Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Hold those Hybrids....

One of the curious aspects about the whole global warming hysteria is how few scientists publicly ask anything like, "Gee, I wonder what kind of solar activity we will have over the next century while we are living in eco-friendly communes and not driving any place?" Well one scientist has. A Russian astronomer predicts a mini ice age. Now I wouldn't bet the farm on that. Still, how often do we hear the supposedly unassailable scientific consensus even ask the question.

Hat tip brain-terminal.com

4 comments:

Unknown said...

I saw an interesting Discovery show on the mini ice age.

But what the hey, if there is a mini ice age it will just be another sign and symptom of global warming. Perverse I know..but that is how fear mongering works.

Barry Dauphin said...

Knucklehead,

the link worked for me, but I recopied it and tried it again and it was working. Let me know if not working. Otherwise here's the code: http://upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060207-041447-2345r

Yes, the interesting twist behind all the warming fury is that the proponents of global warming are often so self consciously Gaia worshipers, but simultaneously attribute all sorts of power to us mere mortals.

Barry Dauphin said...

In some ways the global warming acolytes resemble a religion more than a science. Humanity is seen as insignificant compared to Mother Nature. It is more like we are being told we have offended the gods, rather than that the force of humanity is genuinely that powerful. Surely, many of these scientists understand that the heretofore unpredicted solar activity will play a large role in determining the earth's climate. It's as if we are simultaneoulsy being told that we are puny, yet have the power to change global climate like the thermostat in my living room adjusts the furnace.

Economic development, however, gives us the best chance to have the resources, knowledge and wherewithal to adjust or adapt to whatever climate changes, if any, await us.

Barry Dauphin said...

The lack of ability to predict solar activity would therefore be a huge unknown variable but could be incredibly influenctial nonetheless. The point is about how much we don't know and questioning the certainty of these predictions based upon partial knowledge of some of the variables.