Comments on: Here’s Why We’re Not Living in an Ice Age (And Why That Matters for the Future) http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/heres-why-were-not-living-in-an-ice-age-and-why-that-matters-for-the-future/ Keeping You Current Fri, 24 May 2013 15:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Chico http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/heres-why-were-not-living-in-an-ice-age-and-why-that-matters-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2410 Chico Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:19:50 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=6746#comment-2410 "Why did the ice leave after such a long reign?" Well, because of 20,000-year-old cars, of course! Really, people who believe that humans can control the weather are about on par intellectually with the pagans during the ice age who thought lunar eclipses were caused by a giant eating the moon. Ice ages come and go. The earth heats and cools. It's currently in a cool period; it was previously in a warm period. The giant fireball in the sky called the sun has a lot to do with it. Our neighboring planets -- yes, it will be a shock that we are NOT the center of the universe, or even the solar system -- are likewise heating. “Why did the ice leave after such a long reign?”

Well, because of 20,000-year-old cars, of course! Really, people who believe that humans can control the weather are about on par intellectually with the pagans during the ice age who thought lunar eclipses were caused by a giant eating the moon. Ice ages come and go.

The earth heats and cools. It’s currently in a cool period; it was previously in a warm period. The giant fireball in the sky called the sun has a lot to do with it. Our neighboring planets — yes, it will be a shock that we are NOT the center of the universe, or even the solar system — are likewise heating.

]]> By: Jim http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/heres-why-were-not-living-in-an-ice-age-and-why-that-matters-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-2404 Jim Thu, 06 Dec 2012 20:08:25 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=6746#comment-2404 Susan is a partisan! Check your references sister, propaganda by climate profit mongers isn't legitimate. Susan is a partisan! Check your references sister, propaganda by climate profit mongers isn’t legitimate.

]]> By: Susan C. Harris http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/11/heres-why-were-not-living-in-an-ice-age-and-why-that-matters-for-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 Susan C. Harris Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:44:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=6746#comment-1661 A planet doesn't "recover" from an ice age like we do from hypothermia. The Earth is warming up, and carbon pollution is to blame. http://clmtr.lt/cb/lar A planet doesn’t “recover” from an ice age like we do from hypothermia. The Earth is warming up, and carbon pollution is to blame. http://clmtr.lt/cb/lar

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