what else needs to be said On Dec 19, 6:47 am, mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Unprecedented snow in Las Vegas has some scratching their heads – how > can there be global warming with this unusual cold and snowy weather? > > CNN Meteorologist Chad Myers had never bought into the notion that man > can alter the climate and the Vegas snowstorm didn’t impact his > opinion. Myers, an American Meteorological Society certified > meteorologist, explained on CNN’s Dec. 18 “Lou Dobbs Tonight” that the > whole idea is arrogant and mankind was in danger of dying from other > natural events more so than global warming. > > Myers is the second CNN meteorologist to challenge the global warming > conventions common in the media. He also said trying to determine > patterns occurring in the climate would be difficult based on such a > short span. > > “But this is like, you know you said – in your career – my career has > been 22 years long,” Myers said. “That’s a good career in TV, but > talking about climate – it’s like having a car for three days and > saying, ‘This is a great car.’ Well, yeah – it was for three days, but > maybe in days five, six and seven it won’t be so good. And that’s what > we’re doing here.” > > “We have 100 years worth of data, not millions of years that the > world’s been around,” Myers continued. > > Dr. Jay Lehr, an expert on environmental policy, told “Lou Dobbs > Tonight” viewers you can detect subtle patterns over recorded history, > but that dates back to the 13th Century. > > “If we go back really, in recorded human history, in the 13th Century, > we were probably 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than we are now and it > was a very prosperous time for mankind,” Lehr said. “If go back to the > Revolutionary War 300 years ago, it was very, very cold. We’ve been > warming out of that cold spell from the Revolutionary War period and > now we’re back into a cooling cycle.” > > Lehr suggested the earth is presently entering a cooling cycle – a > result of nature, not man. > > “The last 10 years have been quite cool,” Lehr continued. “And right > now, I think we’re going into cooling rather than warming and that > should be a much greater concern for humankind. But, all we can do is > adapt. It is the sun that does it, not man.” > > http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20081218205953.aspx --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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