The AP reports that the Obama administration’s science adviser, who has incorrectly predicted various disasters for three decades now, is seriously behind the times:

The president’s new science adviser said Wednesday that global warming is so dire, the Obama administration is discussing radical technologies to cool Earth’s air. John Holdren told The Associated Press in his first interview since being confirmed last month that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed. One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays…

“It’s got to be looked at,” he said. “We don’t have the luxury of taking any approach off the table.” Holdren outlined several “tipping points” involving global warming that could be fast approaching. Once such milestones are reached, such as complete loss of summer sea ice in the Arctic, it increases chances of “really intolerable consequences,” he said. Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being “in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog.”

Holdren ought to get with the new program before it is too late: blame technology, industry, coal miners, bankers in stovepipe hats, indoor plumbing, prosperity and progress for man-made global cooling. As we’ve discussed in the past, he had better start getting with the program before a Maunder Minimum catches up with him.

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