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Solar Cycle 24 - More Evidence that It’s The Sun, Stupid!

September 16, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Global Climate Change, Really Inconvenient Truths 1 Comment →

Have you noticed, as I have, that it has been a relatively comfortable summer? I haven’t even heard Al Gore or his bleating sheep baah baahing out global warming lies. Could it be that even they realize that it might just be possible that the sun could — potentially, mind you — have something to do with earth’s temperatures? Naaah. I think I must be dreaming. Yeah, that’s gotta be it. Global warming means too much for Al Gore’s pocketbook for him to acknowledge what the entire world has known forever. That big yellow thing in the sky, which warms us during the day and cools us at night, which warms us when we’re closer to it and cools us when we’re further away, effects earth’s climate!

Now, the NOAA tells us that this summer was the 39th hottest on record for the contiguous United States, but given the curious placement of their weather stations, we had better look to the satellite data instead:

Global temperature average

Solar cycle 24 was observed to have very late last year. It took longer than usual for the start of the current 11 year cycle to actually start because the sun was basically inactive, but then things picked up … a very little bit. Well, there has been VERY little solar activity through this year, and last month, there was not one single sunspot noted! Did we miss it? Man has been recording sunspots for centuries. We’ve monitored them relatively closely since before the United States was formed. Well, one observatory has modified one data point to indicate that there might have been a slight indication of activity in one area last month, so they gave it a half-sunspot count, but others laughed that spec off. The last time a whole month passed without a single sunspot was June 1913.

Extended periods of little to no sunspot activity has corresponded to periods of global cooling. (Note that Gore and friends have shifted to blathering about global climate change since their warming hoax is looking weaker these days.) Michael Asher, of DailyTech, says

In the past 1000 years, three previous such events — the Dalton, Maunder, and Spörer Minimums, have all led to rapid cooling. One was large enough to be called a “mini ice age”. For a society dependent on agriculture, cold is more damaging than heat. The growing season shortens, yields drop, and the occurrence of crop-destroying frosts increases.

Meteorologist Anthony Watts, who runs a climate data auditing site called Watts Up With That, noted:

Many have been keeping a watchful eye on solar activity recently. The most popular thing to watch has been sunspots. While not a direct indication of solar activity, they are a proxy for the sun’s internal magnetic dynamo. There have been a number of indicators recently that it has been slowing down.

Watts notes that it is believed that  the main factor in modulating Earth’s climate is solar magnetism modulating galactic cosmic rays, and hence creating more cloud nuclei. He adds:

We’ve had indications since October 2005 that the sun’s dynamo is slowing down. It dropped significantly then, and has remained that way since. Seeing no sunpots now is another indicator of that idling dynamo.

Solar Geomagnetic Index

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William Livingston and Matthew Penn, of the National Solar Observatory inTucson, Arizona wrote in their paper “Sunspots May Vanish by 2015

Our data show that there are additional changes occurring in sunspots, independent of the sunspot cycle, and these trends suggest that sunspots will disappear completely. Such an event would not be unprecedented, since during a famous episode from 1645-1715, known as the Maunder Minimum, the normal 11-year periodicity vanished and there were virtually no sunspots visible on the solar surface (Eddy 1976). Recent studies of the appearance rate and latitudinal drift of sunspots (Hathaway et al., 2004) and of the solar magnetic field (Svalgard etal, 2005) predict that the number of sunspots visible in future cycles will be significantly reduced. Finally the occurrence of prolonged periods with no sunspots is important to climate studies, since the Maunder Minimum was shown to correspond with the reduced average global temperatures on the Earth.

What does the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Gore’s co-Nobel prize winners, offer in light of the recently observed cooling and solar inactivity? Their BIG announcement was:

Eat less meat to curb global warming.

At least they seem to be taking themselves as seriously as the rest of us take them these days.

As the US election approaches, BOTH major party platforms include planks for attacking man-made global warming. Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been sucked in by Al Gorebbels’ Big Lie, Repeated ENDLESSLY. It is incumbent upon us all, we, the people, to keep the pressure on our elected officials and wannabe elected officials to convince them to pay at least some attention to actual data instead of someone’s opinion of that data.

