Now for some good news…
My readers probably know that I love books. Over the years, I’ve accumulated a number of older books. I like to read what viewpoints were before modern bias and interpretation.
As I’m moving, I’m hauling a lot of books to my new home. Today I came across “Climate and Man” written in 1941.
On page 76 it states, “A rise of 2 degrees F in the temperature of the earth now would be sufficient to clear polar seas of all ice.”
From a bit of I researched, depending on the source, claims are now that there has been a 3 to 4 degree C increase in temperature over the past fifty years. That would be 5.4 to 7.2 degrees F. Far more than enough to have completely melted the polar cap decades ago.
My point here is not to point out (again) that the “climate change” (global warming) alarmists are incorrect, but rather that humanity has a long history of getting things wrong.
Perhaps the Earth is warming (it has before), perhaps the Earth is cooling (it’s done that before too). Maybe humans have an impact on the climate? Actually I’m sure we do, it’s just so small that it’s very hard to measure. Perhaps solar activity or internal heat of the Earth has far more impact than human activity!
“Climate and Man” also states that for most of the Earth’s history the climate was much more “milder” (nicer / warmer). The idea that the end of an ice age, and slight warming of the Earth back to nice normal Earth temperatures, was considered a good thing back in 1941. This of course gets into details of whether we are talking about long term ages or shorter cycles.
Another tidbit of wisdom from “Climate and Man” is that shifts in the crust of the Earth have a huge impact on temperature. Perhaps that explains why sea levels are rising in some places and falling in others? Maybe it’s just the Earth shifting? Certainly anyone living in California is not going to deny that earthquakes are real.
Let’s admit our fallacies and remember that we have a long history of being wrong. Let’s not forget human nature to exaggerate things.