Posted on 04/12/2006 7:59:42 AM PDT by Graybeard58
The global-warming scare machine has been running full bore, most recently with Time magazine's cover story, "Be Worried. By Very Worried." What is remarkable about the promulgation of the dogma that global warming is destroying the earth, and human activity is causing it, is the way this perspective ignores a rather large force dictating surface and atmospheric temperatures.
That is to say, the sun.
The sun harbors all but 2 percent of the solar system's combined mass. The volume of the sun is more than 1.3 million times that of the earth. The sun is a fierce, incredibly dense cauldron whose surface temperature is 11,000 degrees F.
Like any other force of nature, the sun goes through cycles. "It is not the constant star it might seem," reported BBC News from the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Philadelphia. "Careful studies over the last 20 years show that its overall brightness and energy output increases slightly as sunspot activity rises to the peak of its 11-year cycle. The sun is currently at its most active level in 300 years.
"That, say scientists in Philadelphia, could be a more significant cause of global warming than the emissions of greenhouse gases that are most often blamed." It may also help to explain why the effects of global warming have been observed on Mars, a planet not known for its coal-burning power plants or sport-utility vehicles.
There are many reasons to begin a methodical transition to power sources that pollute less, beginning with the fact oil, coal and natural gas eventually will run out, and it would be irrational to switch to even dirtier fuels, such as wood. But the hysteria surrounding the anti-global-warming movement ill serves that cause. A dogma that persistently refuses to acknowledge the effect of so large and influential a climate-driver as the sun scarcely warrants its front-and-center place in the national consciousness.
bookmkPing , and thanks Graybeard58
... its a nice ride , north from Waterbury on Rt8
[BTW , when that little guy in the Santa outfit , gets old enough to go on dates , show that pic to his GF , she'll use it well!]
And here I thought that it was just old age making me feel colder these past few years, LoL!
If I'm still around, I will.
I was recently brought down to earth by my 4 year old grand daughter (who calls me "Pops". She was sitting on my lap and I was telling her that when she grew up and had children, her brother would be an uncle and that when he had children that she would be an aunt but I would still be old "Pops".
She looked up at me with those pretty blue eyes and said, "Pops, when you get really old, you'll be dead."
Out of the mouths of babes.
I am not worried about global warming. What I am worried about however is global cooling.
I mean if we reverse everything that the leftists are accusing big business of doing, we would soon face a cooling of the earth. This would make planting crops impossible due to cold temperatures, which would render the illegal immigrants useless, since there would be no lettuce to pick. Which means they would go back to Mexico.
Think I am going to start riding my bike to work every day.
LOL!
There's been a couple of good editorials out of the Waterbury paper lately.
One quibble - the Sun isn't really "dense" - it has an average density of about 1.4 grams per cubic centimeter, not much more dense than water. By contrast, lead has a density of 11.3 grams per cubic centimeter.
I read portions of dozens of newspapers from all over the country online every week.
Here's my paper.
http://www.rep-am.com/story.php?id=5414
I don't think I'd call a Northern Virginia Suburban paper, especially it's editorial page, part of the MSM.
I've been taken to the woodshed over using MSM in reference to the W-RA. But it isn't a suburban VA paper, it's Waterbury Connecticut.
But then we'd have to invade them and be the illegal aliens, since we couldn't grow enough food here. Although perhaps the deserts of the southwest and south Texas would start getting enough rain to make them viable..although the soil is the pits in most places, especially compared to the great plains.
Well I thought that at first, but got confused by the ad at the top of the page which says "Northern Virginia's Best Suburban News". Didn't notice that it's an ad for a different paper. My bad.
I read a lot of papers too, here's a list of the top 50 or so papers in the U.S. with clickable links to all of them:
http://newslink.org/topstate.html
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