The global cooling myth:Via
Yglesias, you can read a good report called,
The global cooling myth. It's by climate scientists. The basic point is that no
scientists were proclaiming global cooling (except as a long-term 20,000 year trend due to the earth's orbital changes). That they all were of the opinion in the 1970's that more data was needed. And that whatever Global Cooling talk there was, came from the popular press.
In the story there are links to previous essays debunking George "No Global Warming" Will. Good fun.
posted by Quiddity at 4/04/2006 12:25:00 PM
> The basic point is that no scientists were proclaiming global cooling
I give you a C- for not mentioning this when you equated GFW to a high-schooler when he claimed that global warming was JOURNALISTIC hype, and for still failing to understand and engage your opponent on his strongest point. His point (if I may get remedial on you) is that journalists THEN hyped global cooling and journalists NOW hype global warming. He's wrong about global warming, but you're still ducking his guns. What you need to do, dear pupil, is say: "The difference between the 1970s and now is that back then no scientist said global cooling was inevitable, and today reputable scientists are nearly unanimous about global warming. So George Will is offering a red herring by discussing media hype in the 1970s." No, you can't make that argument implicitly; I've learned from debates with Bush people that implicit points go nowhere. You have to be explicit.
See me after class for a paddling.
