW was so obviously true that any evidence to the contrary could be safely ignored.