Posted by Meri-Tuuli on February 3, 2007, at 14:33:18
In reply to Re: 'Humans blamed for climate change' » Meri-Tuuli, posted by Dinah on February 3, 2007, at 13:00:37
Hairspray....are you sure you're not talking about CFCs and the ozone layer?
I wasn't even born in the 70s and have just heard a vague few comments from my professors about the 70s ice age thing so I wasn't around to know what went on.
But you know, science is constantly evolving - stuff from the 70s is like almost prehistoric now. I mean, we know so much more than we did then, we have better climate models, we have better instructments, more science done, everything and from what I understand they weren't that sure what was going on back then anyway.
And I'm sure the media completely sensationalised the whole 70s cooling thing.
Well the IPCC is not the media. I believe them, I mean, climate will change whether we influence it or not so believing in climate change really isn't the issue, its whether we are changing it ourselves.
People thought the earth was flat for a long time and shunned new theories. It takes time for things to enter into the mainstream.
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