Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Global Warming - Greenland got it's name because...
I've always thought that the fact that Greenland was once "green" should clinch the argument that human caused global warming is a crock.
It was obviously warmer in the past than it is now, and there were no SUVs, coal burning power plants, etc...
It was obviously warmer in the past than it is now, and there were no SUVs, coal burning power plants, etc...
At AmericanThinker.com, U.S. Rep. John Linder begins with:
"For the last several years, when people have instructed me that human activity was causing a dangerous increase in global temperatures, my response has been, 'Then tell me, what should the temperature be?' Should it be the temperatures that the planet experienced a thousand years ago, during which Greenland was settled as a farming community and during which wine grapes were grown in Scotland? Should it be the temperatures of three hundred years ago, when the Little Ice Age ended the inhabitation of Greenland and the Thames iced over? Should it be the temperatures of 829 A.D., when the Nile River froze? No response!"
