I'm fairly sure this bit of global warming denial propaganda is put out by a pro coal mining group:
http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/Gl...est/start.htmlIt's full of falsehoods, and worse yet people on another website I work with are buying into this BS, :banghead:
Here is a link to that discussion:
http://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?t=93024 and OMG, I so want to counter the info with the truth but sadly I can't due to conflict of interest issues with the website.
However here is what I would reply with if I could :
In the interest of equal time
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/12/1206_041206_global_warming_2.html The following section of that page should be of particular interest to those here who believe that what we see in the current state of global climate change is due to either natural cycles or solar output or both.
(snip)
• Some experts point out that natural cycles in Earth's orbit can alter the planet's exposure to sunlight, which may explain the current trend. Earth has indeed experienced warming and cooling cycles roughly every hundred thousand years due to these orbital shifts, but such changes have occurred over the span of several centuries. Today's changes have taken place over the past hundred years or less.
• Other recent research has suggested that the effects of variations in the sun's output are "negligible" as a factor in warming (snip)
Anywho, if someone here wants to educate some people there please feel free to post my would be reply ;)