US Navy Physicist warns of crushing cold temperatures and global famine

Iceagenow.com ^ | 4/2/09 | James A. Marusek

[Michael_Michaelangelo]

US Navy Physicist warns of possibly 'several decades of crushing cold temperatures and global famine'

By Retired U.S. Navy Physicist and Engineer James A. Marusek

2 Apr 09 – Excerpts: “The sun has gone very quiet as it transitions to Solar Cycle 24.

“Since the current transition now exceeds 568 spotless days, it is becoming clear that sun has undergone a state change. It is now evident that the Grand Maxima state that has persisted during most of the 20th century has come to an abrupt end.

“(The sun) might (1) revert to the old solar cycles or (2) the sun might go even quieter into a “Dalton Minimum” or a Grand Minima such as the “Maunder Minimum”. It is still a little early to predict which way it will swing. Each of these two possibilities holds a great threat to our nation.

“We are now at a crossroad. Two paths lie before us. Both are marked with a signpost that reads “Danger”! Down one path lies monstrous solar storms. Down the other path lies several decades of crushing cold temperatures and global famine.”

[Michael_Michaelangelo]

Al Gore will save us!

[dforest]

Fire up those carbon emissions to save the planet. Lets get cracking!

[skr]

Would be nice to have a president with a healthy dose of skepticism.

[Frantzie]

A least this old ex-Swabby gets it. Solar radiation is what matters. If he is right then it will not be pretty. Get your ammo now.

[Red Badger]

or (3) it might go out................

[21twelve]

If you look at the sunspot data, the last four cycles look almost exactly like the four cyles before the Dalton Minimum occured. Not earth shattering cold, but chilly.

Of course if you look at the temperature data for the last few hundred of thousands of years, it looks like we are overdue for another major glaciation too.

[Marysecretary]

The fear mongers are out again in full force. Too funny.

[norraad]

"Listen to those dual-quads drink"

Beach Boys "Shutdown"

[Zeddicus]

This can’t be true. The science is settled. The sun’s activity doesn’t matter; only battery-powered cars and fluorescent light bulbs matter.

[Snickering Hound]

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/solarsystem/features/solar_minimum09.html

NASA has picked up on it, but don’t count on MSM coverage.

[TaxRelief]

so burning fossil fuels would be a good thing?

[deks]

‘zactly!

Stop the Ice Age... support global warming.

[Kartographer]

Heresy I SAY! Pure Heresy! We can only hope that Reverend Gore can save us from these infernal non-believers in the one true religion of Gorism and its bona fide tenet of Global Warming!

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“Stop the Ice Age... support global warming.”

Fantastic bumper sticker material! Get that copyright application in NOW!

[SoldierDad]

Damn!!!!! Where’s the global warming Al Bore promised???

[edcoil]

The nice result of global warming, if it existed at all would have been longer better growing seasons. Corn don’t grow in snow...

[Wyatt's Torch]

Please....this guy is an idiot...the sun has nothing to do with a changing climate....only human driven SUV’s, factories and Big Oil can alter the historical patterns of the earth heating and cooling....everyone knows that.....

[PA Engineer]

Here is the current image from spaceweather.com.



One of the problems I have with current sunspot record keeping is that we are using technology now that was not available to observers in the past. In particular the Dalton Minimum did not count many of the proto and actual sunspots that have been counted over the past two years.

[Centurion2000]

Think I’ll go buy a nice woodburning stove now.

[Centurion2000]

One of the problems I have with current sunspot record keeping is that we are using technology now that was not available to observers in the past. In particular the Dalton Minimum did not count many of the proto and actual sunspots that have been counted over the past two years.

So are you proposing that this is actually going to be worse as in closer to a Maunder Minimum?