Same lines, different Generation

This 'global warming' classic sales pitch "if there isn't a problem - make one up and offer the solution" has gone from the mind to the wallet.  The New Zealand Gov't has sold out, against the majority of Kiwis. The signing of an Emissions Trading Scheme will cost every Kiwi, and your kids will be fed another line just like your parents. Don't forget the Global Cooling scare of a few decades ago. According to Michael Crichton, "in the first Earth Day in 1970, UC Davis's Kenneth Watt said, 'If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000. This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age.'" International Wildlife warned 'a new ice age must now stand alongside nuclear war' as a threat to mankind. Science Digest said 'we must prepare for the next ice age.' The Christian Science Monitor noted that armadillos had moved out of Nebraska because it was too cold, glaciers had begun to advance, and growing seasons had shortened around the world. Newsweek reported 'ominous signs' of a 'fundamental change in the world's weather.'" Same lines, different generation.