Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "He Spent 40 Years Alone in the Woods, and Now Scientists Love Him | Short Film Showcase" video.

  1. By beginning his measurements in 1978, he caught the end of a global cooling trend that had many scientists of the 1970s worried about a new ice age. Not surprisingly, they wanted radical government action to be taken at that time to prevent the global cooling disaster. By beginning in 1978, he maximized the love he would receive from the same scientists who more recently wanted radical government action to be taken to prevent global warming disaster. In another 20 or 40 years, it'll be something else people will want to make us panic over, so they’re can grab power and extract wealth from us.
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