Category: ancient climate change

Y'know, don't you, that strain of climate contrarian humor that evokes SUVs so often?  Maybe some scientists or other science-interested person makes note of the greenhouse effect on Venus, or during the Eemian or during the early Earth and dim Sun days. In a blink somebody hoots, hah! Tell it to Al Gore! Did they have SUVs back then or what!? Perhaps a few of them do so while looking proudly at giant Lexus GXs or Lincoln Navigators in the drive. Such things are superb vehicles, of a type that America invented and good for us. If  you have a family and a horse trailer to haul and frequent need to get off the pavement, saddle-up. But they do look sort of stupid picking up one or two kids every day with their big motors idling in the line to get to...