[Thebaddog]

There was a History Channel show on last night about the Mayan Civilization and there was a commentator discussing the downfall of the culture and his first theory was sunspot activity affecting the climate negatively by causing Global Warming. I kid you not, it came out of his mouth.

[C210N]

... a History Channel show on last night about the Mayan Civilization and ... I kid you not, it came out of his mouth.

I believe you. By saying that, the production of that History channel show was probably paid for by a government grant, and then some.

[gleeaikin]

The decline of Mayan civiliation may indeed have been influence by solar induced global warming. One effect could have been an increase in severe droughts. This seems to be one of the causes of the Darfur crisis. Also in the last global warmest period in historical times, sea levels were 5 to 8 feet higher than they are today. Whether global warming is natural and man caused, we better start thinking about sea levels pretty darn quick. New Orleans was only a wake up call.