A QUITE Convenient LIE!

July 17, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Really Inconvenient Truths No Comments →

(YouTube Video) John Stossell, 20/20, Give Me a Break: Global Warming:

Al Gore, the Joseph Goebbels of our time, frightening children with lies designed to fill his wallet! WHY is this man and his propaganda film permitted ANYWHERE NEAR our children?

Gore has stated repeatedly that he has a consensus of scientists backing up his lies. Citizens for a Sound Economy called him on that whopper. Their analysis indicates 90 percent of the scientists who have signed a letter frequently cited by Gore are in no way qualified to be called experts on the issue of global warming. Of Gore’s 2,600 experts, the following “scientists” have testified as to the validity of global warming: One plastic surgeon, two landscape architects, a hotel administrator, a gynecologist, seven linguists, one “Master of traditional Chinese Medicine,” etc. There is only one climatologist.

Gore adds to his big lie that the science is settled and there is no more debate on Global Warming. He cites 2,600 “experts” (see above). To date, 31,000 actual scientists have signed the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine’s Global Warming petition which says, in part:

There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gasses is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth’s atmosphere and disruption of the Earth’s climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth.

Gore cites the results of computerized climate models as proof of his apocalyptic rants, yet even the people who created those models must admit that they are based on assumptions that cannot be modeled! These scientists are paid to create a computer model that proves global warming, so they make assumptions such as clouds do not exist in order to simplify their models. As Roy W. Spencer, Ph.D, author of “Climate Confusion” (a HIGHLY recommended book) said:

“the warming from the extra CO2 is, by itself, relatively weak. It has been calculated theoretically that, if there are no other changes in the climate system, a doubling of the atmospheric CO2 concentration would cause less than 1 deg C of warming (about 1 deg. F). This is NOT a controversial statement…it is well understood by climate scientists. … BUT…everything this else in the climate system probably WON’T stay the same! For instance, clouds, water vapor, and precipitation systems can all be expected to respond to the warming tendency in some way, which could either amplify or reduce the manmade warming.”

Assuming there are no other changes in the climate system. That’s like first year physics classes, where we’re taught to ignore friction. I can design an automobile engine that gets a thousand miles per gallon with assumptions like that. Is there any question that Gore is missing his mark by at least that much?

Again, as Dr. Spencer points out, the climate system is ALL about shuffling heat from where there is more to where there is less. It’s the 2nd law of thermodynamics played out on a global basis. Heat transfers from hot to cold. The entire climate system is designed to move heat away from hot areas to cold areas.

Mount Pinatubo’s eruption is a great example of how the earth’s various systems work to achieve a state of homeostatic equilibrium. Tons of smoke, dust, and debris were blown into the atmosphere, FAR more damaging that a few parts per million of CO2 over many years. Did the planet freeze? Did it melt? Did polar bears drown? HARDLY! The earth’s systems worked together to cleanse the atmospher. To believe that everything else will remain unchanged, a belief necessary to swallow Gore’s Big Lie, is so ignorant as to approach infantile status!

Gore shows pictures of glaciers calving, GROWING so much that unsupported edges break off and fall into the sea, and LIES that they are melting. Gore shows pictures of a polar bear on a sheet of ice (a FAKE picture) and whimpers that global warming is killing polar bears. Gore refuses to acknowledge that only two of thirteen monitored polar bear populations are shrinking while the others are stable or growing, but still lies that they’re dying off. That’s like saying that mankind is dying off because Detroit is losing population! Gore has even ADMITTED that he’s lying!

“I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are.” - Al Gore, May 9, 2006 Grist Magazine.

Lord Christopher Monckton has challenged Al Gore to an international televised debate on anthropogenic Global Warming and Gore’s apocalyptic claims. Gore has refused that challenge for more than a year now. There is a $500,000 Global Warming Challenge, offering a half million dollars to the first person to prove in a scientific manner that humans are causing harmful global warming. The prize remains unclaimed. There have been numerous other challenges to Gore or anyone else able to provide scientific proof of Gore’s Big Lie. NONE of them have been met! Not a single one!

