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Global Dimming

Posted by michael on from the keeping-skynet-down dept.

wiredog writes "The Guardian reports on research which shows that the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth's surface has decreased by 10% in 30 years. This has implications for global warming models and, especially, agricultural output."

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  1. Re:Interesting Statistic by spongman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Solar panels are a waste. It requires more energy to build them than they can produce before failing.

  2. Global Cooling anyone? by HermanZA · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Well, now that the global warming FUD is petering out, it is inevitable that fearmongers will shift back to talking about global cooling again.

    The warming/cooling hype runs in 30 year cycles, which doesn't seem to be related to the 11 year sunspot cycles at all...

  3. Back to Ice Age by BigFire · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Back in the '70s, the climate scientists were saying that Earth is overdued for an Ice Age. In the 80-90s, culminating in Kyoto Protocol, it's the global warming. Now, we're back into another round of Ice Age advocates.

  4. make up your mind! by The+Lynxpro · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First we have global warming with ozone depletion and excess greenhouses and polar ice meltdowns, then we hear news about another ice age setting in and/or being counter-acted, etc., and now we have global dimming as well? Hey scientific community, make up your minds and let's keep it to one planetary apocalypse at a time! :)

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  5. You're right, Bush isn't as smart. by Janax · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    after all, look who invented the Internet!

  6. Re:So instead by geoffspear · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sure. When God created all of the planets, he made Venus really hot and the mythical "Greenhouse Effect" invented by liberal scientists has nothing whatsoever to do with it being hotter than Mercury.

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  7. Myths by orangecheetos · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    LOL! More global warming myths. I love it!!! These "scientists" continue to prove themselves fools. And then you have the foolish believers...

  8. Re:That's why he won by Matrix272 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So GW Bush is smart, but consistently behaves like an idiot? That's really frightening.

    You should be frightened by the fact that almost everything he does works out in the end. It's really scary that the "intelligent" crowd, mostly the teachers unions, and college professors, etc., consistently are wrong about almost everything, yet an "idiot" from Texas shows the world some common sense, and a set of balls to go with it, and he's the one that's most consistently proven correct. Truly frightening...

    BTW, the facts are not debatable, but for every item you show that he was wrong about, I can show at least one that he was right about.

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