This is the title of a new book by Art Bell and Wesley Scheiber or something. I think that Art Bell is a con artist who preys on the fears of people, and I refuse to pay 25 bones to read this rag.
Nonetheless, intrigued, I checked out his website. Without giving any substantial details, the site teases by postualting that due the global warming, the ice cap will melt, and that the Gulf Stream will stop flowing.
This will allow an Arctic blizzard of apocalyptic proprtions to blitzkrieg southward and wipeout Europe, putting that continent back in the ice age.
OK, sure Art.
Nonetheless, I am intrigued. Has anyone read the book? What is the exact theory? Is there any basis for it? I’m going to England for my honeymoon, and -70 degree temperatures and 100 feet of snow might put a damper on my plans.
i think the first time i heard that was back in the '70’s
my father swears it’s true. he says something about the average temperature only has to decrease maybe 5 or 10 degrees
and that would cause a second ice age
this is his idea, not mine…frankly i disagree
but here goes
global warming is going to cause the polar ice caps to melt(just a little)
this will cause the ocean temperature to drop dramatically
the cold ocean water will reduce world wide air temperature
with air temperature reduced, snow and ice won’t melt, glaciers will form and begin to drift southward into europe and north america
that is his theory as i remember it. i may have it wrong.
Cecil debunked this theory a while back with the fear generated by that lame book Ice: 5/5/2000 (at least I think that was the title. Same stupid predictions and same unscientific methods to their reasoning. Except I think they add in a Waterworld style component where the increased ice melt raises the seas and everyone in Utah suddenly gets beach front property. Pretty lame if you ask me. They pick 5/5/2000 because it is the date where some large number (possible all of the planets?) will align, which as we know from ALL kook theories is somehow supposed to reverse the poles, cause diet sodas to become regular and vice versa
Well, i do know that the gulf stream is what keeps northern Europe from looking like the tundra. It’s why in Torquay in the UK they can grow all those lovely palms and cordylenes outside :). But, I seriously doubt that theory of Arts. I remember he used to live here in Monterey in the 70’s.
I may be off a bit on this theory, but I think that as long as the sun warms the water near the equator to a temperature greater than the water near the poles, and the earth keeps on spinning, then there’s always going to be a Gulf Stream—considering that continental drift doesn’t rearrange terra firma to such a degree that geography gets in the way.
Actually, as I recall, the Gulf Stream depends for its existence on the fact of the Americas existing; more specifically, Central America. If the isthmus of Panama were removed, the ocean currents would certainly change in the Gulf of Mexico, and I believe the GS would go to that great Sargasso Sea in the sky. Perhaps we have a geologist who could elaborate?
If true, the idea that a rising sea would do in the GS is not so crazy. What exactly is the highest elevation the seas would have to rise to, in order to connect the Atlantic and Pacific?
Ya know, it’s talk like this that makes me think it’s time to get the hell off this dying planet and head for Mars ! We’re doomed as a race if we stay here.
Art Bell isn’t crazy. He makes a good living doing what he likes to do. It’s the people who buy into his BS that are crazy. There are many people making a living from the paranoia of others. I’m formulating my plans now.