On 30/04/08 21:46, in article , "Ouroboros_Rex"
wrote:

"Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus
Geology, Western Washington
University, author of 8 books, 150 journal
publications with focus on geomorphology;
glacial geology; Pleistocene geochronology;
environmental and engineering geology."

Hmmm.... should I believe Don or Earl? I think
I'll go with Don.

Excellent choice

Of course. After all, 'Don' is way out of his field of expertise and
lies repeatedly - but that's fine for denialists.


I don't see Easterbrook is carrying any weight in this area, any more
than individuals on this group.

One quote about him is

Easterbrook gave a speech at the 2006 Geological Society of America annual
meeting, in which he stated:`

"If the cycles continue as in the past, the current warm cycle should end
soon and global temperatures should cool slightly until about 2035, then
warm about 0.5° C from ~2035 to ~2065, and cool slightly until 2100. The
total increase in global warming for the century should be ~0.3 ° C, rather
than the catastrophic warming of 3-6° C (4-11° F) predicted by the IPCC."[3]


***

Precisely, due to man's dumping large amounts of CO2 into the air we are NOT
in a period where we can anticipate that "cycles (will) continue as in the
past". Over the long term, if the CO2 had not increased we could indeed be
in a long descent.

But I am unfamiliar with cycles as Easterbrook claims, like
"global temperatures should cool slightly until about 2035, then warm about
0.5° C from ~2035 to ~2065, and cool slightly until 2100."

It sounds wacky to me, is there any clarification on this claim?