Posted by
Andrews on Thursday, June 12, 2008 2:23:20 PM
I will deal with climate history later in greater detail, but I do have one question. The Atlantic period (about 8000 to 5000 years ago) was considerably warmer than today, yet is also considered a period during which mankind lived in relative ease. In fact, cooling to temperatures closer to those we experience today is considered to have made life harder for mankind. In fact, throughout even recent, recorded history, periods where temperatures were a few degrees warmer are associated with higher culture, easier existence and general prosperity.
Now, I know the hockey-stick graph "proves" that all those historical records re just lies (apparently the oil companies paid off medieval monks and planted fake Norse settlements in Greenland), but let us assume for the moment that historians and climatologists know a bit more than global warming activists, or just the people living in the 13th century knew what conditions were like better than the IPCC.
If life were easier during periods when temperatures were a few degrees warmer, why are we fighting global warming? In fact, as some scientists are worried reduced sunspot activity heralds some significant global cooling in the immediate future, shouldn't we be doing all we can to warm the Earth?
Now, I do not believe we can actually warm the Earth through the release of carbon dioxide, the studies I have seen suggest the amount of carbon dioxide is about at saturation levels as far as heat retention is concerned and adding to it will not significantly increase temperatures. But let us assume we can for a moment. Shouldn't we be striving to slightly warm the earth to make life more pleasant?