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2008 Is the Coldest Year of the 21st Century
dtjohnson writes "Data from the United Kingdom Meteorological Office suggests that 2008 will
be an unusually cold year due to the La Nina effect in the western
Pacific ocean. Not to worry, though, as the La Nina effect has
faded recently so its effect on next year's temperatures will be
reduced. However, another natural cycle, the Atlantic
Multidecadal Oscillation, is predicted to hold global temperatures
steady for the next decade before global warming takes our planet into
new warmth. If these predictions are correct, there must be
a lot of planetary heat being stored away somewhere ... unless the heat
output from the sun
is decreasing
rather than increasing
or the heat being absorbed by the earth is decreasing due to changes in
the earth's albedo."
Climate change denial has got to be the (second) largest example of cognitive dissonance and self-deception in history. Let's hope reason and logic come back into fashion soon.
Wow, believe it or not, most people aren't going to care about a theory that A) Doesn't affect them B) has many people that reject it C) Has no short or medium-term impact and D) has no effects right now.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
Plenty of people rejected theories.
It's not less than 1%. And if it is that does not bode well for the field.
Because if we're warming up, why is 1938 was the hotest year on record? Why is it after WW2 we entered the coldest non-ice age period, ever recorded?
I don't think CO2 production is bad. I know it is. But for the right reasons. It causes acidic water. But that's where it ends. It does not warm. It probably does not cool.
I'm pretty sure the record rainfalls the Ottawa Valley totally has to do with "global warming". Face it, you started off like idiots, you're going to end like idiots. Stupid blunts like the hockey stick projection by a UN official cannot be forgiven. You made mistakes. Sure, we forgive you because you're human. But march right out if you think we'll keep buying your peddled crap when you change the meaning a bit to keep in line with what's happening.
A) What's a product that doesn't work for its designated task? It's defective.
B) What's a A) that now works? Two lies and counting.
And let me leave you with a final thought. Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Global warming is a misnomer anyway
Translation: We were wrong about global cooling, we were wrong about global warming. Instead of being wrong, I want to invent a phrase that allows me to be right no matter what.
it should be called,
"I'm a prick that wants to control the lives of other people, but I don't have the balls to leave my mama's basement... so, I'm going to make the guv'ment do it!"ism.
"The fight for freedom has only just begun." - Geert Wilders
I bet the consensus of climate scientists who have concluded that humans are changing the climate probably never thought of that "ice age" thingy. Good thing you found out about it on the web - maybe you should email them!