RE: Energy17 May 2023 07:37
Mr Bond
Indeed, Real Balanced Science and Engineering is sadly missing from the "debate"/ discussions on climate change. Its all a bit too hard for the politicians to understand (remarkably few politicians are scinece and engineers?), and the economists have little to do with the real world etc etc ... BIt like the waltz of the Lemmings at the moment
I have just called into Europe and am roaming through the last 2,000 years of life in the trees, so to speak ... As most scientists know, the climate has changed significantly for time to time in the last 2,000 years, and 20,000 years the hole place was under 2-5 kms of ice?! To briefly digress from the magnificence enduring presence of gold ... (some things dont change?)
The Little Ice Age was a period of bitter winters and mild summers that affected Europe and North America between the 14th and 19th centuries. The cold weather is well documented in written records and supported by paleoclimatic records such as tree rings, glacial growth, and lake sediments. These paleoclimatic records serve as proxies that register past temperatures, confirming that it was colder than usual.
Thanks to paleoclimatic records, climate scientists have identified four cold and warm “climate epochs” during the past 2,000 years: the Roman Warm Period, which covered the first centuries of the Common Era; the Dark Ages Cold Period, from 400 to 800; the Medieval Warm Period between 800 and 1200; and, most recently, the Little Ice Age.
The Last Ice Age in Europe was at its peak about 20 000 years ago. At that time in the Northern part of Europe, many areas were covered with ice as much as 3km thick (defintiely more in places?). The mountainous regions of the Southern part of Europe, for example the Alps, Balkans, and Pyrenees, were covered with thick ice sheets...and living int he UK was not that desirable despite the enticing visa plan they had operational?
All the best, keep a sense of humour
best
The Gnome
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