Posted on 01/28/2005 7:29:42 AM PST by presidio9
A good article regarding the US, in particular is:
Horrible effects of global warming: Nice weather, more crops
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1787700/posts
It has two maps showing how temperatures have moderated in both summer and winter in the US since 1976.
I'm a bit concerned about their baseline data, and that fact that they chose "since 1976" but it is clear that the US has experienced better weather since that time - with generally cooler summers and warmer winters.
Bring on Global Warming!
"There is at least one extemely well known scientist that agrees with Crichton. Dr. Kary Mullis, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has placed "State of Fear" on his recommended reading list."
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He's not the only one. Most scientists I speak with, who have actually studied the situation, are skeptical that there is anything yet proven regarding how much of the warming is due to man.
Take a look at my post#81. I think you'll like what you see.
Your link didn't work... Colorado must not want this spread around.
Here is Crichton's official site where this excellent speech is still up and running:
http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html
I suppose the only way to justify such statements is to declare that no one in the Midieval Warm Period recorded the temperatures.
Crichton describes the book as fiction.
Why tarnish the anti global warming scientists by bringing up that crackpot?
1. Global Warming is happening.
2. Man is likely NOT the cause.
3. Regardless, man can do little to prevent, manage or affect climate change.
4. The "science" of Global Warming is suspect at best - if not downright criminally hyped and conducted.
5. The "science" of Global Warming can neither be conclusively tested nor proven empirically, so therefore throwing gobs and gobs of taxpayer money in a hysterical fashion at a cause it may or may not help is irresponsible and ultimately destructive.
For this he is being fried by his fellow media types.
More tellingly, he has become an apostate, or a dissenting voice against the church of environmentalism, a "denier" who will pay for his heresy...
I'd rather steer people to some of the speeches on his site, particularly
"Aliens Caus Global Warming" and "Fear, Complexity, Environmental Management in the 21st Century" Warning, the links cause your browser to resize.
Thank you!
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