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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."
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...