Why is stating that it was warmer in the distant past a “silly arguement”?
One of the first things I learned in geology ...the geologic epochs...was that at one time the entire eastern U.S. was underwater ...a tropical sea..that’s where all the sedimentary rock that folded and faulted and became the Appalachians were formed....
Global Warmists are always wringing their hands about how our fossil fuels are going to cause a rise in sea levels...
If that’s the case..what caused the inundation of the eastern seacoast all those years ago?
Oh..I forgot...it was all those S.U.V. driving Trilobites.
It’s silly because you are making the argument that “Because something caused “A” to happen in the past, every time “A” happens is for the same reason.”
The earth has been much warmer than it is now, and it has been much colder. The atmosphere didn’t use to be 21% oxygen. Enormous volcanoes have erupted, asteroids have hit the earth, various sun cycles, etc., and they have all had enormous impacts on the earth’s climate. But that doesn’t mean *other* things *can’t* impact it. It’s a really complex system with about a million feedback mechanisms.
Besides, you wouldn’t say “Earlier today it was light in my room because the sun was out. Therefore, whenever it is light in my room, that means the sun causes it.” It’s just bad logic.