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Posted on 11/24/2007 6:37:59 AM PST by truthfinder9
Archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear began writing their fictional “North America’s Forgotten Past” 17 years ago. The series is set in prehistoric North America and the authors use their archaeological background to recreate a plausible ancient world. Now their 12th book in the series People of the Nightland they tackle global warming. What, some political fiction book? No, not quite:
…the newest novel in their acclaimed “North America’s Forgotten Past” series—the Gears remind us that global warming is not a recent phenomenon. Less than 13,000 years ago, our forebears saw their climate turned upside-down. In a single decade, they saw the great glaciers die—melting away without greenhouses gases superheating their atmosphere…Most of the magnificent, gargantuan animals are gone, and the last of the great melting glaciers are forming a vast chain of five freshwater lakes, encompassing 300,000 square miles, which will one day be known as “the Great Lakes.”
I haven’t read the book yet, but the novel is a reminder that global warming will and has happened with or without us. The website does try some hysteria when it states “Today’s CO2 emissions could easily accelerate the planet’s tendencies toward high-speed global warming, and the great glaciers of the far north could liquefy faster than those of the last Ice Age.”
Really, how do you know that? “High-speed” global warming? Hey, I guess hysteria does sell books. Ask Al Gore. More importantly, we should realize that if prehistoric Americans could survive environmental catastrophe in caves and huts, do we really have a lot to fear?
Well, yes, if the juvenile notion continues that we not only can, but must, try to prevent a reccurence, because... well because some nutballs say so, in the face of millions of years of evidence to the contrary.
Just think, we can have both global warming and economic collapse!
Did they also make reference to the ‘Little Ice Age’?
Folks in those days were nomadic. As the climate changed they moved to follow the game and better conditions. I'm afraid those in our society who believe climate should bend to their personal whims and dictates may have some surprises coming.
Yeah its funny Global Warmers never discuss the fact that the great lakes region was nothing but a huge ice cube just 15,000 years ago. How did it melt with man around? 15,000 years is just a sneeze in the history of this planet.
with = without.
~~Anthropogenic Global Warming ™~~
The earth has been much warmer and much colder than it is now. What is the "normal" or appropriate temperature for the earth and how does anyone know?
There used to be about a mile and a half of ice over what is now Central Park in NYC. Was the global warming that melted it a good thing or a bad thing and why?
Mars, the moon and other celestial bodies are warming too. Isn't it likely that the cause of this is also what is causing the earth to warm?
It begs the question of what caused the “catastrophic” global warming 13,000 years ago when human contribution to the world’s CO2 was almost non existent. It would also be hard to say that having half the northern hemisphere covered in glaciers was somehow superior to a drastically warmer environment.
Good reading bump
The earth has been much warmer and much colder than it is now. What is the "normal" or appropriate temperature for the earth and how does anyone know?
There used to be about a mile and a half of ice over what is now Central Park in NYC. Was the global warming that melted it a good thing or a bad thing and why?
Mars, the moon and other celestial bodies are warming too. Isn't it likely that the cause of this is also what is causing the earth to warm?
I would like to see these questions asked in one of the Republican debates...
Social Responsibility Activists Do Not Play Fair
Global Warming on FreeRepublic
Here are my questions (also - unanswered!)
1. In the 900’s to 1100’s - it was much warmer than it is now. Greenland was a settled by the Vikings and they had an agricultural community there. England was warm enough to support the cultivation of plants that are not presently grown there. How could this be, and was this a good thing or a bad thing?
2. In the 1600’s, there was a “mini-Ice Age”. The Vikings had long since abandoned Greenland. The Thames River would routinely freeze solid during the winter. Europe had problems with the shortened growing season. What caused the previous warm period to change to very cold period, and was this good or bad?
3. The mini-Ice age ended and we had a warming. By the 20th century, we had warmed up significantly, but not quite as warm as at was in the 900’s - 1100’s. The majority of the warming in the 20th century happened before 1940’s. What caused this warming, and was it good or bad? Should we hope that the climate warms further, to what it was in the 900’s - 1100’s?
Mike
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Some. But near here in the Shenandoah Valley, some folks live in the same spot for 2000 years (11k to 9k years ago). At the beginning of the period there was permanent snow cover at 3k elevation on the Blue Ridge so life was no picnic. Compared to that, all us nomads will be gone in the blink of an eye.
BFL
Thanks for the pings (I’m catching up after having a houseful of company). I’ve read some of the books in this series and they are good.
Alwaysright, I’ve had those same questions. I took a museum tour the other day, and during the dinosaur section, found out that one of the reasons for the die-off of the mastadons in our area was because of an ice-age about 13,000-15,000 years ago. Prior to that point, our climate was much, much warmer than it is now. The advance and recession of the LIA in Europe coincides with the advance and retreat of the Dark Ages (and the plague). Warmer is much, much healthier than colder in terms of weather-related deaths and illnesses.
Bookmark bump, and thanks!
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