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Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth
coondoggie writes "Scientists say the Sun, which roils with flares and electromagnetic energy every 11 years or so, could go into virtual hibernation after the current cycle of high activity, reducing temperatures on Earth. As the current sunspot cycle, Cycle 24, begins to ramp up toward maximum, scientists from the National Solar Observatory and the Air Force Research Laboratory independently found that the Sun's interior, visible surface, and corona indicate the next 11-year solar sunspot cycle, Cycle 25, will be greatly reduced or may not happen at all."
Or that the solar sunspot cycle is the result of humans driving big SUVs
No, they will still find a way to blame humans. Even the next Ice Age will be blamed on human activity. They've simply changed the terminology from Global Warming to Climate Change so that they can never be proven wrong, and always retain their stick with which to beat evil mankind.
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Then how about that is your talking point rather than make up stories of gloom and doom? I agree with everything you're saying about human impact, but let's make that the main part of your campaign, rather than this global warming nonsense. The problem is, Gore and company choose the latter, and lost credibility as a leader for these issues.
Let's go with the facts: Humans use a lot of resources. We don't know what effect they have on the planet, so let's try to be conservative and waste as little as possible. Let's try to use renewable resources, because that will reduce our carbon footprint, and help improve air quality in populated areas. Doesn't that sound much more reasonable than gloom and doom "we're causing the earth's temperature to rise oh no"?
It's all about getting the facts. The fact is, the impact humans can make to change global temperature is... well we really have no clue, it's all guessing.
Most of the universe's environments are hostile to life as we know it, and even on Earth life has only existed for a very short time.
For the short time life on Earth has existed it's actually changed a great deal, with countless species becoming extinct as the conditions necessary for their continued survival have changed. As a member of one of those species that might someday become extinct, I think it is fair to worry about how manmade changes to the environment might precipitate our demise. Life might go on, but humans might not. I think it's that last bit that tends to worry climate scientists.
Wrong.
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