ALL the while, Gore sits back, collects his HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars from the gullible dupes who have bought into his Big Lie. How convenient!

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Reich Minister of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.

Goebbels continued: “The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.” Gore has quite conveniently shielded the people AND the state from the political and economic consequences of his lie. He understands that the truth is the greatest enemy of his Big Lie and thus adds lies of “consensus” to his Big Lie in order to repress dissent.

Again, WHY in the WORLD! is this man or his propaganda permitted anywhere NEAR our children?

Optimal or Apocalyptic?

July 14, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Really Inconvenient Truths No Comments →

Al Gore and the Goregasmics have been been spouting on and on about the apocalypse that 0.6° represents. In fact, they seem to be a one-hit-wonder. That’s their only real tune. Even IF we ignore the myriad problems in their “science,” who decided that 0.6° is apocalypse instead of utopia?

Who decided what earth’s optimal temperature is? Where has that been published? I can’t find any reference to it. In fact, the only thing I can find is that the Medieval Warming Period was also called the Medieval Climate Optimum. Based on that, it would seem that Al Gore has been caught in yet another lie! If the Medieval Climate Optimum was as warm as was 1998, which Gore lied was the hottest year on record, then how did Earth not face Gore’s predicted apocalypse then?

OH YEAH!!! I remember now. The Environmental lobby paid out large research grants to “scientists” willing to change the history of the Medieval Warm Period. After Dr. David Deming was told “We have to get rid of the Medieval Warm Period,” (ref) the Medieval Warm Period suddenly became a local anomaly which was actually cooler than their own data previously noted. SO…The Medieval Climate Optimum was redefined to be something that it was not, and the propagandists could continue their apocalyptic rants.

But, what if reality is what really happened and not what the propagandists tell us happened? What if the world did NOT flood when Greenland’s ice melted back then? What if people did NOT starve when it heated up and more food was grown? Maybe if reality is taken into consideration, Global Warming would actually be taking us towards a climate Optimum! Gore’s never said what is optimal, only that he doesn’t like where he thinks we’re headed. Shouldn’t he be asked what is optimal before we rush off to spend our entire GDP and then some on pathetic attempts to change earth’s climate? I mean, IF we do as Gore demands, destroy the economy, move back to caves and forget all about fire, how do we know when to stop, and how DO we stop once we hit Gore’s unreported optimum? After all, we don’t want to shoot right past the optimum and end up in another ice age. I guess the propagandists realized they would never need to discuss a stopping point or stopping mechanism just about the same time they realized that nothing man can do can significantly impact global climate. Don’t expect them to admit that though.

Maybe we really are better off listening to those who have actually studied history and science and who have declared the Medieval Warm Period to be the Medieval Climate Optimum. It’s hard to deny the beneficial changes that warming period brought. I guess that’s why Gore and the Goregasmics have simply decided to change the dictionary once again. It’s SO much easier than admitting that reality happened.

Stock Up on Patriot Bulbs

June 27, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Really Inconvenient Truths 2 Comments →

Time is running out!

The incandescent light bulb has been declared illegal! In less than four years, the Tyrannical Government of Amerika will officially begin outlawing the production and sale of those evil, light sources. DAMN that Thomas Edison! He set the entire earth on a path to destruction!

Luckily, at least for the moment, the all-powerful Government, may it be praised, has not announced plans to enter our houses or places of business and arrest those of us still using incandescent, forever after to be known as Patriot, bulbs. So, now is the time to stock up! Pick up a pack of Patriot Bulbs every time you see them on a store shelf! Build a shed in your back yard, add a room, fill up the attic, but don’t be caught by the tyranny of the environmental MINORITY! Stare the almighty Government in the face and proclaim “I am an ANTI-Green CRIMINAL!”

Don’t subject your family to the squiggly, horrendously expensive CFL, Compact Fluorescent Lights! Once again, the green whackaloons have not introduced their right hand to their left! They’ve bought into the Global Climate Change HOAX and forced Thomas Edison into the bin of historical arch-criminals, BUT they neglected to ask their other hand about the mercury inside those twisted abominations! What happens if we break one of those CFLs in our house? Think of the Children!!! Sob…sob…weep!

