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2005 Was the Hottest Year on Record
Gulthek writes "As predicted, 2005 was the hottest year since accurate temperature recording began in the late 1800s.
This news is all the more interesting because 2005 was not an "El Niño" year like 1998, the previous record holder."
Earth's temperature varies in cycles, news at 11.
I really CANNOT believe that 2005 is the record hottest year. This is one where the propagandists really screwed up.. Maybe if they said last year was the hottest they'd get away with it.. It's like they took a somewhat-normal year of weather (though on the slightly cold side) and called it the hottest on record.
People are dying in Moscow because of the near-record cold this year.. (read an article) Steamboat Springs, CO had record snowfall this year (was there for skiing).. Gainesville, FL is a LOT colder this year than last year (live here)..
Ya, I know.. weather is not dependent on just three locations.. But, for every article I can find that says this is the hottest year on record (from liberal media), I can find articles saying this is a fairly cold year (from conservative media)..
The issue is so political now that one has to just choose what to believe.. Unless you want to believe everything you hear - then this would be the hottest and coldest and average year on record at the same time.
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Correction: They have data that shows a definite warming trend. They do NOT have sufficient data to prove that it is not a natural cycle. In fact, a lot of data suggests that global warming will soon precipitate global cooling, the exact opposite of what was the concern.
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Other data suggests that the Earth was about to enter another ice age right around the time that humans arrived. Thus we've been keeping the climate comfortable for ourselves by merely existing. Still more data shows that the heat and greenhouse gasses dumped into our atmosphere can be as simple as having a city full of people existing, much less polluting. Finally, there's absolutely no data (other than wild fantasies) to suggest that the pollution on Earth will ever precipitate into a Venus-like situation.
The end result? The climate will change, and man will adapt. All hail the church of Global Warming.
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Don't you know... climate change *never* happened prior to humans burning coal/oil for fuel.
And even if it has... the rate of change now is even faster than when the dinosaurs were wiped out one cheery afternoon.