The Sun has nothing to do with Global Warming

It's still happening, and It's man made, you know. Except for the last 10 years while the earth has been cooling due to nature, but when it gets hotter in the next few years, it'll be man-made again. The sun, you say? What could the sun possibly have to do with Climate Change (that's what were calling it now)? I hope all you plant lovers who voted for Obama brought your flowers in last night, and remember their frost-burned leaves and petals when you start paying for CO2 (which keeps your plants alive) emissions taxes under cap-and-trade. Because it's coming.

Here's a good blog to follow if you're interested about what's really going on in the world of "Climate Change" by a guy named Murgatroid (that's right... Murgatroid) who seems to kinda know what he's talking about.

In August 2008, the sun failed to produce a single sun spot – a key factor in the warming of the earth. The last time this occurred was in June 1913. Some scientists now suggest that the pattern of sun spot behaviour since 1749 is showing clear signs of change in line with the same patterns seen in the three previous periods of significant earth cooling since records began. Known as the Dalton, Maunder and Spörer Minimums, each was associated with a period of rapid earth cooling, one of which was cold enough to be known as a mini ice age (1450 to 1820). The dominant prediction amongst those scientists that take the view that we are entering a cooling period is that the earth will cool for a period of two decades. Even the Old Farmers Almanac takes this view of the future.

Meanwhile, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions continue to grow. The fact that this is occurring at the same time that the earth is cooling suggest that we should be careful in assuming that the “cause” of global warming is CO2. It appears not to be the case. There have been many occasions in the history of the planet when CO2 in the atmosphere has been much more concentrated than it is today. During the Cambrian Period of the earth’s history they were eighteen times more CO2 and in the Late Ordovician Period CO2 concentrations were almost twelve times as much as today. CO2 is not a primary cause of warming or of cooling – it is just one of eighteen factors and possibly the least important. Much more important are: the effects of the sun; the orbit, tilt and movement of the earth; water vapour; methane; ocean currents; plate tectonics; vegetation; volcanoes and cosmic rays. When looked at in a comprehensive way, these key factors all point to a period of cooling.