Because of "ominous signs" that "the Earth's climate seems to be cooling down," meteorologists were "almost unanimous" that "the trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century," perhaps triggering catastrophic famines (Newsweek cover story, "The Cooling World," April 28, 1975). Full Story »
Posted by Norman Farrell
This is a comfortable topic for a long time practitioner of anti-science rhetoric. He reports lay opinions from the popular press of 4 decades ago and says some of those were wrong. In a giant and intellectually dishonest leap, he concludes therefore real scientists cannot be trusted today. He boldly claims that global sea ice levels equal those of 1979 but Will's information source already has disclaimed his numbers. George, go back to writing about baseball. There, you can do no harm.
I believe in the precautionary principle. If I take up smoking and drinking and driving today, I may be healthy in 10 years. Or, I might be dead or in jail. The sensible course is to exercise precaution and not invite disaster.
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