Instructions for cleaning up a broken CFL: (from the Meeker County Minnesota website)

1. Place all pieces of the broken fluorescent and HID lamps in a tightly sealed container

2. Isolate the spill:

  • Keep all people and pets away from the spill area.
  • If indoors, close all doors between the spill and the rest of the house and close all cold air returns so the mercury vapor is not carried throughout the house.
  • To help minimize the amount of mercury that vaporizes: turn down any heaters; turn up air conditioners; turn off fans in the spill area. Fans that vent air directly outdoors are good to use.

3. Call a poison control center if someone has ingested mercury or has been exposed to mercury vapors.

  • Call 911
  • Call your veterinarian if your pet is acting abnormally, and you suspect it has been exposed to mercury.

4. Ventilate the area.

  • For indoor spills, immediately open windows to the outdoors.
  • When possible, keep windows open for at least 2 days to ventilate the spill area.

5. Remove mercury from your shoes, clothing and skin.

  • If mercury touches your skin, shoes or clothing during the spill, stay still and have someone bring you a plastic trash bag and wet paper towels.
  • Wipe off visible mercury beads with the wet paper towels and put them into the trash bag. Check shirt pockets for mercury drops.
  • Remove your contaminated shoes and clothing and place into the trash bag. Seal the bag with tape.
  • Dispose of clothing properly (see Proper Disposal.)
  • Shower well.

WHEW!!! OK, Now, you’re ready to START!

6. Protect yourself:
Before beginning to cleanup a mercury spill:

  • Change into old clothing and shoes that you can dispose of if they become contaminated.
  • Remove all jewelry because mercury can adhere to the metal in jewelry.
  • Put on gloves, preferably rubber gloves, to keep mercury from getting under your fingernails and to protect agains broken glass, if present.
  • 7. Assemble your cleanup supplies.
    Keep in mind that everything that gets contaminated with mercury must be thrown away. Before starting the cleanup, collect the following:
    • gloves, preferably rubber gloves
    • small plastic bags, preferably zipper-style bags
    • large trash bags
    • large tray or box
    • paper towels (napkins, tissues or toilet paper can be used in place of paper towels)
    • two pieces of stiff paper, cardboard, single-edge razor blades, or a rubber squeegee (for pushing mercury beads)
    • duct tape, packing tape or masking tape
    • a wide mouth container, preferably plastic, with a tight-fitting lidOptional supplies:
    • dust pan
    • eyedropper
    • flashlight

    8. Clean up (recover) the mercury:
    On Hard Surfaces (countertops, linoleum, or tile floors)

  • Collect Broken Glass:
    • Working over a disposable tray or box, pick up the pieces of broken glass and place them on a paper towel.
    • Fold the paper towel, enclosing the glass shards, and place the folded paper towel in a plastic bag and seal.
    • Label the bas as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal.)
  • Collect Mercury:
    • Push the beads of mercury together using two razor blades, a stiff piece of paper, or cardboard. Use a flashlight to search for more mercury-the light will reflect off the shiny mercury beads and make it easier to see them.
    • Pick up the beads of mercury by pushing them into a dust pan or onto a stiff sheet of paper or cardboard. You can also use an eyedropper to collect beads of mercury.
    • Slowly and carefully, working over the tray or box, transfer the mercury into a wide mouth screw-top container. Put on the lid, seal the lid with tape, and label as Mercury.
    • Place the wide mouth container (contains the liquid mercury at this point) into a plastic bag and seal it. Place inside a second plastic bag and seal again. Label the outer bag as Mercury (see Proper Disposal.)
    • Pick up any remaining droplets and lgass pieces with the sticky side of the tape. You can also use a cotton ball or moist paper towel to pick up mercury beads in cracks and crevices. Again use a flashlight to look for mercury droplets in cracks and crevices.
    • Working in the tray or box, place the mercury-contaminated tape on a paper towel, fold, place in a plastic bag and seal it. Label the bag as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal.)
  • Collect Clean Up Supplies:
    • Place all items used for the clean up into a plastic bag, including tray or box, dust pan, paper, cardboard, tape, cotton balls, paper towels, and eyedropper. Seal the bag.
    • Place bag into a second plastic bag and seal the outer bag with tape.
    • Label the outer bas as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal.)

