In message , Thor Boltmann
writes

"lawrence Jenkins" wrote in message
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This latest Global Dimming 'end of the world scenario' Horizon programme
has me confused. How is this all going to fit in with the previous
Horizon
dire prediction a new Ice Age? This documentory was broadcast November
2003 ; has that scenario now changed?


The politico/media establishment seem to think they require an ongoing
threat of Armageddon to maintain their primacy of influence over the
population at large. The Horizon programme was the usual mish-mash of half
baked pseudo-science picking up a few disjointed pieces of scientific data
and cobbling them together in a spectacular extravaganza of extrapolation.

Always beware of television programmes which describe contibutors with terms
such as "..a trained biologist.."
Trained to do what?

These programmes would be funny if it wasn't for the fact that they
encourage the more gullible of those in power to squander the nation's
wealth by diverting so much of our techonological progress into so-called
"precautionary measures" against these nebulous threats.

I predict that, by 2105, mean annual solar radiation will have decreased by
0.07248% over today's level and mean global surface temperatures increaed by
1.046578 degrees C. These are the first two numbers that came into my head
but that is probably as good a prediction as any of the present models.

Sorry for the rant, but the debasement of science in the cause of scare
mongering has been been threatening to lift my safety valves for some time.

Regards,
Alan
Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
Nothing wrong with a good rant! Especially as I totally agree with you.
Cheers
Paul
--
'Wisest are they that know they do not know.' Socrates.
Paul Bartlett FRMetS