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To: Merrick; V_TWIN

We are heading into Solar Minimum.

The sun is producing less energy so we can expect cooler weather, generally.

But as with all things weather related, we are talking averages over long periods.

No mathematical model is going to predict the future.

I pray that it won’t be a Grand Solar Minimum.

I’m too old for an Ice Age.


25 posted on 09/21/2026 3:18:37 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Actually, that’s highly disputed. And the leading theorist on this, Henrik Svensmark of the Danish National Space Institute, says that solar emissions during high solar activity seed cloud formation and cool the planet, and that during a quiet sun there are less clouds so it’s hotter.

But, like I said, the data is marginal at best and it’s a controversial claim.


30 posted on 09/21/2026 3:23:18 PM PDT by Merrick (It's a car - that runs on water, man.)
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