February 7, 2006

Framing the Debate

In the 70's the looming climatological disaster was global cooling.

Then in the 80's and 90's it was global warming.

Now the meme is "climate change" so that any change direction of the trend is bad.

... and the culprit was always humans.

On it's face it's laughable. We've had ice ages... we've had warm ages in the past (think dinosaur times for the obvious one)... the only climate related constant is the drive for more money for research.

Anyway... here's another theory on "climate change."

    A Russian astronomer has predicted that Earth will experience a "mini Ice Age" in the middle of this century, caused by low solar activity.

    Khabibullo Abdusamatov of the Pulkovo Astronomic Observatory in St. Petersburg said Monday that temperatures will begin falling six or seven years from now, when global warming caused by increased solar activity in the 20th century reaches its peak, RIA Novosti reported.

    The coldest period will occur 15 to 20 years after a major solar output decline between 2035 and 2045, Abdusamatov said.


Smoke 'em if you got 'em. It's gonna get cold!!!!

On the web Posted by AlexC at February 7, 2006 1:07 PM

I grew up fearing overpopulation and global cooling (and of course, killer bees).

Now the cradle of liberty is set to fall from underpopulation and folks are trying to convince me of global warming. But I'm still afraid of bees...

Posted by: jk at February 7, 2006 1:27 PM

Thank goodness for the supposed global warming now so we can have something fond to think of when the cooling begins. When will the "experts" like Al Gore finally realize that the changes in the Earth's temperature have more to do with the sun'd output than anything else?

Someone better let Gore know we're not going to burn up after all.

Posted by: Sensible Mom at February 7, 2006 3:33 PM

Driving a convertible (http://www.berkeleysquarejazz.com/blog/archives/001133.html), I am counting on the rest of you to keep the planet warmed up!

I had the top down once in January and a bit this afternoon. I plan to drive top down in every month of 2006. Thank you, fossil fuel.

Have to go with "Sensible Mom." (very good blog, follow the link.) I feel that climate is based on solar output. The Wall Street Journal once traced more than a thousand years of tree-ring-width projections of temperature against solar reverse-predicted flares and saw impressive correlation.

Posted by: jk at February 7, 2006 7:11 PM | What do you think? [3]