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Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years: study {partial gag alert}
Reuters ^ | 09 Janaury 2012 | Nina Chestney

Posted on 01/09/2012 1:55:05 PM PST by jda

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Well, that settles it - I am now a proponent of global warming (or climate change, whichever term is more politically correct).

However, it seems funny to me that we don't know what causes ice ages, but we know with absolute certainty what prevents them (carbon dioxide in the atmosphere), even though man hasn't been around long enough to prevent the previous ice ages, or cause them to end!!!

1 posted on 01/09/2012 1:55:16 PM PST by jda
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So what ended the last Ice Age? Neanderthal SUV’s?


2 posted on 01/09/2012 1:59:47 PM PST by SkyDancer ("If You Want To Learn To Love Better, You Should Start With A Friend Who You Hate")
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Just more junk science. If we prevented an ice age, then we have prevented the deaths of untold millions.


3 posted on 01/09/2012 2:00:52 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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It seems a bit odd that people who cannot accurately predict what the weather will do next week, and sometimes even tomorrow, think they can predict it for 1,500 years.

Especially since they admit they don’t understand what causes ice ages in the first place.


4 posted on 01/09/2012 2:01:18 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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Well, considering that the Ice Age brought about an Ice Sheet over 1 mile high in most of North America, Asia and Europe, 1,500 years is too damn close.

These “environmentalists” don’t follow a science - they follow a religious cult.


5 posted on 01/09/2012 2:01:40 PM PST by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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Next ice age not likely before 1,500 years

Best news I've heard all day.

6 posted on 01/09/2012 2:06:22 PM PST by Maceman (Obama: As American as nasei goreng)
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There is not one once of doubt in my mind the SOCIALIST ANTI-AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC LEFT IS INSANE.


7 posted on 01/09/2012 2:12:06 PM PST by spawn44 (NSWWER)
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ping


8 posted on 01/09/2012 2:19:47 PM PST by Fractal Trader
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man hasn't been around long enough to prevent the previous ice ages, or cause them to end!!!...

not so fast...


9 posted on 01/09/2012 2:31:16 PM PST by C210N (Dems: "We must tax you so that we can buy your votes")
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10 posted on 01/09/2012 2:32:43 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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This is not a new theory — but, other articles point out that we're over 1,000 years overdue for an ice age. According to that theory, the greenhouse gases released over the past 8,000 years’ first from agriculture, then, more recently from industrialization, have kept the ice age at bay.

Clearly, this would be a good thing. Especially, here in Canada (and Alaska), which was covered by miles-thick ice for many thousands of years.

Here's an article that claims we could avoid the next 5 ice ages, by burning up all the fossil fuels on the planet:

http://www.soton.ac.uk/mediacentre/news/2007/aug/07_100.shtml

11 posted on 01/09/2012 2:34:35 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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Oh...man....
Just as the planet was about to rid itself of that pesky human race, via that massive ice age “scheduled” for a few years from now, those damn humans have screwed it up and could be around for another 1500 years.....
Now What?!?!


12 posted on 01/09/2012 2:34:55 PM PST by G Larry ("I dream of a day when a man is judged by the content of his Character.")
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Just as the planet was about to rid itself of that pesky human race ...

Hmm, I wonder if that's what Obama was talking about when he stated the Earth would begin to heal itself under his divine guidance???

13 posted on 01/09/2012 2:40:33 PM PST by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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What ever creature is crawling around on this rock 1,500 years from now, will still be trying to pay down Obama and his democrat’s debt, so they will probably look forward to an ice age.


14 posted on 01/09/2012 2:42:26 PM PST by Gator113 (~Just livin' life, my way~..... GO NEWT GO.....!)
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Considering that an ice age would probably result in several billion people dying from starvation makes global warming the greatest boon to mankind EVER.


15 posted on 01/09/2012 2:42:26 PM PST by Hacklehead (Winchester 52, because everyone needs a 22 rimfire that weighs 12 pounds.)
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we need a fart in that frame


16 posted on 01/09/2012 2:42:40 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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Actually I'm more concerned about an ice age this upcoming year and whether I should add extra insulation in my attic or not.
17 posted on 01/09/2012 2:43:47 PM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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The problem with Ice Ages is that they just happen, the Earth was warming quite nicely 12,000 years ago and then the Younger Dryas and a 1000 years of real bad weather then 7000 years of good weather with assorted nasties spaced at intervals.

Reminds me of an old Polish woman's joke, "The first child can come at any time the second takes nine months."

18 posted on 01/09/2012 2:51:01 PM PST by Little Bill (Sorry)
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Heh. We’re at what would normally be solar max now. Check back in about 4-5 years for the real fun.


19 posted on 01/09/2012 2:54:51 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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Can you get coverage for glaciers on your homeowners insurance policy?


20 posted on 01/09/2012 2:55:14 PM PST by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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