Posted on 02/21/2014 6:31:55 AM PST by SoConPubbie
Beaumont, TX (CNN) – Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions whether global warming is real, arguing that the "data are not supporting what the advocates are arguing."
"The last 15 years, there has been no recorded warming. Contrary to all the theories that – that they are expounding, there should have been warming over the last 15 years. It hasn't happened," said Cruz.
Cruz spoke to CNN in an exclusive interview following an event here to promote his new energy plan, which he says he will formally introduce in the Senate next week.
When pressed about the fact that the arctic is melting, and whether that helps prove climate change is real, Cruz dismissed it.
"Other parts are going up. It is not - you know, you always have to be worried about something that is considered a so-called scientific theory that fits every scenario. Climate change, as they have defined it, can never be disproved, because whether it gets hotter or whether it gets colder, whatever happens, they'll say, well, it's changing, so it proves our theory," argued Cruz.
"I am always troubled by a theory that fits every perfect situation. You know, back in the '70s - I remember the '70s, we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded. And then we were told by Al Gore and others there was global warming and that was going to be a big problem. And then it morphed. It wasn't global warming anymore, it became climate change. And the problem with climate change is there's never been a day in the history of the world in which the climate is not changing," said Cruz.
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And Christians. In fact, mostly Christians.
Wait, was not Christianity the underpinnings of those institutions some 100 years ago?
From: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/02/20/a-must-read-why-secretary-of-state-john-kerry-is-flat-wrong-on-climate-change/
He has to reach out to the airport traveler voting bloc.
FROST FAIRS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25862141
Excerpts from Newsweek article entitled “The Cooling World” (with chart and graph)
April 28, 1978 - Peter Gwynne with bureau reports
“There are ominous signs that the Earth’s weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production...”
“The central fact is that after three quarters of a century of extraordinarily mild conditions, the earth’s climate seems to be cooling down. Meteorologists disagree about the cause and extent of the cooling trend, as well as over its specific impact on local weather conditions.”
“...the present decline has taken the planet about a sixth of the way toward the Ice Age average. Others regard the cooling as a reversion to the “little ice age” conditions that brought bitter winters to much of Europe and northern America between 1600 and 1900...”
“Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects. They concede that some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot or diverting arctic rivers, might create problems far greater than those they solve.”
(photograph of the article plus a transcript in larger print - on the page of a conservative blog - very clean site, loads quickly, no ads). . .
http://agem.com/GlobalCooling.htm
I've got the Newsweek article. I am not suggesting the belief in cooling during the 70's was untrue.
Just making the point that the TIME cover is a hoax, and can compromise our arguments if we present it as fact, and get called on it.
For an even better expose, see:
150 Years of Global Warming and Cooling at the New York Times
Yes, I appreciate your attention to accuracy of sources. Maybe someone will read this thread sometime and see the Newsweek article and your link for the first time.
According to Time Magazine (in 1977) we will never defeat the Soviets. Is it too late to surrender?
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