Hans Holbein was very busy painting portraits in early 16th century England. I'm guessing England was a bit colder than it is today.
The hoax is that environmental charlatins would have us believe that, because the warming trend after the ice age is faster than the cooling trend before it, it must be unnatural; aka the fault of humans. They mention nothing about the most likely culprit of the planet’s exedus from the “Little” ice age, natural clearing of volcanic debris and gases from the atmosphere, decreased colcanic activity and increased solar output.
Please see my synopis of the “Little Ice Age” below:
For reasons still unknown, there was a very cold period that lasted five centuries from about 1300-1850. Most scientists that study this attribute it one or more of the following occurrences during that time: increase volcanic activity and/or cyclical decrease solar output and/or cyclical changes in the world’s ocean currents. (Note: human activities not included.)
Even more, in 1815, a volcanic eruption 100 times greater than Mt. St. Helen, caused there to be no summer in 1816 in the upper Northern Hemisphere. In face, there were 5 consecutive days of snow in the American North East in June!
Then, starting in about 1850, the planet starting warming up again. (Note: well before the industrial revolution).
So, the point is that there is no base line to judge the earth’s climate upon. The global climate goes through various short, middle and long term cycles. Like anything natural, there will be peaks and valleys to each cycle of varying intensities. No two peaks or valleys will be the same. One must also consider that our planet is subject to solar cycles, gravitational cycles from the moon, other planets and even comets and asteroids. (Note: comet or meteor impacts have also played huge roles in the planet’s climate history).
Is human activity contributing to global warming or cooling or even stabilization? No one can say yes or no or even to what extent. However, I would wager that we meager humans are no match for the power of nature.
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Hans Holbein was very busy painting portraits in early 16th century England. I'm guessing England was a bit colder than it is today.
Horses were passing lots of gas back then.