Newt Gingrich, Noted Paleontologist, Replies to The Posthumous Luger
UPDATED: Malkin posts Gingrich’s and Pelosi’s Earth Day video.
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Mr. Gingrich answers my question! He deserves some credit here, as Mr. Gore refuses all open discussion and debate.
Mr. Gingrich’s answer, though, is ridiculous. But still! Baby steps:
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“New York: Mr. Gingrich, do you have a suggestion as to why an absolute neophyte to the anthropogenic global warming concept should discount the recent evidence regarding the Medieval Warm Period? I am a former firm believer in AGW myself, yet I no longer support the theory, as I have not heard a single prominent environmental advocate who can discount the higher temperatures and lower carbon dioxide concentrations of that period.”
“Newt Gingrich: You raise a good point, and as somebody that studies paleontology, I am well aware we have had much higher carbon levels (pre-historic time periods, probably caused by volcanoes) and much higher temperatures in the past. In addition, around 11,000 years ago, the Gulf Stream stopped for 600 years for reasons we don’t understand. Europe went into an ice age. Then the Gulf Stream restarted for reasons we don’t understand and the ice age disappeared.
So a great deal of the “current science” is in fact politics.
However, the word “conservative” includes “conservation” as its root. And conservatives should be cautious. Therefore, I am willing to look for methods of lowering carbon that do not destroy the economy or give the government increased power.”
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That sounds like “I don’t know” to me.
He is still chatting right now, head on over and get your questions in!
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