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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos

I know this is a favorite line of the "global warming is a myth" set, but I think it's a myth in itself. I was preoccupied with other things (learning how to walk, Muppet Show) in the 70s, but I am pretty sure that the "ice age panic" or whatever you want to call it wasn't quite as big a deal as "global warming".

For one thing, we've been hearing about global warming for a long time. As a scientific theory, it's been around the block. It's not a fad or some article in Time magazine.

Also, it's fairly well accepted by the majority of the scientific community, while the "ice age in the 70's" was not.

The two things are not comparable.

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php?p=94

Anyway, do you think we should not curb our consumption some amount, or do you think excessive pollution is okay?

I know the answer to that. Of course excessive pollution is not okay. I think we should curb it no matter what. Obviously burning 80 million barrels (I bring it up every time cuz it's really quite staggering) of oil every day is doing something bad, global warming or not. We all know it. We all should know that we ought to pollute less. These arguments, while always fun, are kind of pointless. We should consume less for lots of reasons. We just don't do it.

Again...it is the hysteria that I am not buying into. The idea that you must be all for this Global Warming theory or you are all against is silly at best and frightening at worst. It is that which I was refering to as to something that will blow over.



No myth and I never said there was one. So please stop putting things in my mouth. In the 70's there was a cooling trend (similar but not exactly the same as the mini ace age in the late 1800's). Now we are in a warming trend. In the 70's there were dire warnings of disaster just like there is now.