    On Disposable Porous Items Such as Rugs or Clothing

    • Cut mercury-contaminated areas out of the item or fold the contaminated item so the mercury is trapped inside.
    • Place the contaminated item and all items used for cleanup in a plastic bag.
    • Place bag into a second plastic bag and seal outer bag with tape.
    • Label the outer bas as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal).

    On Carpeting

    • On a large carpet, it is best to cut out the contaminated area:
      • Fold the cotaminated piece so the mercury is trapped inside.
      • Place the contaminated items and all items used for cleanup in a plastic bag.
      • Place bag into a second plastic bag and seal the outer bag with tape.
      • Label the outer bag as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal).
    • When it’s not possible or desireable to cut out the contaminated area of carpet:
      • Use cotton balls, moist paper towels or an eye dropper to pick up mercury.
      • Place all items used for the cleanup into a plastic bag.
      • Place bag into a second plastic bag, seal the outer bag with tape.
      • Label the outer bag Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal).
    On Large Or Valuable Porous Items
    If mercury has been spilled on a valuable, porous item such as a sofa, oriental rug, or heirloom quilt, you may be able to follow this procedure:
    • Clean the item as much as possible using the techniques describes above.
    • Remove it from the home and store it in an unoccupied, warm, ventilated place for several months to allow the mercury to vaporize.
    • Hire a mercury cleanup contractor to test the item to see if all the mercury has vaporized.
    Cleanup In A Sink Or Drain
    If mercury is spilled into a sink full of water, the mercury will sink to the bottom of the basin. To recover the mercury:
    • Bail, siphon, or decant most of the water lying over the mercury.
    • Use an eyedropper to recover the mercury at the bottom of the sink. Don’t worry about recovering a little water with the mercury.
    • Slowly and carefully, working over the tray or box, pour the mercury into a wide mouth screw-top container. Put on the lid, seal the lid with tape, and label as Mercury.
    • Place the wide mouth container (contains the liquid mercury at this point) inside a plastic bag and seal it. Place inside a second plastic bag and seal again (see Proper Disposal.)
    If mercury has gone down a drain with a trap, any mercury that gets washed into the trap probably ends up there, rather than being washed down the pipe. Over time, the mercury either washes out of the trap or evaporates. Even though recovering mercury from a drain will bring you face-to-face with the mercury, it is recommended that homeowners try to recover mercury that has gone down a sink or drain. It is probably a better idea to try to carefully remove it than leave it in the drain or trap. By not recovering spilled mercury, some of the mercury will evaporate into your house where you can breathe it. Homeowners may need to remove the trap for other reasons anyway, such as to remove glass shards from a broken thermometer.Recover mercury from traps as follows:
    • With the tray or box below the trap, carefully remove the trap. The biggest risk in removing a mercury-containing trap is accidentally dumping the trap contents.
    • Slowly and carefully, working over the tray or box, pour the contents of the trap into a clear plastic bag and seal it.
    • Place inside a second plastic bag and seal it again.
    • Label the outer bag as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal).
    If mercury has gone down a drain that does not have a trap, such as a basement floor drain, one possible solution is to tray using a turkey baster to remove the mercury. If the turkey baster is able to extract some mercury:
    • Slowly and carefully, working over the tray or box, transfer the mercury into a wide mouth screw-top container. Put on the lid, seal the lid with tape, and label as Mercury.
    • Place the wide mouth container (contains the liquid mercury at this point) inside a plastic bag and seal it. Place inside a second plastic bag and seal again (see Proper Disposal.)
    Cleanup Outdoors
    • Using a disposable tool, scoop the mercury up with the surrounding dirt.
    • Put into plastic bags or screw top containers.
    • Seal the container lids or plastic bags with tape.
    • Label containers as Mercury Waste (see Proper Disposal.
    9. Remove your shoes and clothing.
    • Carefully place contaminated shoes and clothing into a trash bag.
    • Avoid touching anything that may have contacted mercury.
    • Seal the bag with tape (see Proper Disposal.)
    10. Store mercury wastes properly.
    • Store out of reach of children in a locked cupboard or on a high shelf until you can dispose of the wastes.
    • Store away from heat or flames.
    11. Immediately after the cleanup, wash your hands thoroughly and take a ANOTHER shower.

