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To: JustaDumbBlonde
One season of cooler and wetter than normal temperatures does not a trend make.

My sympathy for the bad season you're going through. Clarification on two points I was trying to make:

1) I think we are in a general trend of colder, wetter weather. I think this has been going on for some years, and is tied to a lack of sunspot activity. For this reason, I think fears of a longterm Global Warming trend are inflated. A year like this one is not sufficient proof of this, but I think it does serve as one example of the existing trend.

2) IF Global Warming were a real thing, we're all supposed to panic and worry about our impending doom. I fact, I think many (not all) farms would benefit from warmer temperatures, longer growing seasons, and more abundant CO2. I'm sure Global Warming (if it were real) would bring some challenges -- but my knowledge of history tells me that cold, wet weather present much more serious challenges for humanity. If every year were like this year, I think it would be bad. So, I don't worry about Global Warming nearly as much as I do about Global Cooling.

38 posted on 11/05/2009 7:45:16 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Play the Race Card -- lose the game.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Thanks for the clarification. We could use a little global cooling here in Louisiana (just not this month ... we’re trying to get cotton to open). ;-)


39 posted on 11/05/2009 7:54:04 AM PST by JustaDumbBlonde (Southern by choice ... American by the grace of God)
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