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Interesting reading.
http://www.wecnmagazine.com/2007issues/may/may07.html
So is Dave Hoopman misquoting the Guy, or should he be dismissed for his age as possibly senile?
I am sure the future lies somewhere between his opinion and Al Gore.
http://www.alumnifriends.mines.edu/photo_gallery/2003/hon_degree_medal_2...
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Livestock-and-Farming/1976-03-01/The-Plow...
It is a 31 year difference between articles... anything could have happened.
The problem with the May 2007 article is that the inteviewer isn't asking informed questions so much as just rambling along. The interviewer really needed to ask specific questions regarding CO2 levels, etc.
I'm not sure what to think, his statements about the fundamentals of Climate Change are quite wrong. He is quoted favourably by GW deniers, which is not a good sign.
He does have a point though, climate change of the glacial sort is currently driven by Milankovitch cycles. Manmade global warming may delay the onset of the next glacial period, but is unlikly to prevent it.
William Ruddiman has published some theories in area, worth reading. However, global warming, by definition, will not lead us into a glaciation. It will be a few thousand years before that happens.