1975 : Climatologists Were Worried That Politicians Wouldn’t Let Them Melt The Arctic In Time To Save The Planet

6 Responses to 1975 : Climatologists Were Worried That Politicians Wouldn’t Let Them Melt The Arctic In Time To Save The Planet

1. Traitor In Chief says:

   May 23, 2013 at 6:40 pm

   I guess we didn’t have enough Psychocrats in Congress in those days.

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2. gator69 says:

   May 23, 2013 at 6:55 pm

   I remember reading this as a young man, and thinking even then that it was a very bad idea. I lived through the 1970’s ice age scare, but sadly did not buy the t-shirt. Still have my red, white and blue bicentennial deerskin ski gloves, with matching scarf and hat! I was quite a site in the Alps back then, like Old Glory on bad acid.

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3. hannuko says:

   May 23, 2013 at 9:08 pm

   What is it in climatology that makes people complete megalomaniacs?

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4. Billy Liar says:

   May 23, 2013 at 9:34 pm

   They’re doing it now!

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5. craigm350 says:

   May 23, 2013 at 10:43 pm

   Reblogged this on CraigM350.

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6. omanuel says:

   May 23, 2013 at 10:47 pm

   I remember that 1975 Peter Gwynne story myself.

   In 1975 I had no suspicion that pseudo-climatology and pseudo-cosmology were linked by fear and loathing that humans might use forbidden knowledge of the energy source that vaporized Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 Aug 1945 to destroy life on Earth.

   Here’s the rest of the story: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10640850/Peaceful_Resolution.pdf

   With deep regrets,
   Oliver K. Manuel
   Former NASA Principal
   Investigator for Apollo

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