The Ice Age Cometh

[razza]

An eminent scientist has predicted in this mornings paper that an ice age is on its way,what no global warming,oh dear whatwill the greens do next,or more to the point if its true how much will the government screw out of us to try to put it right

[douglas9401]

My investments in the Somali property market don't look so daft now.

[Svejk]

oh dear whatwill the greens do next,///
Blame the ice-age on carbon.

[jake-the-peg]

Really?

Who exactly is this eminant scientist?

[jno]

got a link for this one?

[Fitzer]

Since Ice Ages seem to be a constant cycle in Earth's history then at all times we're either in one, leaving one or entering one.

[Wharton]

Approx 40,000 years till the next one, I wouldn't worry too much.

[jake-the-peg]

I've got it

Personally I tend not read too much into the Daily Expresses Scientific Insight

http://www.express.co.uk/news/science-technology/387971/Scientist-predicts-earth-is-heading-for-another-Ice-Age



In this case 'emminent scientist' means Russian Astrophysicist, and Global Warming Skeptic dr habibullo abdussamatov

http://denierlist.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/dr-habibullo-abdussamatov/

[jake-the-peg]

Actually that article is pretty funny because it was in March when the weather was pretty cold as you recall

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Forecaster Jonathan Powell, of Vantage Weather Services, said: “My goodness haven’t we suffered over the winter, but if people are after sunshine in the next month my advice would be to head for the airport.

“It is going to remain dry at least, but we will all need to remember to pull on an extra layer of clothing before stepping outside.

“May could well be our saving grace because at the moment it’s looking a lot better but I am sorry to say *after that we are heading down the same route as last year.”*

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After that we are heading down the same route as last year


Oh dear - of course as it turned out it is difficult to imagine 2 years so different as 2012 and 2013!

[McMouse]

Being a Nostradamus man myself I don't believe an ice age is on the way.

[Canary42]

Regardless of the predicted weather patterns, the Greens' message is a sensible one - preserve expendable non-renewable sources as much as possible and concentrate on exploiting renewable ones. Taking a cheap pot at such a policy is in poor taste, but there again I suppose one can expect nothing else from the more selfish profligate folk - I'm all right Jack, screw the future generations.

[jim360]

Razza -- the point is that "Global Warming" is a bad name for it anyway -- the proper and correct term is "Climate Change", which basically means the obvious: that human-induced changes such as large-scale deforestation, burning of huge carbon stores that were otherwise locked away, introducing and breeding species such as cows whose CO2 and Methane emissions are sizeable, and inventing chemicals such as CFCs -- that all of these changes, together, are going to mess up delicately-balanced natural cycles. That can lead in the short term to an overall warming effect, but can also legitimately lead to Ice Ages too. For example, by disrupting the Gulf Stream that warms Western Europe, and so on.

The idea that humans have no effect on our planet is, frankly, ridiculous. You can see it in all sorts of ways such as those mentioned above, and many, many more.