Quote Originally Posted by painretreat
Well, I haven't heard that-first golbal warming, now global cooling?
Actually in our lifetime (I am 61) it was first Global Cooling (1970's era Impending Ice Age hysteria) then Global Warming (Climate Crisis hysteria). The next mania will be about Global Cooling.

There is now data showing that the energy from the Sun, which is cyclical, is headed for a period of diminishing. Originally this area of study was predicting the start of the next cooling cycle to start about 2015 but it is already starting. (only off by a few years, highly accurate for long term science guessing)

This stuff is very much like Market Manias in that worldwide panics usually have thier peaks at about the time that the subject of the unjustified panic is over. The Dutch Tulip Mania long ago is the most often cited instance of this phenomenon in markets. The manias do not end until those who are the very least qualified (to judge) and easily lead are convinced. The current Global Warming Panic has peaked at about the same time as the underlying facts of the situation have changed.

Over-reaction is the hallmark of the public as a whole. This is why this stuff is generational, needing a new batch of underinformed to be mislead.