Posted by John Tomlinson | Flint Journal Columnist January 19, 2009
04:20AM

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If you're wondering why North America is starting to resemble nuclear
winter, then you missed the news.

At December's U.N. Global Warming conference in Poznan, Poland, 650 of
the world's top climatologists stood up and said man-made global
warming is a media generated myth without basis. Said climatologist
Dr. David Gee, Chairman of the International Geological Congress, "For
how many years must the planet cool before we begin to understand that
the planet is not warming?"

I asked myself, why would such obviously smart guy say such a
ridiculous thing? But it turns out he's right.

The earth's temperature peaked in 1998. It's been falling ever since;
it dropped dramatically in 2007 and got worse in 2008, when
temperatures touched 1980 levels.

Meanwhile, the University of Illinois' Arctic Climate Research Center
released conclusive satellite photos showing that Arctic ice is back
to 1979 levels. What's more, measurements of Antarctic ice now show
that its accumulation is up 5 percent since 1980.

In other words, during what was supposed to be massive global warming,
the biggest chunks of ice on earth grew larger. Just as an aside, do
you remember when the hole in the ozone layer was going to melt
Antarctica? But don't worry, we're safe now, that was the nineties.

Dr. Kunihiko, Chancellor of Japan's Institute of Science and
Technology said this: "CO2 emissions make absolutely no difference one
way or the other ... every scientist knows this, but it doesn't pay to
say so." Now why would a learned man say such a crazy thing?

This is where the looney left gets lost. Their mantra is atmospheric
CO2 levels are escalating and this is unquestionably causing earth's
temperature rise. But ask yourself -- if global temperatures are
experiencing the biggest sustained drop in decades, while CO2 levels
continue to rise -- how can it be true?

Ironically, in spite of being shown false, we must now pray for it.
Because a massive study, just released by the Russian Government,
contains overwhelming evidence that earth is on the verge of another
Ice Age.

Based on core samples from Russia's Vostok Station in Antarctica, we
now know earth's atmosphere and temperature for the last 420,000
years. This evidence suggests that the 12,000 years of warmth we call
the Holocene period is over.

Apparently, we're headed into an ice age of about 100,000 years --
give or take. As for CO2 levels, core samples show conclusively they
follow the earth's temperature rise, not lead it.

It turns out CO2 fluctuations follow the change in sea temperature. As
water temperatures rise, oceans release additional dissolved CO2 --
like opening a warm brewsky.

To think, early last year, liberals suggested we spend 45 trillion
dollars and give up five million jobs to fix global warming. But there
is good news: now that we don't have to spend any of that money, we
can give it all to the banks.

John Tomlinson is a local conservative columnist for The Flint
Journal. He lives in the Genesee County area. You can e-mail him. Read
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