Cessna 310 wrote:
Dave wrote:
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 18:10:23 -0500, "KLC Lewis"
said:

When I was a wee little lass in Elementary school, yea, even when I
was older and graduated from High School, the "concensus view" was
that there was, once upon a time, a critter called a "Brontosaurus,"
who lived in marshes and dragged his tail. It was also the concensus
view that this critter, and those like him, died out because they
"got too big."

And wasn't there a "consensus view" that we were about to enter a new ice
age around 1970?

[short answer]

Yes. At least up until the late 80s / early 90s when the earth returned
to the warming trend that had been going for 15,000 years.


[longer answer]

The earth had been in a minor global cooling trend that started in the
early 40s and continued during the massive industrialization of the late
40s through the late 80s / early 90s. During this time, industrial pollution was
massive. The EPS was just starting to get some very-much-needed
workable standards and controls in place. But also during this time,
the earth was in a cooling trend. Solar flare activity was low. This
is typical of the earth's climate variations and has occurred many times
during the current warming trend and during prior climate cycles.

Environmentalists were claiming that man was forcing the earth into an
ice age. There were studies showing the cooling and blaming the
industrialization for the "problem".

But then, as the cooling trend reversed, these same environmentalists
concluded that man was causing the warming of the earth.



So where can I get funding for my latest idea: the hyper atmospheric
de-carbonization processor? I only need a few million a year for about
5 years (with extensions as necessary).

In addition to this funding, I'll need two Grand Banks 53s (new, built
to specs) as research vessels. One based in Houston and one on Whidbey
Island.


Made a couple of typos and fixed them.