Yesterday, I read the old Newsweek story in 1975 about the “cooling of the earth,” in which scientists were absolutely, irrefutably certain we were heading to an ice age. Some of the brilliant eminences of science back then suggested possible one solution to head of the coming catastrophe: head up the polar ice caps and melt the ice.
Because they were sure.. consensus and all...
CORRECTED VERSION:
Yesterday, I read the old Newsweek story in 1975 about the “cooling of the earth,” in which scientists were absolutely, irrefutably certain we were heading to an ice age. Some of those brilliant eminences of science back then suggested one possible solution to head off the coming catastrophe: heat up the polar ice caps and melt the ice.
Because they were sure.. consensus and all...