Posted by jimw on 4/18/2009, 7:09 am, in reply to "Re: Record of Rapid Sea Level Rise"

From what I remember about the global cooling talk was volcanic eruptions causing the cooling. There was no dramatic consesus amungst scientists that it was going to happen like with global warming. The science was simply not there & the data was weak compared to now. --Previous Message-- : I guess the verdict is still out for me. I : don't see global warming spinning out of : control, at least on a long period time : scale. : : I see this period of warming but then : history tells of us of warmer periods, and : colder periods, and that each shifted back : and forth. : : Jim, I know where you stand, and opinions : are everybody's option to have and state : publicly. : : Hell, it may get hotter than any of us : remember, but then again, humans don't live : 50,000 years or 100,000 years. : : Our personal memory banks, not history : records, are less than a "blink of an : eye". : : As a HUGE side note, Encyclopedia Britannica : has marked 2009 as the 20th anniversary of : the "global cooling summits" held : around the world in 1989 and early 1990. : The prevalent theory 20 years ago, you might : ask? That we were entering a new ice age, : and that human civilization would suffer : tremendously as a result. : : 20 years later........Global warming, and : watch out now, human civilization will : suffer tremendously as a result. : : I am not mocking any theory. But if I : followed every study and prevailing theories : on an issue, I would not eat chocolate, eat : raw or undercooked meats or shellfish, wear : or use certain products, etc. : : My gut tells me in 20 years, we humans will : have developed new theories on the weather. : : LawKat, out................. :