Stanford University's noted global warming alarmist and Al Gore advisor Stephen Schneider appeared in a 1978 television program warning Americans of a coming Ice Age.
For those that have forgotten, "In Search of..." was a televised documentary series from 1976 to 1982 that was normally narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
In the May 1978 episode "The Coming Ice Age," Nimoy presented to viewers facts about the previous Ice Age, and discussed how the bitterly cold winters of 1976 and 1977 might be a harbinger of a new one: "Climate experts believe the next one is on its way. According to recent evidence, it could come sooner than anyone had expected."
One climate expert cited was Stephen Schneider, a climatologist working for the National Center for Atmospheric Research at the time who was asked to address some of the possible solutions being discussed to stop the coming Ice Age such as using nuclear energy to loosen the polar icecaps (video embedded below the fold, relevant section at 6:04, h/t Minnesotans for Global Warming via Bob Ferguson):
DR. STEPHEN SCHNEIDER: Can we do these things? Yes. But will they make things better? I'm not sure. We can't predict with any certainty what's happening to our own climatic future. How can we come along and intervene then in that ignorance? You could melt the icecaps. What would that do to the coastal cities? The cure could be worse than the disease. Would that be better or worse than the risk of an ice age?
Imagine that. In 1978, one of today's leading global warming alarmists not only appeared in a television program warning the world of a coming Ice Age, but he also said: "We can't predict with any certainty what's happening to our own climatic future. How can we come along and intervene then in that ignorance?"
Now, thirty years later, Schneider is INDEED predicting what's happening to our climatic future by using models, and advocates government intervention to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming.
Yet, thirty years ago when he was concerned about a new Ice Age, he worried that the proposed cure could be worse than the disease.
Such concerns have clearly abated, as Schneider is now a member of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well a close advisor to Gore.
In fact, as this video created by Phelim McAleer (the man whose microphone was recently turned off when he had the nerve to ask Gore a question) demonstrates, Schneider was actually with Gore when he acknowledged winning the Nobel Peace Prize:
Now that Schneider's appearance on "In Search of..." has been uncovered, will journalists always concerned about presenting all sides of the story report this video and its implications or bury it for fear that it might impact pending legislation to cap and tax carbon dioxide emissions?
Stay tuned.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters. Follow him at Facebook and Twitter.




















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This nut cases didn't ...
October 13, 2009 - 10:09 ET by SentryDanThis nut cases didn't have it right then and they don't have it right now.
A new revelation from some of the nuts is that the "sun" may have an affect on warming the planet. Ya think?
Global warming/cooling (or climate change) happens every day in every part of the world. And carbon dioxide is needed by plants to produce oxygen (biology 101).
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For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
Wow
October 13, 2009 - 10:10 ET by srqvetAmazing how consistently these libturd wackos are wrong. Could they be following the money? What a hoot!
There is a specific term we
October 13, 2009 - 10:12 ET by samhermanmdThere is a specific term we use in science and medicine to describe a person who changes their opinions and theories just to chase junk science research dollars and publicity: whore. Sorry for the geeky science talk.
Guess we found our global warming whore.
I've never understood
October 13, 2009 - 10:17 ET by Candance Moorehow we went from a frozen tundra to England being underwater in less than 20 years.
Don't you just ...
October 13, 2009 - 10:25 ET by SentryDanDon't you just love these guys (liberal tools) for their ever changing story?
I wish for once that they would get their stories straight. Oh, wait a minute, you can't expect that. That would make them like the rest of us, honest and truthful. And we all know that liberals, for the most part, have never been know for those traits.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
I hereby invite Al Gore to
October 13, 2009 - 10:25 ET by mattmI hereby invite Al Gore to a picnic at Loring Park in Minneapolost to celebrate the early snow and cold here in the upper Midwest - where it's been below normal temperature for the last two years.
We'll have Iced Tea, snow cones, cold cuts, iceberg lettuce, frozen veggies and frogurt.... I won't be there, Al, but you're welcome.....
A COUPLE OF THINGS...
October 13, 2009 - 11:10 ET by danybhoyI'm not the brightest person, but even I have noticed that these are the same people who said we have 10 years to make the changes needed to "save the earth" from global warming. Nevermind they were saying this crap in the early 1980's, if not ealier.
Secondly, for those who think that trading the term "global warming" for "climate change" will work, let me explain something to you..."Climate change" as you call it, is called WEATHER, nothing more, nothing less. A high pressure systems & low pressure systems roll in all the time, they also mx & cause rain, snow, storms, tornados, & blizzards, to name some things that happen. It's weather, that's it, & Al Gore or any other idiot saying otherwise does not make it so.
