Global warming is just another scam

A letter by Sandra Kaptain of the League of Women Voters in the Daily Herald includes several outrageous statements about "global warming," in urging that we "go green."

In the '70s, comparable claims were made about a coming Ice Age. The proposed solution was the same - authorize proponents to "regulate," i.e., tax us, because industrial activity was alleged to be the cause. That idea fell flat, so 10 or 15 years ago they came up with "global warming."

Professor Frederick Seitz, past president of the National Academy of Sciences, was skeptical. He and Edward Teller, famous for his work in several areas of science, endorsed an independent study of the subject. A white paper resulted, describing scientific evidence for at least six 1,500-year cycles of warming and cooling. In the first half of the last millennium, the last "warm" period, Vikings farmed on Greenland. Neither that "warm" period nor any of the prior ones was man's doing.

There was more arable land, larger harvests, more food and larger incomes. Coastal cities such as London and Tokyo, did not flood. Mankind was better off. Climatologists call that period the "medieval climate optimum." Over several centuries following, average temperatures declined as much as three 3 degrees. The petition project documents all this and more. If you visit petitionproject.org, you will find a good deal of data, developed by scientists without an ax to grind, the white paper and a petition opposing the global warming idea.

Sandra Kaptain and the League of Women Voters would do well to cut their losses and stop participating in the "global warming" scam.

Peter G. Malone

St. Charles