[Telepathic Intruder]

How can anyone draw a straight line through that mess of randomness? It looks like wishful thinking to me.

[clyde asbury]

It's standard in statistics. Whether or not anything can be said from only 7 years of data is another question.

How can anyone draw a straight line through that mess of randomness? It looks like wishful thinking to me.

[Calvin Locke]

The "average" temperature is also pretty useless. I heard one scientist say the slight warming has been in the winter months, so the heating needs have been reduced, and the growing seasons extended.

The increase has not affected Summer temps.