Study: Sun not linked to climate change

AP ^ | 4/3/08 | AP

[melt]

In a related study, it was found that human activity in Al Gore's carbon-eating house--- was more responsible for global warming than the Sun...

[wastedyears]

[Thickman]

In another study the researchers were unable to find a link between soy milk consumption and increased flatulation. Therefore they are correct in recommending that people not drink orange juice in order to reduce farting.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

OK then, global warming must therefore be caused by crappy dentistry.

[grey_whiskers]

Hmmm, no mention of peer-review or publication.

I wonder whether Gore paid for this as part of his $300 million PR blitz?

Cheers!

[Tamar1973]

Then how do these “bright bulbs” explain the fact that there’s global warming on Mars and Venus as well. Is that Bush’s fault, too!??!

[rfp1234]

[Always Right]

In another study the researchers were unable to find a link between soy milk consumption and increased flatulation. Therefore they are correct in recommending that people not drink orange juice in order to reduce farting.

Yeah, it pretty much sucks what passes for science anymore. If that logic were applied to a mathematical proof, it would get a well deserved F.

[Bommer]

"But we couldn't find the link they were proposing which means we are right to be cutting carbon emissions."

It also helps not to even look for one as well. You'd be amazed how many connections you can't make if you don't do any "real" research.

[jtal]

"This is of vast significance because if the skeptics are right, it would mean we're wasting our time trying to cut greenhouse gases," the researchers said in a statement. "But we couldn't find the link they were proposing which means we are right to be cutting carbon emissions."

Uhhhh ... how about finding the link between CO2 levels and warming before we do that?

[I got the rope]

I found the paper:

Testing the proposed causal link between cosmic rays and cloud cover/a>

Let's read it and report!

[50cal Smokepole]

This just in.....
“And on the medical front: Human saliva has been found to cause cancer ...
but only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time.”

Shamelessly ripped off from a VERY old SNL skit...

[JaneNC]

Oh fiddle dee dee
Of course the sun is linked to climate change. Doh

[norton]

"I found the paper...'cosmic rays and cloud cover'...
Let's read it and report!"

Don't need to read it,
it was less cloudy today than yesterday - so it must be true.

[21twelve]

“...said their research finds no evidence of a link between the ionizing cosmic rays and the production of low cloud cover.”

Okay. I’m pretty sure that is important to somebody somehow somewhere. But - to say that the Sun is not related to climate change assumes that its sole link is “low cloud cover”. How about high clouds? Medium clouds? Fog?! No clouds .....like Mars?

[melt]

And here is the BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7327393.stm

Interestingly, the author's name reflects his modern day Dark Age opinion:--- Black.

[microgood]

Based on funding percentages, the Global Warming industry is 95% politics and 5% science.

[devere]

“But we couldn’t find the link they were proposing which means we are right to be cutting carbon emissions.”

With logic skills like that on display, the rest of their arguments must be equally worthless.

[Rudder]

Although the misleading title says the "Sun not linked to climate change," the sole focus of this study's conclusion is the effect of cosmic rays, a very small portion of the sun's total energy output, upon earth's climate.

The study does NOT say that the sun has no effect upon earth's climate, only that the cosmic rays have no effect.

[TheEaglehasLanded]

What an idiotic study? My question would be if the sun went out tomorrow it would have no effect on our climate. What a dumb ass