Posted: Aug 15, 2011 7:13 am
I don't think there was a scare campaign actually.
I remember it because I watched the TV program I mentioned, and then was scared for months, until I collected enough nerve to ask my father about it. (Remember I was 6, and did not have that much understanding of what makes the world work as it does.)
And I also clearly remember his answer and explanation to me.
He took a couple of hours out of the day to give me an answer that was as full and comprehensive as he could give with his biologist background, but the gist of it was that what had been discussed in the program was that an Ice Age WOULD come, but that I did not have to worry as it would get warmer first, and then in a few thousand years temperature would plummet and create an Ice Age.
Not something I would have to worry about because it was highly unlikely that I would live that long.
I got all his explanations confirmed when I started studying Geography, Geology and Climatology at university.
Global warming IS, under normal circumstances, a prelude to an Ice Age. And Ice Ages happen with a loosely fixed regularity.
Global Warming and Ice Ages are bound to each other and one triggers the other.
At least that is how it has been for millions of years.
If it is not the case this time around I would say we are in for some interesting times. But I doubt I will live long enough to see it.
Sigh..... Sometimes I would be nice to be able to live for thousands of years.
I remember it because I watched the TV program I mentioned, and then was scared for months, until I collected enough nerve to ask my father about it. (Remember I was 6, and did not have that much understanding of what makes the world work as it does.)
And I also clearly remember his answer and explanation to me.
He took a couple of hours out of the day to give me an answer that was as full and comprehensive as he could give with his biologist background, but the gist of it was that what had been discussed in the program was that an Ice Age WOULD come, but that I did not have to worry as it would get warmer first, and then in a few thousand years temperature would plummet and create an Ice Age.
Not something I would have to worry about because it was highly unlikely that I would live that long.
I got all his explanations confirmed when I started studying Geography, Geology and Climatology at university.
Global warming IS, under normal circumstances, a prelude to an Ice Age. And Ice Ages happen with a loosely fixed regularity.
Global Warming and Ice Ages are bound to each other and one triggers the other.
At least that is how it has been for millions of years.
If it is not the case this time around I would say we are in for some interesting times. But I doubt I will live long enough to see it.
Sigh..... Sometimes I would be nice to be able to live for thousands of years.