Climate of suspicion [Global Cooling Alert!]

Guardian.co.uk ^ | 6/7/08 | Fred Pearce

[melt]

So there you have it. The Global Warmists are latching on to a new argument: Global Warming causes Global Cooling...

[ProtectOurFreedom]

What tripe. Cooling —> Natural and Good, even though it leads to crop failure and starvation. Warming —> Man made and Bad, even though it leads to a more temperate world more conducive to growing crops.

[A Navy Vet]

" It is the inevitable consequence of one of nature's climatic cycles."

Oh, so now we actually have "climatic cycles". Thanks for the update.

[irv]

This is no refutation of man-made global warming. It is the inevitable consequence of one of nature's climatic cycles.

Wait. Let me get this straight: Cooling is just a part of nature's cycle but a numerically smaller amount of warming over a longer period of time is a man made catastrophe?

Mark Twain talked about invincible ignorance. He was too optimistic.

[A message]

Lets see if I have the Guardian’s logic straight.

Warming caused by man.

Cooling caused by nature’s usual cycles.

It’s kind of cool this evening so I’m thinking a good ole’ carbon belch should help warm things up.

[TigersEye]

This is no refutation of man-made global warming. It is the inevitable consequence of one of nature's climatic cycles.

The phrase "nature's climatic cycles" is a refutation of man-made global warming however.

[mmichaels1970]

They think nature's cooling will be more than counterbalanced by the warming effect of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

If it warms: global warming.

If it cools: climate change.

If it stays the same: nature's cooling will be more than counterbalanced by the warming effect of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Good. All the bases are covered.

[AndyTheBear]

The deniers of global warming are about to latch on to a new argument. The world is cooling. And they are right - well, slightly.

The promoters of global warming had predicted accelerated warming by now.

The deniers of global warming had predicted that it would start cooling by now.

Now exactly who is latching on to a "new" argument?

[Rocky]

These people are so persuaded that everything manmade is evil, that they will blame every change on man, and will predict doom as a result of mankind's effects.

It starts with an idea: man is bad for the world. Facts are filtered and organized to support the preconception. Any facts which can't be made to fit are ignored. If it's actually getting colder instead of warmer, that's only temporary. It must be El Niño. It couldn't be the sun.

If you don't fall into line, you are a “denier”. Lemmings.

[aquila48]

“The deniers of global warming...

Should we start calling them the Global Cooling deniers?

[tacticalogic]

It’s the “white guilt” thing, applied to an entire species.

[AndyTheBear]

Physicists have known for 200 years about greenhouse gases. They first calculated the likely global effect 100 years ago. They have been measuring the accumulation of these gases for 60 years. The world has been warming strongly for 30 years, and nobody has come up with a half-way plausible explanation other than the most obvious. It's the greenhouse gases, stupid.

Well physicists, unlike global warming alarmists, have known the overwhelmingly dominant greenhouse gas is water vapor, and that carbon dioxide has almost no effect at all, stupid.

[Lancey Howard]

“Global warming” hoax BUMP!

[chaos_5]

See, there they go saying that even thought the climate naturally cools (and warms) we are still causing climate change.

[Lancey Howard]

[umgud]

They think nature's cooling will be more than counterbalanced by the warming effect of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Hey, I'm just curious...... would these people be as alarmed or upset if the global warming was not man-made? Would they point out some of the benefits of warming?

One more question; If we all agreed that global warming is man-made, just how hot do they think we could make it?

[Lancey Howard]

[Lancey Howard]