Our Lazy Solar Dynamo — Hello Dalton Minimum?

tetrahedrassface writes "Solar maximum is supposed to be occurring, and everything from satellite communications to your toaster or radio could be affected. The only problem is that this just isn't happening, and NASA continues to revise downward the original prediction. In fact, the new forecast for Solar Cycle 24 is a lot smaller, and is now pegged at almost 40% of what was previously predicted. Recently, two scientists at the National Solar Observatory have followed the lead of a prominent Russian scientist, who almost five years ago forecast a dearth of sunspots and the subsequent cooling of Earth for the next several cycles. With Britain currently experiencing the coldest winter in over 300 years, and no new sunspots for the last week, are we heading for a Dalton Minimum, or worse still, yet another Maunder?"

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The things that must never be said...

[dtjohnson]

Here are the ideas that are considered heretical by the true believers in global warming:

1) The sun is the biggest driver of the Earth's Climate
2) There is already more than enough CO2 for a 'full' greenhouse effect so more will not make it 'worse.'
3) The Earth has been cooling since 2007.
4) Current computer models of the Earth's long-term climate are not necessarily correct.

There are others, of course, but you get the idea. Never say any of the above in the presence of believers.

Re:No problem!

[jcr]

The actual threat is the expansion of government power demanded by the alarmists of all stripes.

-jcr