Comments on: Global Warming and the View from Glacier’s Grinnell Glacier Overlook http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/07/17/global-warming-and-the-view-from-glaciers-grinnell-glacier-overlook Glimpses From Bert & Jane Gildart's Travel Odyssey Mon, 12 May 2008 12:50:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shari http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/07/17/global-warming-and-the-view-from-glaciers-grinnell-glacier-overlook#comment-4886 Shari Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:28:23 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/07/17/global-warming-and-the-view-from-glaciers-grinnell-glacier-overlook#comment-4886 That Marmot looks liks he saying, "Cheeeeeese," for the camera. Wonderful photo! That Marmot looks liks he saying, “Cheeeeeese,” for the camera.

Wonderful photo!

]]> By: J. Pape http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/07/17/global-warming-and-the-view-from-glaciers-grinnell-glacier-overlook#comment-4730 J. Pape Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:54:49 +0000 http://gildartphoto.com/weblog/2007/07/17/global-warming-and-the-view-from-glaciers-grinnell-glacier-overlook#comment-4730 Whether the earth is warming or not is not under dispute. It obviously is. What is disputed is the degree to which human activities are contributing to this warming trend. As a person interested in geology, you know that the earth is always either in a warming or cooling cycle. It has been much colder than it is now and it has been much warmer than it is now even just a brief while ago (when the Vikings were grazing sheep and building villages in Greenland). And if the glaciers all disappear in Glacier National Park this will not be the first time. This fact (that the earth warms and cools over time naturally) is the one never reported in the media and never mentioned by global warming activists. One might wonder whether, if the earth were currently in a cooling cycle, the same evidence (man-made pollution) would be suggested by the same groups as the cause for such cooling. In fact, it is conceivable that the earth would actually be warming at a faster pace were it NOT for man-made pollution. As a person interested in science, surely you would not suggest that taking a poll of scientists on this issue is a valid scientific method. History has proven that method invalid repeatedly. So, instead, let's have some evidence beyond "it's getting warmer" and "we feel guilty for being polluters" (even if we all do) so it must be our fault. Whether the earth is warming or not is not under dispute. It obviously is. What is disputed is the degree to which human activities are contributing to this warming trend. As a person interested in geology, you know that the earth is always either in a warming or cooling cycle. It has been much colder than it is now and it has been much warmer than it is now even just a brief while ago (when the Vikings were grazing sheep and building villages in Greenland). And if the glaciers all disappear in Glacier National Park this will not be the first time. This fact (that the earth warms and cools over time naturally) is the one never reported in the media and never mentioned by global warming activists.

One might wonder whether, if the earth were currently in a cooling cycle, the same evidence (man-made pollution) would be suggested by the same groups as the cause for such cooling. In fact, it is conceivable that the earth would actually be warming at a faster pace were it NOT for man-made pollution.

As a person interested in science, surely you would not suggest that taking a poll of scientists on this issue is a valid scientific method. History has proven that method invalid repeatedly. So, instead, let’s have some evidence beyond “it’s getting warmer” and “we feel guilty for being polluters” (even if we all do) so it must be our fault.

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