So just because I can't predict the next 10 coin flips, I must be unable to predict the next million? It is precisely because climate is long term pattern that they are easier to predict than short terms.
Yes. We know that the Earth has a history of warming, warming, warming, and then cooling. It is very likely that that trend will continue.
Wait, did you say we can't predict weather? Well, we ought to stop calling the 4 seasons what they are then.
Personally, I do not wish to quit calling the 4 seasons winter, spring, summer, and autumn. Winter sports, spring planting, summer vacations, and autumn harvests are activities I always look forward to. However, some winters are warm and some are cold. Some April showers bring May flowers... some don't. Some summer thunderstorms bring rain and some don't. Some autumn harvests are wet and some are dry. So, no. Just because it is called winter doesn't mean it is going to be cold or wet.
It means that the Earth tilted on its axis in predictable intervals.
Solstice &
Equinox
Yes, the ones who claimed there was going to be an ice age
were wrong (so was the media who highlighted them), but they were neither representative nor the consensus at the time.
http://www.skepticalscience.com/ice-age-predictions-in-1970s.htm
They were not necessarily wrong... perhaps premature. Only time will tell.
This is your "problem", you only use the arguments that've already been answered.
From time to time, I have some problems but that is not one of them. "They" have not been answering arguments successfully.
But to your credit, you did bring up one argument that I've not heard, and that is hemp.
Just one? How about the fact that government has millions upon millions of vehicles sitting at red lights inefficiently, minute after minute, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, decade after decade for no reason other than to control people and commit highway robbery to collect a paycheck if someone disobeys? "Traffic Control Signal Violation" ... doubled in perpetual "job creating 'work zones'" ... 10 tickets per day... $400 each ... $4000 revenue plus all the cash the cops can steal from the vehicle's occupants. Not a bad day's haul. $4000/day ... 365 days = $1,460,000.00/year ... that'll keep a police department going with Christmas bonuses for everyone... well not everyone... just the 'important' people.
Industrial hemp has so many Earth friendly advantages it is absolutely telling and completely batshit crazy for politicians to keep it illegal to grow and use. Yes, your politicians are batshit crazy ... or bought off.
Hemp grows without the need for chemical pesticides or insecticides. Hemp grows in such a manner as to be Earth friendly with root systems that bind the soil to prevent soil erosion and it replenishes the soil with nutrients as it grows and dies. Hemp fibers are long and strong. Hemp fibers used in concrete both strengthen concrete and increase the R-Value immensely. Hemp clothing is durable. Hemp plastics can be compostable or recyclable. Hemp competes with wood pulp paper, rain forest destruction, petroleum, cotton, plastics, corn & soybeans, steel, pharmaceuticals, body & fender repair shops, landfills, insurance, global warming researchers, and many other industries. That is why industrial hemp is illegal to grow and use. Our politicians, and their drug enforcement arms, are batshit crazy... or bought off.
