[niteowl77]

My college geology prof was well known and respected in the 1970's, and he publicly claimed to be in abject fear of global cooling.

I have often wondered just how long it took him to become an AGW fanboy.

Mr. niteowl77

[PapaBear3625]

We are actually more in danger from global cooling. "Normal" in the last 400,000+ years is that we are in a long Ice Age, with periodic short intervals of warming. We are currently in one of those short intervals, and could be overdue for another dip into Ice Age.

It would be ironic if "global warming" did exist, and it was the only thing holding off the Ice Age...

[Bernard Marx]

My college geology prof was well known and respected in the 1970's, and he publicly claimed to be in abject fear of global cooling. I have often wondered just how long it took him to become an AGW fanboy.

I'll bet he didn't change. Geologists are among the only scientists who know the history of the Earth and the huge changes in climate it's experienced -- and why. A few have fallen for the PC bait but in general the best books written about the realities of climate change have been by geologists.

I highly recommend "Global Warming - Alarmists, Skeptics and Deniers" by G. Dedrick Robinson, an historical geologist, and his attorney son. It puts the whole debate into the proper perspective.

[henkster]

I remember most of what I read, and I read a lot. I distinctly recall the articles in Scientific American and National Geographic regarding the next ice age. There was a particular article in National Geographic about the second balf of the NFL season being canceled by confinuous blizzards burying stadiums in snow. And in the summer, in “the sheltdred and shady places, not all of the snow drifts melted beford the next season’s znows.”

There was a string of bitterly cold and snowy winters in the mid to late 1970s. I was stranded in college during the Blizzard of 78. Many people went nuts, and were shrt-sighted and lacked perspective. I’m sure they are just as hysterical about “global warming.”

[Little Ray]

Depends on when the government grants became available.
That is the whole point of the politicized science.
The government funds the ‘science’ then uses the results to extend its power.

[Little Ray]

Depends on when the government grants became available.
That is the whole point of the politicized science.
The government funds the ‘science’ then uses the results to extend its power.