In reply to thomas malloy's message of Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:46:59 -0500 (CDT): Hi, [snip] >The Sun has an eleven year cycle. We're now at the bottom, Solar >Quiesence. Having this coincide with a very cold winter fits with the >solar driven model. Ditto for Horner's contention that global >temperature has been decreasing for the past eight years. [snip] Correct, however the Solar cycle is probably not the only influence. AGW probably plays a significant role as well. IOW you need to compare a whole series of solar minima, to see if there is a rising trend. (The Solar cycle can be expected to superimpose a sine wave on the trend.) Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
