Global Tapioca

''Whilst it seems unwise to suggest something like the Greenhouse Effect does not exist, or that manufacturing industry and the human race's astonishing level of exploitation of natural resources needs to be reduced, it must be pointed out that there are many who have sought to use the Greenhouse Effect to present their own agendas - both political and scientific.'' - The Greenhouse Conspiracy

That excerpt from a 1970 book printed during the great Global Cooling crisis - perpetrated by the very same people who a decade later would switch to Global Warming.  But wait, there's more. "There may be many reasons why we might want to believe in a apocalypse but for the scientists involved it's very straightforward. "DR ROY SPENCER: It's easier to get funding if you can show some evidence for impending climate disasters. In the late 1970s it was the coming ice age and now it's the coming global warming. Who knows what it will be ten years from now. Sure, science benefits from scary scenarios. "DR SHERWOOD IDSO: A lot of people are getting very famous and very well funded as a result of promoting the disastrous scenario of greenhouse warming. "PROF. REGINALD NEWELL: My suspicion is that if you have a crisis like this it' s easier to gain funds for the profession as a whole." The Greenhouse Conspiracy Let it be noted that PBS, which was then (1990s) broadcasting any and every Global Warming shlockumentary that came along, refused to air The Greenhouse Conspiracy.  A few local PBS outlets like Baltimore ran it once, most like DC did not.  The same one-sided  media treatment continues today.  By the bye, I find this lead into a story about lefty Robert Redford's rant [Redford To Democrats: Show More Courage] on the subject instructive. ''The Sundance Kid gathered up the nerve to jump off a cliff with Butch Cassidy. Now, he wants Democrats to show similar backbone.'' It was a freaking movie asshole.