Elliot Diringer, spokesman for the Council on Environmental Quality, said the President was referring to soil samples and tree ring data. What Mr. Clinton didn't say, however, is that the Chinese have kept crop and weather data for over 2,000 years. According to that information, the weather was warmer 2,000 years ago than it is today. Mr. Moore, in his new book Climate of Fear , said Europe and China were unusually warm from about 800 to 1300. The report stated that it is generally accepted in scientific circles that in the past 300 years the climate has warmed one degree due to greenhouse gasses.
Some reports have the planet cooling very slightly.
Come January when I am looking at temperatures of 17 degrees below zero, I think I would appreciate a little global warming about then. Perhaps in another 600 to 900 years my winter temperature would only be 15 degrees below zero in the winter. I just know how mad it might make one to have his serious announcements totally undone by some simple reasoning, especially if there are hidden motives regarding the announcements. I am willing to be convinced of anything if some serious evidence can be supplied. Sadly, so often, that evidence is not forthcoming.