Re: Sunspots hit new highs

From: Martin Frey (martinfrey_at_snipclara.co.uk)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 17:31:55 +0100

"Tom H." <tom_reader@att.nospam*.net> wrote:

<Much SNIPped>

>Now back to science again, from what I have read there are still many parts
>of climate modeling that are big question marks. Three that come to mind
>are water vapor, ocean currents, and sunspot activity. Water vapor (and its
>condensation into clouds) plays a big roll in greenhouse warming, but its
>concentration varies widely both in time and in space, and a good model for
>this seems unavailable. So, if the models choose to neglect (or poorly
>calculate) the factors that are not well known, then the accuracy of the
>model could be way off.

We do seem to be in a period of less climate stability/predictability.

Why? What has changed? Maybe sunspots, maybe ocean currents, maybe
something we know nothing about.

But also the amount of CO2 has gone up steeply and among all the
natural factors that produce CO2 man's the increase is in step with
man's increased use of fossil fuels. There is at least a posibility of
a connection.

Should we do anything about it? Hell no. Until every last t is crossed
and i dotted, let's get another even bigger, even heavier SUV to go to
the out of town supermarket. People that are concerned about these
things are Old European surrender monkey wusses. etc.

At least that's what I'd say if I was a politician heavily dependent
on oil money.

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