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Daniel J. Lavigne <taxfree@planeteer.com> wrote:

> Those who practised daily thought prior to the 80�s recognised 
> that human activity had caused a perceptible planetary increase 
> in mean temperatures.

Prior to the 80's, eh?  Remember the great global cooling scare of the
1970s?

"The continued rapid cooling of the earth since World War II is also in
accord with the increase global air pollution associated with
industrialization, mechanization, urbanization, and an exploding
population...."
   - Bryson, Reid, in "Global Ecology", Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren, ed.
1971

"The facts have emerged, in recent years and months, from research into
past ice ages.  They inply that the threat of a new ice age must now stand
alongside nuclear war as a likely source of wholesale death and misery for
mankind."
   - Nigel Calder, "International Wildlife", Jul. 1975

"There are ominous signs that the earths weather patterns have begun to
change dramatically, and that these changes may portend a drastic decline
in food production"
   - Peter Gwynne, "The Coming Ice Age", Newsweek, Apr. 28, 1975.

"We may be approaching the end of a major interglacial cycle, with the
approach of a full-blown 100,000 year ice age a real possibility."
   - Science, March 1, 1975


Luckily, the hype and furor died down before much real damage was done.

--
Mike Asher
masher@tusc.net

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it
through not dying." 
   - Woody Allen