Replies to post #108487 on ajtj99's Market Pulse

[TJ Parker]

this IBD article is so bogus. there was much less data available in 1971. climate models were more primitive. and, maybe most important, the computer power to do large scale climate simulations - to validate those models and to test new theories - has evolved radically since then. (all those "high performance computing" inititiaves by the government, massive supercomputer development with climate modelling as one of the five main challenge projects, etc.)

skepticism is always good. but sowing doubt just to make folks feel more comfy with the status quo is hard to justify. (this particular article argues on the edge of ad hominem.)

[sylvester80]

That is the whole point. Global warming will eventually lead to a new ice age that should wipe of the face of the earth most of earth population leaving in the upper mid to northern hemisphere. That has to do with the melting of ice in the north pole, the desalination of oceans and eventually the stopping of ocean currents causing most of the mid to northern hemisphere to completely freeze over.

Pentagon Says Global Warming Is a Critical National Security Issue
Report claims climate could change radically, and fast
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/articles_2004/pentagon_report_global_warming.html

The link above should give you a good explanation on the issue.