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Nature testing Mr. Gore's twaddle
Waterbury Republican-American ^ | October 6, 2008 | Editorial

Posted on 10/07/2008 8:13:32 AM PDT by Graybeard58

Internet Al Gore says the science of climate change is settled. It's no longer if, but when mankind's activities will cause catastrophic warming that will ... well, you know the spiel. Before we go on: Mr. Gore's Web site offers advice to acolytes about spreading the Gospel of St. Albert. In writing op-eds to newspapers, for example, he recommends avoiding "any legalese, jargon, or excessive use of statistics" (translation: don't let facts get in the way of a good rant). "(C)ome across as the voice of reason, not a boring know-it-all."

Like Al Gore.

But while he and his disciples, including Gov. M. Jodi Rell with her carbon rationing, sputter and fret, Mother Nature quietly is running her own global-warming experiments. And so far, their apocalyptic vision is losing.

The solar wind, which is the stream of charged particles ejected by the sun, is more than 20 percent weaker than it was a decade ago. As explained by renowned physicist Henrik Svensmark of the Danish National Space Center, a weaker solar wind permits more cosmic rays to reach the earth's surface. Those rays promote the formation of clouds, which reflect the sun's rays and thus cool the planet.

At the same time, the sun's magnetic field is 30 percent weaker than a decade ago and that reduces the natural cosmic-ray shield, and global temperatures, further.

Another natural force, the "multi-decadal oscillation," also is having a chilling effect, according to a scientist in Alaska — "the front lines of climate change," as warmists are so fond of saying. Writing in his hometown newspaper, Syun-Ichi Akasofu, former director of the Geophysical Institute and the International Arctic Research Center, both at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, said the earth is in the midst of the latest oscillation.

The oscillation was responsible for planetary warming from 1910-40 and 1975-2000 and cooling in between. 2000 marked the beginning of a new cooling phase that has been confirmed by numerous climate scientists in Britain, Japan and the United States. "Further," he wrote, "NASA data shows that warming in the southern hemisphere has stopped, and that ocean temperatures also have stopped rising."

All these phenomenon, by the way, correlate precisely with the recent 1 F decline in the earth's average temperature.

In other words, the Gospel of St. Albert is undergoing rigorous testing by nature itself.

If against these natural forces global temperatures continue to rise, then factors other than solar activity and normal climatological fluctuations are driving climate change.

But if the planet continues to cool, then Mr. Gore's theory would be reduced, officially, to so much gasbaggery.

We urge governments near and far to hold off on their Draconian measures to combat warming until the results of Mother Nature's tests are known.


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1 posted on 10/07/2008 8:13:33 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: raybbr; libertarian27; piytar; norton; ConservativeMind; Lurker; Mr.Smorch; pinkpanther111; ...

Ping to a Republican-American Editorial.

If you want on or off this list, let me know.


2 posted on 10/07/2008 8:14:26 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

This country has more to worry about than Al Gore. This idiot needs to be permanently put on the back burner. I believe he is still pissed at the American people for not electing him President and he’s trying to make us pay for it. Get rid of him and his plans.....for good and ignore him.


3 posted on 10/07/2008 8:22:12 AM PDT by RC2
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To: RC2

This country has more to worry about than Al Gore. This idiot needs to be permanently put on the back burner. I believe he is still pissed at the American people for not electing him President and he’s trying to make us pay for it. Get rid of him and his plans.....for good and ignore him.
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Now if John McCain would just stop praising him...


4 posted on 10/07/2008 8:28:24 AM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: Graybeard58

We must have control over Mother Nature. After all we stopped acid rain didn’t we? We must have, I haven’t heard anything about it for decades. Sarcasm/OFF.


5 posted on 10/07/2008 8:29:33 AM PDT by timydnuc (I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees.)
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To: timydnuc
Acid rain damage to the finger lakes of the Adirondacks was found to actually come from acidic runoff from the Adirondack soil.
6 posted on 10/07/2008 8:32:40 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: RipSawyer
Now if John McCain would just stop praising him...

Whenever somebody posts this, all you hear is the sounds of crickets chirping.

Why do you think that is so?
7 posted on 10/07/2008 8:38:55 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (GOP: If you reward bad behavior all you get is more bad behavior.)
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To: Graybeard58

This is a great article.

This newspaper is good. I’ve seen other articles posted from them and each is good.


8 posted on 10/07/2008 8:39:39 AM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Graybeard58

My carbon credit hedge fund derivatives I bought are worthless?


9 posted on 10/07/2008 8:44:29 AM PDT by listenhillary (Should we turn Alaska or Texas into our Galt's Gulch?)
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To: SoConPubbie

Why do you think that is so?
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I don’t think people want to be reminded that the reward for defeating the most dangerous man ever to be a major party nominee is four years of someone that we don’t really want. I still plan to vote for McCain though.


10 posted on 10/07/2008 8:52:01 AM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: timydnuc
We must have control over Mother Nature.

LOL.

I remember when the kooks said that the deforestation of tropical rain forests in Brazil was the culprit of global warming. For some reason, liberals think they can control Mother Nature easier than a second rate South American nation, so the story changed.

11 posted on 10/07/2008 8:56:49 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Graybeard58

Ahhhh....
nothing quite like having your twaddle tested!! LOLOL


12 posted on 10/07/2008 9:06:51 AM PDT by gimme1ibertee (Sarah...it's all up to you,girlfriend!)
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To: Graybeard58

Cooling ain’t cool if it keeps up for very long
We will be in a heap of trouble


13 posted on 10/07/2008 9:40:10 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: Graybeard58

It’s gonna take the MSM a looong time to flush this down a Algore lo-flo toilet.


14 posted on 10/07/2008 9:50:47 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, but DemocRATs believe every day is April 15th. - Reagan)
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To: Graybeard58
Nature testing Mr. Gore's twaddle

Ewwwwwwww!

15 posted on 10/07/2008 9:55:34 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (Where are we going and what are we doing in this economic handbasket?)
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To: Graybeard58
Nature testing Mr. Gore's twaddle

Twaddle-testing is immoral, and illegal in seven states.

16 posted on 10/07/2008 10:33:18 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
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To: Lazamataz
Twaddle-testing is immoral, and illegal in seven states.

That still leaves fifty states where I can test my twaddle.

Welcome back.

17 posted on 10/07/2008 10:51:32 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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18 posted on 10/07/2008 3:53:36 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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