The Benefits of Global Warming

It has been truthfully said, "that it is an ill wind thatas far north as York in England.
blows nobody any good." The global warming crowdFarmers grew wheat as far north as Trondheim,
has not been exactly honest about the impact ofNorway. Oats and barley were grown in Iceland.
global warming. Indeed there could be more winnersToday none of this is possible. It is too cold.
than losers. Here is an independent viewpoint.When Leif Ericcson's Viking ships discovered the new
Most people are not aware of the fact that thereworld they landed in what is now Newfoundland.
have been two great warming periods in the last twoTHey called it Vinland. For centuries historians refused
thousand years. In both of these warming periodsto believe it because it is too cold for vineyards to
the weather was warmer than it is today.grow anywhere near Newfoundland but it was
During the Roman warm period parts of North Africapossible during the Viking period.
that are today desert wastes were the highlyIf the Romans and Vikings were alive to hear our
productive granaries of the Roman Empire.hysterical prattle about the threat of global warming,
Vast areas of the central Australian desert werethey would kick us until we stopped moving. The
grassy savannahs. Much vaster areas of what isgreat threat to humanity is not Global Warming but
today the nearly worthless permafrost tundras ofGlobal Cooling. The Little Ice Age of 1300-1850 was a
Northern Canada and Siberia were productivecalamitous disaster during its first two centuries.
grasslands.There were mass famines until the population had
The primary cause of this phenomena in the case ofdeclined enough to enable it to be adequately
the desert areas was that the direction of thesupported by the shorter growing seasons. The
prevailing winds changed somewhat and thus blewGreenland settlements had to abandoned.
over more sea water and due to the greaterIf you stop to think about it the loss of a couple
warmth carried more water vapor than they dohundred feet of shoreline may be a small price to
today.pay in return for a green and productive Central
When the weather cooled vast areas of North AfricaAustralia and North Africa not to mention the vast
and Central Australia turned to desert. In Canada andnew productive lands in Northern Canada and Siberia
Siberia vast areas of productive grasslands turnedthat would now be open for human development.
into areas of nearly worthless permafrost.Not to mention Greenland. Take a look at the map.
In the Medieval Warm Period which lasted fromLike the saying says, "it is an ill wind that blows
800-1300 the weather was so warm that Englandnobody any good.
was exporting wine to France. The vineyards grew