Common Sense On Global Warming

  •  December 13, 2008

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Now: what makes me so certain that the man made global warming hypothesis is wrong? I am not certain of it. I am certain that the evidence I have seen so far shows that CO2 isn’t the cause of the observed global warming trend which started about 1776. I am not certain that the warming trend will continue: there’s increasing evidence that it has ended and we may be getting colder. I am not convinced that warmer climates such as we experienced during the time of the Viking settlements in Greenland, when Nova Scotia was called “Vinland” would be a terrible thing. I am not convinced that even if the United States bankrupts itself by driving the cost of energy here higher and higher it will make one whit of difference in the temperature of the world either in our lifetimes or the lifetime of our children.

Jerry Pournelle

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  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    I guess Jerry advised Ronald Reagan as well as Newt.

    On the other hand he isn’t completely Laissaz-Faire. He’s said that the bailouts are probably a bargain compared to another great depression. (That’d probably be right except I doubt the bailouts are helping that much.) He’s also said that we need regulation to keep capitalism from going over the top.

  • kbiel

    If a conservative is serious about winning, they would be hard pressed to find someone better than Jerry Pournelle to advise them and/or write their speeches. I find it hard to disagree with much of what he says even though he sometimes makes Ron Paul look like a neo-con by comparison.

  • Friend of USA

    I am not convinced that even if the United States bankrupts itself by driving the cost of energy here higher and higher it will make one whit of difference in the temperature of the world either in our lifetimes or the lifetime of our children.

    That is because in my humble opinion (or arrogant if you disagree) the real and hiden number one goal is not reducing global warming but bringing the USA to its knees.

    The second goal is making every western nation ( meaning capitalist christian white people nations ) weak.

    The USA is the most successful nation in the history of the world and it is bothering a lot of people.

    They all have their own reasons for wanting the USA weak and on its knees, some are leftists feeling guilty for living in such abundance, some are Europeans who would prefer a weaker USA so they could compete better etc…

    Of course there is a good number of usefull idiots in the global warming crowd as in any other crowd (who simply do not know better and are probably not bad people), but I am 95% convinced this whole thing is a scheme to weaken the USA.

    Anti-Americanism is a mental disease that is reaching epidemic proportions.

    I blame the left for having succesfully spread the disease.

  • Dave

    I’m cold right now! Hurry up warming!

  • Jerry

    I am not convinced that even if the United States bankrupts itself by driving the cost of energy here higher and higher it will make one whit of difference

    Could not agree more.
    Seems obvious.
    However, saw Al Gore in the News again today, riding his high-horse again.
    At the risk of being offensive, but no other words feel appropriate, “What a lying prick”.
    Gore should be Horse-whipped.

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    Friend, thanks for your post. I do have to take issue with this:

    The USA is the most successful nation in the history of the world and it is bothering a lot of people.

    I think that the USA is a great country. On the other hand the one thing we have NOT done is stood the test of time like some of the countries we might be compared with.

    Even if I didn’t have kids for that reason I’d want this country to go on being as successful as it has in the past.

    When it comes down to it, the reason I vehemently object to the global warming political crap is because I want my children and grandchildren to have more opportunity than I have/had.

  • robert108

    The most common sense observation with regards to “global warming” is that it’s not actually getting warmer.

  • kbiel

    I was thinking more of his isolationist views and a mistaken belief that he lamented the loss of the gold standard (I realized that he has not really commented one way or the other in regards to the gold standard after a trip through his archives). He is self described as a paleo-con though.

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