[Vision2020] Global Warming
David Douglas
ddouglas@pacsim.com
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:22:39 -0400
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Visionaries,
Re: Global warming:
If the climate continues warmer in the northern hemisphere, Greenland might
become somewhat inhabitable and the Scandinavian countries may have a richer
growing climate than they do......which was the case (in my understanding)
in the centuries prior to the Reformation. I am very sure about the first
implication and pretty sure about the second implication.
If our ancestors were as technologically advanced back then as we are now,
would they have worried about global cooling?....which, come to think of it,
was what we were worrying about prior to worrying about global warming.
Can anyone tell me with data the reason why this instance of global warming
(if it is indeed the case) is qualitatively or quantitatively different than
previous cycles?
I don't mean to imply that climate warming/cooling don't have consequences.
It meant the end of colonization of Greenland and most likely
migrations/population cutbacks (very slowly) over the course of
decades/centuries. But except for the population scale, how is our
situation different than the past?
Cheers,
r
David Douglas
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continues warmer in the northern hemisphere, Greenland might become =
somewhat inhabitable and the Scandinavian countries may have a richer =
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climate than they do......which was the case (in my understanding) in =
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centuries prior to the Reformation. I am very sure about the first =
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ancestors were as technologically advanced back then as we are now, =
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<DIV><EM><SPAN class=3D303530914-23092003><FONT=20
color=3D#000080>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></EM></DIV>
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class=3D303530914-23092003>r</SPAN></FONT><BR>David Douglas=20
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