I'll tie my 1st 2 points together, depsite the fact that the science of meteorology has improved, it's still hard to hit a weather forcast longer then a few days out. Especially here in Minnesota or places like it.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
Mathematical models are no
October 13, 2009 - 13:00 ET by samhermanmdMathematical models are no more accurate than random chance. If you define a given event with specific criteria, as in the best forms of medical and scientific research, the probability of the *individual* event happening is never more than 50%. It will happen or it will not. When you marry different data types, such as binary (yes/no) and interval (e. g. anywhere to/from and and including 1 - 100), the chance for a correct result decreases significantly. Most climate models are complex systems of mathematical equations, and errors, precision and inaccuracy propagate throughout the model.
30+years of stupidity
October 13, 2009 - 10:32 ET by mjfitchCan anyone figure out how much money this alarmist has been granted over his 30+ years of stupidity?
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill
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October 13, 2009 - 10:49 ET by dboIt gets worse for Schneider. In 1971 he co-authored Rasool and Schneider 1971 which the abstract states:
Interesting that in 1971 he realizes that CO2 can cause a slight warming but as CO2 levels rise the effects are logarithmic and minimal in nature (something the climate realists always point out today).
In 1976 Lowell Ponte wrote a book titled 'The Cooling' which Ponte stated:
Schneider endorsed the book in the forward and said:
And of course there is always the classic Schneider quote from 1989 which he said:
Follow the Money
October 13, 2009 - 11:13 ET by richb313Follow the Money, just follow the money. Al Gore has made Millions of Dollars selling worthless Carbon Credits. This is a bigger scam than Bernie Maddof. He has scammed most of the worlds Governments and has made Millions in the process.
Where is the FBI? Where is Interpol? I just wish someone in law enforcement would investigate this. I am sure, somewhere, evidence exists that Al Gore KNOWS he is scamming and raking in the dough. This has passed the point of annoying to being the most Sophisticated Criminal Enterprise in history. The Mafia is just green with envy yet all the dumb bunnies line up to be slaughtered by devastaing new legislation. New International Treaties will cause the US to lose control of our own country. The Constitution will be ruled unconstitutional. Alice, we are through the looking glass and a madman is in charge.
And; there was also Schneider's debate challenge.
October 13, 2009 - 11:23 ET by danboYou ALL have it wrong, it
October 13, 2009 - 11:28 ET by fuzzierYou ALL have it wrong, it isn't about the money. It is about CONTROL. The money will come as a by product and they know that. They want to control what we do day-in day-out. They feel it is their destiny (or if you are a Back to the Future fan, change destiny to "density").
Fuzz
Money Buys Control and Power
October 13, 2009 - 11:46 ET by richb313Money Buys Control and Power. It is harder to track and prove that someone does something just for control and power but Money always leaves a trail. Money is what is used to co-opt and buy off scientists. Money is what is used to bribe. That is why I say, "Follow the Money". It has worked time and time again in criminal investigations and those very same practices should be used to root out this Fraud for what he really is.
This kind of reminds me of
October 13, 2009 - 11:34 ET by danboThis kind of reminds me of putting a mortar board on Bozo. And calling bozo a climatologist.
HAHAHAHAHA. HEHEHE. I didn’t even know about it. Um. So, you’ve got me at a loss. I don’t know. (Charles Gibson of the dead media.)
I think Al Gore, along with
October 13, 2009 - 11:38 ET by R D HelmI think Al Gore, along with the rest of his kind, should be forced to cough up the billions they have stolen, often at gunpoint, from the American public by perpetrating this hideous fraud.
Now that would be justice.
-Dave
global warming is scam!
October 13, 2009 - 11:59 ET by w2448hcGlobal warming is huge scam! : http://www.70news.com/2009/10/12/global-warming-is-scam-they-are-all-lie-to-us/
Warming causes coldness...sez vain hussein science czar guy...
October 13, 2009 - 13:33 ET by upcountrywaterWhew' only a billion will die
9 Oct 09 - “White House science czar John Holdren has
predicted 1 billion people will die in ‘carbon-dioxide induced
famines’ in a coming new ice age by 2020,” says this article
published today on World Net Daily.
Holdren predicted in a 1971 textbook co-authored with Paul Ehrlich
that “global over-population was heading the Earth to a new ice age
unless the government mandated urgent measures to control
population, including the possibility of involuntary birth control
measures such as forced sterilization.”
I wonder if our science czar still believes
in forced sterilization?
Holdren's prediction that 1 billion people would die from a global
cooling "eco-disaster" was announced in Ehrlich's 1986 book "The
Machinery of Nature.
State controlled health care is Tort Reform.