Yes, the earth is cooling. This is why all the glaciers all over the world are shrinking (those that are left) and the polar ice caps are disappearing. It's because when the temperature goes down ice melts.
I still want to know what public perceptions have to do with the science. <http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=36699> "Calendar year 2008 was the coolest year since 2000, according to the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) analysis of worldwide temperature measurements, but it was still in the top ten warmest years since the start of record-keeping in 1880. (My emphasis.) Given the range of uncertainty in the measurements, the GISS team concluded that 2008 was somewhere between the seventh and the tenth warmest year on record. (The 10 warmest years have all occurred within the 12-year period from 1997-2008.)" -- Brian On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:50 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: > Way to misrepresent my position and stake out your own in a way that > ensures no consensus on the issue, Brian. You must be as proud as > you are misguided. > > Being skeptical of AGW is not the same as believing there is no > global warming. However, it's worth noting that the Earth has been > cooling since 1998, not warming as alarmists like Hansen, Gore and > their cheerleaders in the press would have you believe. This is > consistent with observations first gleaned hundreds of years ago -- > an increase in sun spots results in a warmer climate. Conversely, a > decrease in sun spots -- which is what we've been seeing -- results > in cooler global temperatures. Alarmists consistently ignore this > fact, or give it far too little weight in their climate models. > > A note about those climate models -- they can't even predict current > or past climate behavior, which is reason enough to be skeptical of > their ability to predict future climate. > > Alarmists have not proven that adding more CO2 to the atmosphere > will increase temperatures. Instead, they resort to the same tactics > as you do when challenged. Their level of hysteria is increasing, > largely because their unproven theories are taking a beating of late. > > The number of climate scientists that are skeptical of AGW is > increasing. Their numbers include former proponents of AGW as well > as scientists that contributed to the IPCC report, which is a > political report not a scientific consensus as it's often -- and > incorrectly -- presented. > > How many times must the alarmists be wrong before you're willing to > reconsider their hypotheses? > > >> Yep global warming is nothing to worry about because 47% of an >> uneducated (about the science) population believe it to be so. >> What's the percentage of scientists who study the issue who believe >> otherwise? >> -- >> Brian >> >> On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:14 PM, do...@novato.net wrote: >>> This one's about changing public perceptions on global warming: >>> >>> <http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/issues2/articles/44_say_global_warming_due_to_planetary_trends_not_people >>> >>> > >>> >>> or >>> >>> <http://tinyurl.com/7zgd8a> >>> >>> The truth is getting out. Let's hope a richly deserved smackdown >>> of alarmists such as Hansen and Gore doesn't adversely impact good >>> environmental causes or the need for energy independence. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to StrataList-OT@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to stratalist-ot+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