    12. Ventilate the area to the outdoors for at least 2 days after the cleanup.
    • Venitlate for more than two days if possible.
    • Some homes that have been heavily contaminated with a large mercury spill have required ventilation for three months after clean up.
    13. Properly dispose of the mercury and mercury-contaminated items.
    • See Proper Disposal
    14. Consult your doctor if you have any health concerns about mercury exposure.
    • Urine mercury tests can measure mercury levels in the body.
    • Mercury vapor badges can be used to measure the amount of mercury in the air.

    Oh…Almost Forgot…

    Proper Disposal

    • You cannot dispose of mercury. It must be reused or recycled.
    • Find a recycling center certified to deal with mercury or call your local HAZMAT service.

    There you go! Now, your little light bulb clean up is complete.


    WOW! Stock up on those Patriot Bulbs NOW. It would be easier to move out of your home, leaving all of your possessions behind, and raze the house than to go through that pain in the … well … you know.

    The Nobel Prize Winner Shows his Jeanyus

    June 18, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Global Climate Change, Really Inconvenient Truths No Comments →

    Al Gore, that glittering jewel of hypocritical ignorance, has done it again!

    After he was exposed last year for using 20 times more electricity than the average American household in just one of his houses, the Prophet of Global Warming Doom scrambled to make renovations to make that home more energy efficient. He did all the things he preaches that we all MUST do to save the planet from “man-made global warming” (now man-made global climate change since EVERY source shows cooling). He added solar panels, replaced his heating system with a geothermal system, threw out his eeeeeevil incandescent bulbs and replaced them with mercury filled squiggles, and changed out his windows and ductwork.

    WOW! After all that, he MUST have really done his part to save the planet, huh? That’s what he tells us will happen, right?

    WRONG! By following his own moronic demands, Gore INCREASED his electric consumption by 10%, 1,638 kilowatt hours PER MONTH! Most of us use less than 1,000 kWh per month, and his “green” renovations ADDED 1.6 TIMES our monthly consumption to his already gluttonous electric “footprint!” According to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, the lying SOB of Global Warming fame now uses 17,768 kWh PER MONTH! He’s guzzling enough energy in that one home alone to power 232 US homes for a month! Remember that the next time he screams about your relatively invisible carbon footprint!

    Gore apparently couldn’t be reached for comment because he was on his private jet, burning more carbon based fuel than most of us use in a year, flying off to demand that everyone else go back to the stone ages. He added about $100,000,000 to his personal fortune last year doing just that, which should prove to anyone capable of rational thought, that his propaganda has NOTHING to do with the environment and has EVERYTHING to do with amassing as much money as he can get his grubby mitts on. His spokesperson did, however, say “He R a jeanyus. How dare ya queshun Him?”

    I wonder if any of the schools that have forced their captive audience full of malleable minds to watch Gore’s propaganda piece will even mention this. Yeah…Right…FAT CHANCE!

    I wonder if our children and grandchildren will even remember that their ancestors were once free. If we don’t stand up and put propagandists like Gore and friends down, I fear they will have no such chance.

    Solar Cycle 24 - It’s the Sun, Stupid!

    June 17, 2008 By: CO2 Liberator Category: Global Climate Change, Really Inconvenient Truths No Comments →

    Since scientists have begun documenting solar cycles, there have been 23such cycles. We are at the end of cycle 23 with the beginnings of cycle 24 just recently noticed. Simply put, a solar cycle is a period of sunspot activity which changes polarity with each cycle. The length and intensity of the sunspot cycle has significant implications to our climate, and, unlike anything you’ll see from Nobel prize crowd, solar activity actually correlates with earth’s climate history. Cycle 24 is just around the corner, and as geophysicist (that is a real and relevant scientist, unlike Al Gore’s hotel administrator) Philip Chapman, said, “It is time to put aside the global warming dogma, at least to begin contingency planning about what to do if we are moving into another little ice age.”

