Posts by David Craig 2 publicly visible posts • joined 6 May 2009
"....wasnt the eco consensus of the '70s that we were all going to freeze to death in the new ice age.... "
No.
A researcher at the U. of Albuquerque actually checked out the scientific journals for the period. There were a few 'global cooling' articles, but they were vastly outnumbered by the 'global warming' articles (and even more that were neutral).
This dog won't hunt.
Yes, 2Bn dead is 'not out of the question'. It's not very likely, either.
But, if you'd actually read what Mike Hulme was saying, you'd know that this is one of the problems; scientists can't say '2Bn will die' or '200 will die'. They don't fucking know.
They have an idea of the range, though, and an idea of the probabilities - neither of which Hulme contradicts.
The question is - do you assume that everything's gonna be alright, and do nothing (risking drastic consequences), or do you do everything you can do (risking looking foolish)?
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