Why aren't we cooling off? Maybe because we are just barely past a high in the sunspot cycle.
And, it's the wrong question anyway. Why was the global warming rate higher before the 1950's than it was after? The supposed C02 increase came in the later period. Global warming should be zooming up now that the economies of China and India are zooming up, but it isn't.
In regard to the man-made GW theory, the question isn't why aren't we cooling, but why aren't we warming in the last decade. The sun-made GW theory is clear that the Sun is at a peak, warming should be slowing, and cooling to happen some years ahead.
>> Why aren’t we cooling off? Maybe because we are just barely past a high in the sunspot cycle. <<
That hardly explains the fact that we haven’t been cooling off for a couple thousand years.
>> And, it’s the wrong question anyway. <<
It depends what your interests are.
>> Why was the global warming rate higher before the 1950’s than it was after? <<
It’s not. That was true in the late 1980s, when skepticism of global warming began.
>> Global warming should be zooming up now that the economies of China and India are zooming up, but it isn’t. <<
This much is true, but I’d caution you the same way I’d caution the global warming alarmists: Don’t use single-factor analyses or short time frames to detect long-term trends. We’re discussing climate change, not weather change.
>> In regard to the man-made GW theory, the question isn’t why aren’t we cooling, but why aren’t we warming in the last decade. The sun-made GW theory is clear that the Sun is at a peak, warming should be slowing, and cooling to happen some years ahead. <<
True, but again: don’t look, in experiential data, for any easy confirmation in a given theory for the next few decades.