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Originally Posted by 392cobra
He is not alone. Kenneth Tapping of our own National Research Council, who oversees a giant radio telescope focused on the sun, is convinced we are in for a long period of severely cold weather if sunspot activity does not pick up soon.
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Bingo. I am NO tree hugger. With that said do I think conservation is a issue? Yes. Should we do what is reasonable to preserve the environment? Yes. But, regardless of what 'Potatoe Head' said in a well produced, but conveniently lacking of evidence counter to the intended conclusion, humans have little control over global climate change. We represent about 3% of the CO2, and about 0.01% of the water vapor (even worse then CO2) then is naturally occuring. CO2 levels have been MUCH higher then they are now even before the industrial age. So, can we effect global climate change? Yes we can. But, only to a small degree. Naturally occuring phenomena, sun activity and our odd relationship to the sun (wobble, eccentricity, etc) play a much bigger roll in global climate change then we ever could imagine. Just wait a billion years when the suns output increases 10% and global warming spirals out of control and you will see what I mean. Now, go out and replace all your light bulbs with florescents will you
Signed,
I am no climatologist