In the 60's the coming ice age was taught as fact in our science classes, along with "duck and cover" as a way to survive Russia's imminent nuclear strike.

It is not the debate of global warming , but the lack of consensus on the issue that arouses my spidey senses. The bonus carbon tax credit/transfer payment initiatives should have anyone over 45 on alert.

"Denial ain't just a river in Egypt" - Mark Twain

Before we got here. It melted before we got here, too.

The earth was not covered in ice. The ice sheets had expanded due to colder temperatures, but they did not cover the earth. On the east coast of the US it reached New York City, which wasn't called New York City at the time.

This is seriously stupid. Firstly, sample size. Second, average global temperate rises are not the same thing as specific temperature rises in one place. Third, smog is not what causes global warming.

I was under the impression that the earth has frozen over in the past. Obviously not since mankind was around though, and way before dinosaurs.

I had remembered this from school because we went on field trips to see where the glacial movement had left marks on rocks. If I remember correctly you can see it in Central Park ( NY ). But I checked my facts before I originally posted.

Sciolist is correct, at one point the earth was effectively covered in ice. Reid, you are thinking of the last ice age. This was considerably longer ago than that, hundreds of millions of years rather than hundreds of thousands.

The last ice age ended ~10,000 years ago.

Yes but it was so much more poetic like that.

I stand corrected. It was approx. 700 million years ago.

Well 99.5% of the worlds greatest minds and scientists disagree with you. who should i believe?

"lol" at idiots who dont believe humans are negatively affecting the earth.

Are you seriously this [censored] stupid?

I very much doubt that

*Bump* Because this POS movie blows.

"His environmental documentary, “The 11th Hour,” has been a total bust at the box office. After 18 days in release, the film has grossed only $417,913 from ticket sales. The 90-minute snore-fest is playing on 111 screens this week, but that number is likely to be reduced this Friday. The film will be sent to DVD heaven after that.

I hesitated to say before “11th Hour” actually opened how mind-numbingly dull it was for fear that I would ruin it for those interested in the subject of global warming. But at Cannes, when the film by Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen was shown to journalists, nearly the entire room fell asleep. A Russian filmmaker told us afterward that she was the only person in the room who was awake at one point."

By Roger Friedman

Oh noes! It's happening already!!?1!1one

That is a great website!