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The Sun's Odd Behavior
gyrogeerloose writes "Most of us know about the sun's eleven-year activity cycle. However, relatively few other than scientists (and amateur radio operators) are aware that the current solar minimum has lasted much longer than expected. The last solar cycle, Cycle 24, bottomed out in 2008, and Cycle 25 should be well on its way towards maximum by now, but the sun has remained unusually quiescent with very few sunspots. While solar physicists agree that this is odd, the explanation remains elusive."
Mod parent funny, please. Some thin-skinned dolt doesn't like being the butt of a joke.
the sun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_sun
and not the Sun http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ -
two entirely different things in those lands where one speaks the Queen's English and the word take is not extinct.
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None of which changes the fact that, during *this* solar minimum, the global has continued to warm, which cleanly rules out the sun as the primary driver of the global warming we are witnessing.
The geologic record shows the vast majority of earth history has been warmer than it is now
Quit being a pedantic jackass. I think it's clear I meant "on human record", as in, during the period which the human species has existed.
Clearly the earth itself has been warmer in the past. Hell, the surface was molten at one point. But it certainly wasn't hospitable to human life at the time...
Not to break off this delightful train of thought, but the problem is that the sun is getting cooler. A lot cooler. It's magnetic field is looking
BOOM. Full stop. Train of thought broken. That's a cognitive speedbump, and I stopped reading immediately. If you want people to actually read what you write, especially smart people, then treat the language with respect.
See the link in my sig below. Yeah, it's a sore point for me, especially around here.
One simple rule for its versus it's
It's nonsense even as an analogy to global warming science. We have reliable climate data going far enough back ("climategate" wasn't) that we aren't observing short term trends.
Y'know, it's odd how "another" anonymous coward replied here, and was quickly moderated informative. Could be a conspiracy... ;-)
SB
It's old. The more humans I meet, the more I like my cats. At least they are honest.
It appears that your thesis is simple: You have a good background in physical sciences (do you possess an university undergrad. or grad. degree in the physical sciences or engineering? I do. Both). Therefore, since I disagree with you, I'm wrong and you're right. Congratulations. You're the perfect AGW shill. That's as far as the AGW argumentation logic goes in the post-Gore world.
I hope our descendants will be able to find their graves so that they might defecate on them. I'm done here.
Wow. My apologies for hitting such a sensitive nerve.
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