    Spotless Sun

    Recently, the sun seems to have lost it’s spots. There has been no sunspot activity for a fairly extended period, an occurrence which historically has correlated with periods of prolonged cold on Earth. The “Maunder Minimum,” which occurred in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, was a roughly 70 year period during the “Little Ice Age” during which solar activity decreased dramatically. Sunspots had been well documented for many years prior to the Maunder minimum, starting as early as the fourth century BC. Over a 50 year period during the Maunder Minimum, where 40,000-50,000 sunspots would typically have been observed, astronomers noted only 50.

    As was noted in a Financial Press article from last month, “During the Little Ice Age, the River Thames froze over, the Dutch developed the ice skate and the great artists of the day learned to love a new genre: the winter landscape. In what had been a warm Europe , adaptations were not all happy: Growing seasons in England and Continental Europe generally became short and unreliable, which led to shortages and famine. These hardships were nothing compared to the more northerly countries: Glaciers advanced rapidly in Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia and North America, making vast tracts of land uninhabitable. The Arctic pack ice extended so far south that several reports describe Eskimos landing their kayaks in Scotland. Finland’s population fell by one-third, Iceland’s by half, the Viking colonies in Greenland were abandoned altogether, as were many Inuit communities. The cold in North America spread so far south that, in the winter of 1780, New York Harbor froze, enabling people to walk from Manhattan to Staten Island.

    The article continued: “In the same way that the Earth shivered when sunspots disappeared, the Earth warmed when sunspot activity became pronounced.” (emphasis mine) “The warm period about 1000 years ago known as the Medieval Warm Period — a time of bounty in which grapes grew in England and Greenland was colonized — also was a time of high sunspot activity, called the Medieval Maximum.”

    IMAGINE THAT!!!! As sunspot activity decreased, earth’s climate got cooler, and as sunspot activity increased, Earth warmed. IT’S THE SUN, STUPID!!!

    Al Gore and his bleating sheep baah baah out the whine about a 1° temperature increase over a 100 year period. In the last 10 years, we have seen a 0.65° DECREASE in temperature. Well, actually, temperatures remained virtually unchanged for most of that last decade, then dropped nearly the equivalent of Gore’s entire century in the last year alone. Did we suddenly dump massively more CO2 into the atmosphere in the last year? That’s what Gore and his sycophants would have you believe. They’ve even changed their blather from “global warming” to “global climate change” in recognition of the undeniable! Was there such a sudden and dramatic infusion of CO2 to the atmosphere, as Gore et all STILL claim to be the cause of “climate change?” OF COURSE NOT!

    The solar cycle has shifted. It is as DEAD SIMPLE as that. As with the rest of recorded history, earth’s climate changes in response to solar activity. It has done so before man came along, and it is doing so today. CO2 has nothing of any significance whatsoever to do with it. It’s the SUN, Stupid!

    BUT…as long as Al Gore and his mindless propaganda regurgitators continue to consume the complicit press and our even more mindless elected representatives continue to fall for anything that blames America first, last, and always, we will do everything humanly possible to do EXACTLY the opposite of what we need to do. Instead of taking every drop of oil out of the ground that we can extract and store, building more nuclear AND coal power plants, returning our food crops to food usage instead of turning it into inefficient gasoline-substitutes, and building the economies of the nations capable of preparing for a potential climate shift, we will, unfortunately for our children and grandchildren, refuse to sanely address our energy needs, starve much of the world in the name of absurd token fuel alternatives, and destroy the very economies that keep the world running, all in the name of the biggest hoax ever perpetrated on the world.

    That can all, of course, be changed. Do we have the courage and the will to call the kettle black (and Al Gore a lying moron)? Or will we sit silently and watch the propagandists perpetuate their lies to our own detriment?