Scientists worried about a new ice age!!

[E6600]

The Sun Also Sets
By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:20 PM PT
Climate Change: Not every scientist is part of Al Gore's mythical "consensus." Scientists worried about a new ice age seek funding to better observe something bigger than your SUV — the sun.
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This solar hibernation corresponded with a period of bitter cold that began around 1650 and lasted, with intermittent spikes of warming, until 1715. Frigid winters and cold summers during that period led to massive crop failures, famine and death in Northern Europe.

Tapping reports no change in the sun's magnetic field so far this cycle and warns that if the sun remains quiet for another year or two, it may indicate a repeat of that period of drastic cooling of the Earth, bringing massive snowfall and severe weather to the Northern Hemisphere.

R. Timothy Patterson, professor of geology and director of the Ottawa-Carleton Geoscience Center of Canada's Carleton University, says that "CO2 variations show little correlation with our planet's climate on long, medium and even short time scales."
Rather, he says, "I and the first-class scientists I work with are consistently finding excellent correlations between the regular fluctuations of the sun and earthly climate. This is not surprising. The sun and the stars are the ultimate source of energy on this planet."

Patterson, sharing Tapping's concern, says: "Solar scientists predict that, by 2020, the sun will be starting into its weakest Schwabe cycle of the past two centuries, likely leading to unusually cool conditions on Earth."

Still convinced that SUVs are killing polar bears? I'm not

[X51]

I hate you.

[PirateThom]

Global Cooling Fanboy.

[Mallhew]

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The idea behind global warming (whether you agree with it or not) is that natural weather cycles caused by the seasons will become less even and more exaggerated. That would make an ice age in part of the world viable.

[Azt3k]

Its ok, either way you're dying.

[BCA]

What is it with you guys and the end of the world, there are so many threads

[Darth Alec]

People are such tools. But I do like global cooling idea (and it fits much better), then glabal warming.

If I had any money, I'd fund this one.

[chedabob]

Basically, we've got the "I don't want to save the environment because I'm a selfish twat, and I'll dismiss anything that will make me walk that extra few metres to the store", and we've got the "I'll believe anything I'm told, because I want to do my bit for the environment, and save money at the same time". I'd prefer the latter.

[E6600]

None of the Global Warming fans managed to come up with a counter-argument
Global Cooling > Global Boring > Global Warming

[Darth Alec]

Originally Posted by chedabob

Basically, we've got the "I don't want to save the environment because I'm a selfish twat, and I'll dismiss anything that will make me walk that extra few metres to the store", and we've got the "I'll believe anything I'm told, because I want to do my bit for the environment, and save money at the same time". I'd prefer the latter.

I prefer the first.

Goverment policies can make me do something. Maybe.