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    Ger Hayden
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    This Gem just appeared: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cold-winters-set-to-continue-for-50-years-509342.html

    Ger

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      This Gem just appeared: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cold-winters-set-to-continue-for-50-years-509342.html

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      Dalek Dave
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      Who are you and what have you done to the real Fat Boy?

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        This Gem just appeared: http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/cold-winters-set-to-continue-for-50-years-509342.html

        Ger

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        Munchies_Matt
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        Yeah, its been suggested by Svensmark that solar sunspot activity affects the ability of cosmic rays to form clouds and there is some basic science and some empirical evidence to support him. As you might know cloud chambers are used to show the existence of radiation, alpha, gamma and beta produce different trails in a magnetic field in a cloud chamber. The solar wind created by sun spots blows away cosmic rays, leading to less clouds, and thus warming. When the sun goes quiet, more clouds are formed leading to cooling. Its not a new theory, Herschel, the Royal Astronomer, noted a correlation between sun spot activity and the price of grain. --edit-- And no doubt this thread will be flamed, shame, its an interesting topic. :)

        "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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          Who are you and what have you done to the real Fat Boy?

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          hairy_hats
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          He's behindbelow you!

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            Yeah, its been suggested by Svensmark that solar sunspot activity affects the ability of cosmic rays to form clouds and there is some basic science and some empirical evidence to support him. As you might know cloud chambers are used to show the existence of radiation, alpha, gamma and beta produce different trails in a magnetic field in a cloud chamber. The solar wind created by sun spots blows away cosmic rays, leading to less clouds, and thus warming. When the sun goes quiet, more clouds are formed leading to cooling. Its not a new theory, Herschel, the Royal Astronomer, noted a correlation between sun spot activity and the price of grain. --edit-- And no doubt this thread will be flamed, shame, its an interesting topic. :)

            "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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            Dalek Dave
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            fat__boy wrote:

            Its not a new theory, Herschel, the Royal Astronomer, noted a correlation between sun spot activity and the price of grain.

            Amazing fact, but True.

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              Who are you and what have you done to the real Fat Boy?

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              Munchies_Matt
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              fat_boy got deleted, then Fat_Boy got reported as a troll, and he got deleted, so fat__boy has incarnated. :) Ger Hayden is obviously someone who doesnt mind discussing what has oft beenn touted as the defining issue of our generation. Unlike some here. :)

              "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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                fat__boy wrote:

                Its not a new theory, Herschel, the Royal Astronomer, noted a correlation between sun spot activity and the price of grain.

                Amazing fact, but True.

                ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                Munchies_Matt
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                Yeah, it is quite telling.

                "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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                  He's behindbelow you!

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                  Dalek Dave
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                  I am strangely uncomfortable with the idea of him being either behind or below me.

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                    I am strangely uncomfortable with the idea of him being either behind or below me.

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                    loveangel888
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                    Think again, you should be glad that he's not above you.

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                      fat_boy got deleted, then Fat_Boy got reported as a troll, and he got deleted, so fat__boy has incarnated. :) Ger Hayden is obviously someone who doesnt mind discussing what has oft beenn touted as the defining issue of our generation. Unlike some here. :)

                      "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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                      fat__boy wrote:

                      Ger Hayden is obviously someone who hasn't spotted what happens to climate-related posts in the Lounge

                      FTFY.

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                        fat__boy wrote:

                        Its not a new theory, Herschel, the Royal Astronomer, noted a correlation between sun spot activity and the price of grain.

                        Amazing fact, but True.

                        ------------------------------------ I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^] Trolls[^]

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                        I thought that global temperature was linked to the number of pirates. :-D Changes in sunspot activity that apparently cause temperature changes on Earth don't cause corresponding temperature changes on Mars, so I am suspicious of claims of a direct link.

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                          I thought that global temperature was linked to the number of pirates. :-D Changes in sunspot activity that apparently cause temperature changes on Earth don't cause corresponding temperature changes on Mars, so I am suspicious of claims of a direct link.

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                          Mars is a) much further away and b) has a very much thinner atmosphere and c) has no ocean to stabilise the temperature.

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                            Mars is a) much further away and b) has a very much thinner atmosphere and c) has no ocean to stabilise the temperature.

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                            hairy_hats
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                            If (c) was a factor then sunspots should have more of an effect.

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                              Mars is a) much further away and b) has a very much thinner atmosphere and c) has no ocean to stabilise the temperature.

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                              Nagy Vilmos
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                              So there are no pirates on Mars?


                              Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                If (c) was a factor then sunspots should have more of an effect.

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                                Dalek Dave
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                                No, for it is dynamic stability. Otherwise we would be boiling all day and freezing at night. The sunspots are indicators of a long term solar output, not the cause of the fluctuations.

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                                  So there are no pirates on Mars?


                                  Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                  Dalek Dave
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                                  There are pyramids and an ancient Osiran God.

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                                    So there are no pirates on Mars?


                                    Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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                                    Firo Atrum Ventus
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                                    There is, 100 years in the future

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                                      fat__boy wrote:

                                      Ger Hayden is obviously someone who hasn't spotted what happens to climate-related posts in the Lounge

                                      FTFY.

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                                      Ger Hayden
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                                      Must admit - that had escaped me. ...Although I am thinking of another one for the end of the month where I draw reference to a weatherman whose 'scientific forcasting' had prediced temperatures of up to 33 C for these parts this month. Most days we are lucky to get 13 C... I wonder how he gets if funding

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                                        There are pyramids and an ancient Osiran God.

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                                        chethu665
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                                        Dalek Dave wrote:

                                        Osirian

                                        FTFY! :)

                                        "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" -Pascal

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                                          fat_boy got deleted, then Fat_Boy got reported as a troll, and he got deleted, so fat__boy has incarnated. :) Ger Hayden is obviously someone who doesnt mind discussing what has oft beenn touted as the defining issue of our generation. Unlike some here. :)

                                          "The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." http://opinion.financialpost.com/2011/04/07/climate-models-go-cold/

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                                          Pete OHanlon
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                                          I don't discuss it because I know enough to know that I don't know enough about the science behind the global warming debate to be able to have a reasoned discussion on it; so I leave the topic well alone.

                                          Forgive your enemies - it messes with their heads

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