The irony is that it really is cooling. With the sun staying quiet and the deep ocean currents reversing on schedule, we are in for some serious cold. If that volcano in the Phillipines blows, we could be looking at very serious cold and a short wet cool summer.
The “climate scientists” at this point have no credibility to say anything about this very real threat. Why does that matter? Because there are real steps that can be taken. That said, these steps don’t help the govts secure money or power, so nobody is in the grant-driven “science” community is interested.
A for instance: Have a friend who is a farmer. He desperately needed a good growing season last summer. We talked about climate, and I convinced him to expect a shorter than normal growing season. He planted seed for corn designed for a more northern climate than his - it needs less days of sunlight to mature, but its yield is slightly less than his normal corn.
Was I scared to have him base such a huge decision on my understanding of the science? You betcha. (And I was very clear that it was just my understanding and I could be dead wrong.)
What happened? He had a good crop. Many of his neighbors didn’t. If he would have planted his normal corn, he might have been screwed right along with them. Because he’d had a bad couple years previously, he couldn’t afford crop insurance, so it could have ruined him.
Another lesson: You want to know what’s going on with the climate? Talk to a farmer. It’s their livelihood at stake, so they deal with the real world, not govt funded fantasy.
If Global Warming turns out to be true, then we may be looking at some people losing their beach houses.
If we're into Global Cooling, then we're looking at Global Famine, with all the global instability that this implies, and a flood of people trying to get into the US and Europe.