Posted on 08/20/2009 11:29:36 PM PDT by ReadTheLaw
Interesting that ice caps on Mars grow and contract where no man (or carbon emission) has gone before. You see that big bright ball in the sky? That furnace is not constant and we are at its mercy.
Gore’s fault
You are absolutely correct. Even with a mini ice age, we would be praying for global warming.
Our present interglacial period has lasted longer (and been more stable) than any in the last several million years. Interglacials are normally short. It may be that humans have had some effect, in that regard, though also it is of note that temperatures in the current interglacial have NOT exceeded the peak of the last interglacial. If we have had an effect, it seems to be mostly a "buffering" effect, and no one can tell me anyone knows if the effect is enough to continue overriding the overall pattern. Similarly, no one really knows how much of a dip might trigger a greater drop.
Shoot, we were supposed to be rained on like crazy, yesterday, much of the day, and we got nary a drop.
I remember a Russian Astrophyisist putting up a an open wager of $ 10,000 to any global warming proponent that the earth was going to start cooling soon before it got hotter due to lower output by the sun.
I don’t recall any of the Gorons taking him up on the wager.
Seems as though the scientist was right and in reality, global cooling is a bigger problem than warming was. Of course what will happen is the Gorons will claim man made Co2 as the culprit and spin this to try and impose their will anyway.
It's the larger 200+ ft. drop that might well cause some problems ~ like relocating most East Coast port facilities up to 100 miles off shore from their present locations.
“the Sun will be devoid of sunspots in five years time”
In case nobody is looking the Sun IS devoid of Sunspots and has been for the last 41 days, and there are none predicted any time soon. The “Gore Minimum” is upon us! I hope him and his carbon footprint go bankrupt and never show their face in public again. Pseudo science nitwits!
QUIET SUN: According to NOAA sunspot counts, the longest stretch of spotless suns during the current solar minimum was 52 days in July, August and Sept. of 2008. The current spate of blank suns is putting that record in jeopardy. There have been no sunspots for almost 42 days and there are none in the offing. Deep solar minimum continues.
“It’s the larger 200+ ft. drop that might well cause some problems...”
I don’t believe that will happen, of course. But were it to become true, there would be some advantages as well.
Some banned off-shore drilling would no longer be off-shore, fer instance.
And I’d be even farther from the east cost!
when I was younger, we were warned about global cooling....so this is no surprize to us older folks...
And, it would be quite "fragrant" near those unusable ports......
I was working/going to school that decade, but I’ve seen copies of Time (or was it ‘Newsweak’) that carried that message ...
Solar Cycle 24 is overdue to ramp up. If we don't see significant sunspot activity by New Years, then it looks like we are in a minimum.
Global warming would involve more rainfall globally, which would improve agriculture. It would also make vast stretches of Canada and Siberia more temperate, again improving agricultural output.
Global cooling would kill farming in the northern MidWest.
bump for a careful read.
“From NASA’s site:
Solar Cycle 24 is overdue to ramp up. If we don’t see significant sunspot activity by New Years, then it looks like we are in a minimum.”
Good point
“I remember a Russian Astrophyisist putting up a an open wager of $ 10,000 to any global warming proponent that the earth was going to start cooling soon before it got hotter due to lower output by the sun.”
Has he paid up yet?
“bump for a careful read.”
Ditto
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