[aruanan]

What evidence do they have that there’s going to be increased activity?

Well, because it goes in cycles and even after a long period with little or no sun spot activity, the activity increases. Now, after a long period with no sun spots, we see the occasional little one here or there. It's pretty good evidence that there will be increased activity. To argue the contrary, that lack of activity means there will never be such activity again, is ludicrous. Their statement that solar activity will increase is at the level of saying that winter follows fall and that spring will follow winter. Such a prediction is of the "DUH!" variety.

[Mamzelle]

That is quite reasonable. The problem is, NOAA has been caught in the Climategate scandal. The media has tried to gloss over this, but I have been following the story very closely these past two or three years. Who shall I believe?

It is really time to clean house. Those climate "skeptics" who have held true against the mega-dollar energy interests (Soros, et al) need to step up and start naming names and following the money.

The politically-correct scientists are corrupt, and need to be thrown out and their butts sued. There is a mechanism in US law that allows a lawyer to go after any academic who has filed for federal grant under false pretenses. I'd say that would be all the phonies around Al Gore. The lawyer gets to keep a percentage of the take. I don't know why I'm not reading about them being filed en masse.