The widespread view that global warming is a major threat to mankind has some fundamental flaws, writes Larry Mounser . The greenhouse effect isn't so bad after all The widespread view that global warming is a major threat to mankind has some fundamental flaws, writes Larry Mounser . This delusion went so far that they published highly detailed maps in scientific journals. In 1969, photos taken by the Mariner spacecraft showed there were no canals.
Scientists can get it wrong.
But his point still contains some great big holes. A few months before the Mars photos arrived in 1969, the Observer in London published the first mainstream article about the greenhouse effect. The sky has been falling ever since. For millions of years, we've been in ice ages, with short, warm interglacial periods, lasting no more than 12,000 years. This warm period has led to human civilisation as we know it.