Not to derail the thread, butâŚ
A couple of years ago I read an article about some glacier in Peru whose retreat was being blamed on man-made global warming; the âproofâ was that more and more ancient plant beds were being newly uncovered each year as the ice retreated (this started in 2002). Carbon dating indicated that most of these plant beds have been buried for at least 5,000 years.
Think about that for a minute. What that really says is, the earth today is still not as warm as it was 5,000 or more years ago (i.e. the ancient plant beds are only just now being uncovered, the plants themselves are not yet regrowing). Was it the âexponential population growth across the worldâ up to that time that was responsible for the warm temperatures 5,000+ years ago? I highly doubt it; mankind was no more responsible for the warm temperatures 5,000+ years ago than for the subsequent cooler temperatures.
We now return to our regularly-scheduled threadâŚ