Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Climate Swindle: Meet The New Scare, Same As The Old Scare | Climate Dispatch

history of failed predictions cartoonClimate Swindle: Meet The New Scare, Same As The Old Scare | Climate Dispatch
"This month, The Wall Street Journal celebrated its 130th anniversary by republishing salient articles spanning that period, including this retrospectively illuminating report from February 2, 1978:
A climatic disaster, triggered by the continued burning of oil and coal, could result in the submergence of much of Florida, Holland and other low-lying areas in the next 50 years, an Ohio State University scientist predicted…
“I contend that a major disaster – a rapid five-meter rise in sea level caused by deglaciation of West Antarctica – may be imminent or in progress, after atmospheric carbon dioxide has only doubled,” John H. Mercer, a glacier geologist, asserted.
Sounds pretty grim..."
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