The Curious Reaction to NASA's Antarctic Ice Growth News
If Global Warming is going to doom us all, why aren't its proponents celebrating this news?
by Rod D. Martin
November 5, 2015
So as you may have heard, NASA just released satellite data showing that -- contrary to the official narrative -- Antarctic ice is not only growing, but has been growing rapidly and consistently as long as anyone can discern. At a rate of 112 billion tons of ice per year net. That rate of growth slowed down briefly last decade and then picked back up. And all this new ice is canceling out virtually all hypothesized sea-level increase.
You would think this would be cause for rejoicing among those most concerned about the effect on our planet of Global Warming (now rebranded "Climate Change"). But in fact, it is not. Quite the opposite: it has been a cause for great consternation and a lot of, er, denial.
Which brings me to this. In all seriousness: if Global Warming is going to doom us all, why aren't its proponents celebrating at this news, regardless of its political implications? Wouldn't that thrill them, if they weren't more bought into silencing all …