[The Great RJ]

In the long history of this planet there has never been such a radical shift in the earths climate in this short a time frame. To suggest that half of the northern hemisphere will again be covered by ice sheets 20 years from now is ridiculous. So unless the earth's orbit is changed by collision with a giant asteroid or the sun radically changes it's output in the next 2 decades, I'm not going to plan on year around skiing in the Dakotas nor stock up on suntan oil either. This 20 years to climatic doomsday is pure bunk and is not supported by anyone reputable.

[woofer]

So unless the earth's orbit is changed by collision with a giant asteroid or the sun radically changes it's output in the next 2 decades, I'm not going to plan on year around skiing in the Dakotas...

Why that would be ridiculous.

Everybody knows that the leading edge of the glaciers will be in Nebraska. You'll only be able to cross-country ski in the Dakotas.

[Lawgvr1955]

I agree that all the doom and gloom talk needs taken with a grain of salt. I am old enough to remember the first Earth Day and about that time I also read Erlichs (sp?) "The Population Bomb". Tons of dire warnings of imminent disaster.

None of it came true, yet the warnings still get great media attention. I guess no one read about the boy who cried wolf.

If an Ice Age is coming, I think it is pretty arrogant of man to think he has the power to stop it.

[Pipeline]

Its the polar shift, stupid!!! Our very existence on this planet threatens to shift the rotational axis due to the increase of human body mass unequally distributed over the surface of the planet. Add to that the weight of all the structures and automobiles, couple this with the countless tons of CO2 and methane we emit each year and you can plainly see we must, as a species, annihilate ourselves before we destroy the earth!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!
Whew! I've been hanging around those 'green' sites way too much!

[TheDon]

I was trying to understand how you get 2 miles of snow in 20 years. It does seem a bit much. Does it really rain that much anywhere?