Wasn’t a volcanic eruption what caused the mini-iceage about 500 years ago? Its ashes, etc. blocked out the rays of the sun for such a period of time that thousands perished becasue food growth could not be sustained? I hate to run counter to global warming crowd but even this potential volcanic explosion aside, the evidence seems, repeat seems, to be leaning toward a cooling, rather than a warming period?
“Wasn’t a volcanic eruption what caused the mini-iceage about 500 years ago?”
Based upon this factoid; seems to me we should all be driving big ole suv’s, full size pickups and such. In fact, wouldn’t it make good sense if there were a law against driving anything with an engine less than 427CI (7L)? Seems like we should be doing whatever to cause global warming instead of the reverse :)
If I remember correctly, it was Mt. Tambora that erupted back then, leading to the ‘Year without a Summer’ and directly to the writing of Frankenstein. Watched a Learning Channel episode about it, and it talked about how Mary Shelley and her husband vacationed with Lord Byron on Lake Geneva. However, because the weather was so cold that summer, they couldn’t go hiking, etc., so they stayed indoors, and decided to each write a short story. And out of Mary Shelley came Frankenstein! Who’da thunk?