January 2, 2007: Nebraska ice storm

[Beestie]

Originally Posted by glatt

Chicken Little thought the sky was falling, but was mistaken. Scientists agree that the Earth is warming. They are almost certainly right.

My point is that the earth has been warming for tens of thousands of years and that there is no need to panic.

And I was making a less obvious critique of the selective use of "evidence" proferred by the "sky is falling" crowd. If its too warm, its global warming. If its too cold, its global warming.

To pick up on HM's point, the earth used to be one continent. Now, its several continents. The earth used to be an ice cube. Now its not. We could shove a cork up every tailpipe, exhaust pipe, bovine butt and industrial smokestack on planet earth and the earth would still be getting warmer. Just like it has been for a long, long time.

Like they say, if you don't like the eco climate, just wait 50 thousand years.