Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

A Hotter Sun May Be Contributing To Global Warming

Posted by timothy on from the or-a-shrinking-orbit dept.

no reason to be here writes "The sun seems to be getting hotter. Total radiation output has increased .05% per decade since the 1970s. This article over at Yahoo! News has the scoop. Though .05% may not seem like much, if it has been going on for the last century or more (and circumstantial evidence suggest that it has), it could be a significant factor in the increase in global average temperature noticed during the 20th century."

17 of 530 comments (clear)

  1. Waaaiiitt just a minute. by taliver · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sun has been causing global warming? Now who would have ever expected a giant ball of uncontrolled nuclear explosions to change at all and have any effect on the warming of our planet.

    I'm still believing it's the cow farts.

    --

    I demand a million helicopters and a DOLLAR!

  2. Double take by redGiraffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sun Microsystems is WHAT?!

    1. Re:Double take by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 4, Funny

      And you thought Microsoft got blamed for everything

    2. Re:Double take by Powercntrl · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sun Microsystems is WHAT?!

      Whew, that's a relief. All this time I thought my Athlon was the cause of global warming.

      --

      ---
      DRM is like antifreeze, to the MPAA/RIAA it's sweet, to the consumers it's poison.
  3. Greenie whinging by BitwizeGHC · · Score: 4, Funny

    Watch the environmentalists whinge about how all our use of fossil fuels is contributing to solar warming.

    I think Al Gore has a new plank for 2004...

    --
    N4st0r, trixx0r h0bb1tz0rz! Th3y st0l3 0ur pr3c10uzz!
  4. enough is enough by arcite · · Score: 5, Funny

    The EVIL sun and its weapons of mass destruction must be stopped! If the sun does not capitulate and give up its weapons of mass destruction, a coalition of the willing will be led to rid the earth of this tyranny! Support Earth! Donate your Ice cubes. If you are not with us, you are with the EVIL Heat producing SUN!

    1. Re:enough is enough by Keebler71 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I heard the sun also drives an SUV... that bastard.

      --
      "It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance." - Thomas Sowell
  5. Damn those inconsiderate bastards by worst_name_ever · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've got to force the people who live on the sun to stop using styrofoam boxes for their Big Macs!

    --

    In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
  6. It's the SUVs by Tailhook · · Score: 4, Funny

    Due to the large amount of ore that must be refined to build SUV for Americans, the magnetosphere of Earth has deformed and is now causing the Solar Corona to expand. This expansion is causing increased radiation, and hence, higher ambient temperatures on Earth.

    --
    Maw! Fire up the karma burner!
  7. Big oil says: solar power is to blame! by PseudoThink · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sun is increasing output just to keep up with our solar power demands. Soon the oceans will start rising from our wave-power harvesting generators, and the earth is already spinning slower due to wind powered turbines! People of the earth unite: stop using these dangerous alternative fuels! Petroleum-based fuel sources are the only way to keep our planet safe for our cihldren and their SUVs!

  8. This just in ... by Bodhidharma · · Score: 5, Funny

    The oceans are suspected of contibuting to global humidity.

    --
    A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
  9. We must stop the terror of Sun! by Penguuu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quick! Call Mr. Burns!

    --
    The problem in the world today is communication. Too much communication - Homer Simpson
  10. Re:How long before... by ThePlague · · Score: 5, Funny

    *cough*I think I have SARS*cough*

  11. Re:Waaaiiitt just a minute. by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Hotter Sun May Be Contributing To Global Warming

    Really. Did they figure this out themselves, or do they have a team of monkeys working on it?

  12. Easy to fix by Nemus · · Score: 4, Funny

    All we have to do is file a patent on global warming, then sue the sun to stop violating our patent. Easy as pie.

    --
    Mod Points: Helping you keep your opinion to yourself.
  13. Important Theory for The Media! by Shuh · · Score: 5, Funny
    Yes, now we know it's not cow farts, but the fact that the sun is getting hotter.

    But why is it getting hotter? Well, here's one to send in to your local "science" reporter:
    There's more people on Earth now, and the extra weight is drawing our planet closer to the sun!
    ;)
  14. Re:Waaaiiitt just a minute. by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    The sun has been causing global warming? Now who would have ever expected a giant ball of uncontrolled nuclear explosions to change at all and have any effect on the warming of our planet.

    Its a lie. Its the Republicans, plain and simple. And if it IS the sun, then the Republicans are who made the sun hotter. And if the sun is hotter due to a natural phenomenon, then the Republicans sped it up with their capitalism. If we didn't drill for oil, the sun wouldn't be so hot. The sun is heating up because of greenhouse gases. Its the Conservative's fault the sun is hotter, it was the tax cut that caused it. SUV's. Too many in on the planet causes more tidal friction on the sun, so its the SUV's fault, which is the Republican's fault because they own stock in the companies that make the SUV's, who are being irresponsible for giving the public what it wants, since everyone knows only Hollywood types should drive SUV's, not these damn soccer moms and farmers. Its because of the decline of endangered species. The sun is warming up because of drilling in ANWR, which hasn't started yet. The sun is part of the vast right wing conspiracy. Its the Republican's war causing it. Its because the sun is angery at us for our ways.

    Ok, did I leave any out? Just wanted to help and get the new talking points out for the libs ;)

    --
    Tequila: It's not just for breakfast anymore!