The Author of Heaven of Earth, Geologist Iam Plimer sums it up nicely.
Many scientists, he said, had not considered the history of the earth when discussing climate change, or factors including the earth's rotation, changing tides and solar winds.
"When you look at the selective evidence, then there's a chance that you might be frightened about the end of the world," Professor Plimer said.
"When you look at the comprehensive evidence, it just says the planet changes all the time."
Of course, all the doomsayers reckon that Plimer has used selective evidence to back up his claims.
His book has proved to be so popular 10,000 copies sold out in two days. That shows people do want to hear all sides of the debate and are prepared to spend money to buy a book to read about it.
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I'll be posting about this at some point. I'll just note that scientists are certainly looking at "the history of the earth" in this context. Paleoclimate studies and the relation to climate change are an enormous area of research.
As reported in press, I find Professor Plimer's geological viewpoint a little bloodless.
Sea level may rise as much as 2 metres in the next century (that's not an alarmist statistic, its the top end of the most reputable study). That is certainly well within the limits of past fluctuations of the many millions of years of earth's history.
It is certainly not the end of the world.
But it is a bit of a bummer for the hundreds of millions of people who live within 2 metres of sea level.
"It is certainly not the end of the world.
But it is a bit of a bummer for the hundreds of millions of people who live within 2 metres of sea level."
Yes that would be a bugger.
I plan to move than just a couple of meters above sea level, soon.
In fact I will most certainly move, some time in the next 100,000 years, if not earlier.
A good book - well worth buying
it contains the real science not the religious green lunacy that has the
world paniced into handing over cash and control to latter day socialists
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