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]]> By: CitizenForAccountability http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/climate-change-worries-in-the-eighteenth-century/comment-page-1/#comment-45664 CitizenForAccountability Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:20:11 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/climate-change-worries-in-the-eighteenth-century/#comment-45664 Newsweek ran a story on global cooling in 1975. As goofy as dragging icebergs south may sound, the infinite wisdom in the scientific community in the 1970's was to cover the icecaps with soot so that they would melt. (Al Gore would have probably been willing to donate some ashes of his own, lol) These stories are funny, but sad that people actually fall for it! I was in the Great Smokey Mountains a few weeks ago. Nearly every visitor stop is inundated with the falsehoods, that man has caused the climate to change. For example, the haze that causes the Smokies to be smokey is in fact pollution. They seem to forget that the native Americans named the Smokies because of the haze that existed there hundreds of years before the industrial age. Mt. Mitchell is the highest mountain east of the Mississippi. A great, cool place to visit in the summer. The mountain extends above the tree line so trees on top are very scrubby. Greeners say this is caused by acid rain. At 12 years old I was curious why the acid rain did not fall below that altitude, why it only fell on top. The park ranger wasn't sure either. Just a phenomena I suppose, or really well trained rain. Interestingly, there is a little photo museum there. On display are old pictures of the mountain back in the 1800's and well, the top of the mountain was covered with the same scrubby trees. As an environmental engineer I understand the impact that industry has had on our land, but I also understand that our government loves to use terrorism to control the population. They like to exaggerate things to get the public to go along. Fear is a great motivator. Newsweek ran a story on global cooling in 1975. As goofy as dragging icebergs south may sound, the infinite wisdom in the scientific community in the 1970′s was to cover the icecaps with soot so that they would melt. (Al Gore would have probably been willing to donate some ashes of his own, lol)

These stories are funny, but sad that people actually fall for it! I was in the Great Smokey Mountains a few weeks ago. Nearly every visitor stop is inundated with the falsehoods, that man has caused the climate to change. For example, the haze that causes the Smokies to be smokey is in fact pollution. They seem to forget that the native Americans named the Smokies because of the haze that existed there hundreds of years before the industrial age.

Mt. Mitchell is the highest mountain east of the Mississippi. A great, cool place to visit in the summer. The mountain extends above the tree line so trees on top are very scrubby. Greeners say this is caused by acid rain. At 12 years old I was curious why the acid rain did not fall below that altitude, why it only fell on top. The park ranger wasn’t sure either. Just a phenomena I suppose, or really well trained rain.

Interestingly, there is a little photo museum there. On display are old pictures of the mountain back in the 1800′s and well, the top of the mountain was covered with the same scrubby trees.

As an environmental engineer I understand the impact that industry has had on our land, but I also understand that our government loves to use terrorism to control the population. They like to exaggerate things to get the public to go along. Fear is a great motivator.

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