Apparently We've Known That Man Isn't Causing Global Warming for Some Time

Sci/TechScientists blame sun for global warming
Friday, February 13, 1998 Published at 19:25
GMT

Climate changes such as global warming may be due to changes in the sun
rather than to the release of greenhouse gases on Earth.

Climatologists and astronomers speaking at the American Association for
the Advancement of Science meeting in Philadelphia say the present warming may
be unusual - but a mini ice age could soon follow.

The sun provides all the energy that drives our climate, but it
is not the constant star it might seem.

Careful studies over the last 20 years show that its overall brightness
and energy output increases slightly as sunspot activity rises to the peak of
its 11-year cycle.
And individual cycles can be more or less active.

The sun is currently at its most active for 300 years.

That, say scientists in Philadelphia, could be a more significant cause
of global warming than the emissions of greenhouse gases that are most often
blamed.

The researchers point out that much of the half-a-degree rise in
global temperature over the last 120 years occurred before 1940 - earlier than
the biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions.

Using ancient tree rings, they show that 17 out of 19 warm spells in the
last 10,000 years coincided with peaks in solar activity.

They have also studied other sun-like stars and found that they
spend significant periods without sunspots at all, so perhaps cool spells should
be feared more than global warming.

Gee, this was written in 1998, it amazes me that the Chicken Little "scientists" who blame us for global warming can't seem to recall this story. The fact of the matter is, this is the year of peak solar activity, this summer (that's right, 2006) is expected to be the solar maximum.

HURRY EVERYONE!!!
As this banner suggests, tell the President and Washington,
the Sun must be destroyed!


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