Science has always been shoot-from-the-hip

If it were even mildly hot instead of unseasonably cold cold cold, then Al Gore would have been swept up into the White House Reagan-style.

A hot hot summer kicks up an environmental frenzy.
A cold-snap nips it in the butt.*

Much like the movie 'Demolition Man,' the environmental movement is always promising these things will come too fast.

Paul Erlich said in the 70s the Earth would run out of natural resources, and in 'Demolition Man' it was proposed that by 2032 we would not use toilet tissue, instead relying on the 'three shells.' 2032 is still 25 years away, so it could happen. But in each subsequent edition of 'The Population Bomb,' Erlich kept on pushing back when the Malthusiana was going to hit, like Pentecostals do with the 'Rapture.'

And 'Bomb' still sold even after he'd been proven way off. It still sells to-day. Catastrophe is immune to criticism even when it doesn't happen. There's always tomorrow.




* In West Allis, we say 'nip in the butt.'