THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE, USA
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Volume IX, Issue # 38, February 25, 2007
Dr. Almon Leroy Way, Jr., Editor
Government Committed to & Acting in Accord with Conservative Principles
Ensures a Nation's Strength, Progress, & Prosperity
AN ICE AGE VERSUS GLOBAL WARMING
By Alan Caruba
THE EARTH'S CLIMATIC FUTURE: FURTHER GLOBAL WARMING OR THE COMING OF A NEW ICE AGE? WILL HUMANITY &
CIVILIZATION BE DESTROYED BY AN OVER-HEATED PLANET OR BY A THICK SHEET OF ICE? THE POLITICAL &
ECONOMIC AGENDA OF POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS, WHO CLAIM THAT THE EARTH & ITS INHABITANTS ARE
DOOMED TO EXTINCTION BY A PERIOD OF CATASTROPIC GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY GREENHOUSE GASES RESULTING
FROM INDUSTRY, TRANSPORTATION, & OTHER HUMAN ACTIVITY: SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF ALL
ENERGY DERIVED FROM FOSSIL FUELS -- DESTRUCTION OF A THRIVING PERIOD OF ECONOMIC GROWTH & INTERNATIONAL
TRADE -- POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTALISM & GLOBAL WARMING THEORY VERSUS TRUE SCIENCE & HUMAN PROSPERITY
FULL STORY:
The latest summary of yet another revised edition of a report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change has evoked all the usual fears predicting the deaths of millions by 2080, and other end of the world scenarios.
2080 is a mere 73 years from now. In meteorological terms, it is a blink of the eye. Real climatologists measure time far
differently than the rest of us. While the IPCC, Al Gore, and the other fear mongers are warning of the horrors of Global
Warming, it is useful to look at the time scales. The end of the last Ice Age was 11,500 ago.
It is also useful to keep in mind that the known cycle of time between Ice Ages is about 11,500 years. If you believe the
fear mongers, in less than the lifetime of the average American, coastal cities will be under water. If the Ice Age cycle
holds true, however, at some point it is far more likely that they will be under a thick sheet of ice.
Since we are at the end of an interglacial period, we are far closer to the next Ice Age than the last. Everything we call
“civilization” has occurred since the last Ice Age. The rise of various empires began about five thousand years ago, with
Egypt initially being the most prominent.
Let me stipulate that none of the facts to be cited — taken from the open source of Wikipedia — will make any difference
to those who are wedded to the Global Warmer’s end of the world scenario, though dying from too much ice is surely as
unpleasant as dying from an over-heated planet.
The notion that humans can prevent either is so absurd as to defy belief, but it clearly doesn’t defy belief because
millions have been convinced it can be done.
For now, it comes down to the amount of time in which Global Warming is predicted to end life on planet Earth. For the
Global Warmers, the real agenda is not about somehow pumping all the carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Even they
know it’s impossible. It is also an idiotic goal, given the fact that all vegetation is totally dependent on CO2 for its
existence. Take away vegetation, forests, jungles and all crops, and you also remove all human and other species. For true
believers, the real pollution of the Earth is the human race.
The real agenda of Global Warming is political and economic. The IPCC’s predictions are intended to stampede the
legislation of vast restrictions on all use of energy. It is energy and “labor saving devices” that have transformed what we
regard as the modern world. Take away electricity and we are all instantly transported back to the days when the
Declaration of Independence was written by candlelight.
An Ice Age, says Wikipedia, “is a period of longterm reduction in the temperature of Earth’s climate, resulting in an
expansion of the continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets, and mountain glaciers.”
Bear in mind that real science is of little interest to Global Warming advocates. History, too, is a great nuisance because it
inconveniently suggests they are lying through their teeth.
For example, there was a Little Ice Age that Wikipedia says occurred “approximately the 16th to the mid-19th centuries,
while others suggest a span from the 13th to the 17th centuries. It is generally agreed that there were three minima,
beginning about 1650, about 1770, and 1850, each separated by slight warming intervals.”
Prior to the Little Ice Age of some three centuries length, there was the Medieval warm period, sometimes called the
Climate Optimum because it was a period when more crops produced more food, populations expanded, life spans were
extended, and, life for those in the northern hemisphere improved.
Remember the stories of Valley Forge where George Washington’s rag-tag Revolutionary Army damned near froze to
death in the winter of 1777-1778? Think mini-ice age. The one that began again around 1850 didn’t end until around 1950,
a century later.
Now apply a bit of common sense. If the last mini-ice age ended in 1950, does it not follow that the Earth has warmed
since then? Yes, it has. Climate scientists agree it has warmed about one degree Fahrenheit. Is this cause for panic? No.
Should we cease using oil, natural gas, and coal? No.
The Global Warmers tell you that it will get worse barely seven decades from now, but history and science suggests that
we are, in fact, on the brink of the next major, cyclical Ice Age and it is far more likely that the northern hemisphere will
begin to cool. The really bad news is that this will occur quite rapidly once it begins.
For those with the wits to examine the history and science of climate, it is obvious that the Global Warmers are seeking to
deceive whole nations and continents into the destruction of a thriving period of world trade and relative peace we call
globalization.
Short range, this is occurring today in the Congress of the United States. It must not be allowed to happen, and those
behind it should be driven from public office at the earliest possible moment.
LINKS TO RELATED TOPICS:
Policy Issues Relating to Energy, Environment,
& Natural Resources
Government, the Economy, & Economic Prosperity:
Political Environmentalism Versus Economic Prosperity
Alan Caruba is a veteran business and science writer, a Public Relations Counselor, and Founder of the National Anxiety Center, a
clearinghouse for information about media-driven scare campaigns. Caruba writes a weekly commentary, "Warning Signs," posted
on the Internet website of the National Anxiety Center, which is located at
www.anxietycenter.com.
Caruba’s new book, Right Answers: Separating Fact from Fantasy, has been published by Merril Press.
© Alan Caruba 2007
Published with Permission of Alan Caruba
ACaruba@AOL.Com
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