[inquest]

Who the hell cares about the average national temperature? Nobody lives there! Nor do many Canadians live in the areas of Canada, such as the Yukon and the far northwest, where average temperatures were higher than normal and pulled the national average higher.

I'm not one to buy into this whole global warming business, but the above statement does not reflect well on the author's intelligence. To determine whether global warming is real, you have to take readings, well, GLOBALLY. Just taking readings where people live isn't going to provide you with much of a scientific sample.

[BushCountry]

However, many places in the world and including the US had much colder than normal temperatures this winter. So, it was the Canadian report of two degrees warmer that was BS. What was the global temperature change this winter? Here is something to ponder. November was much cooler than normal in the eastern two-thirds of the United States, in northern Europe, Russia and in China and Japan. I would bet that this trend followed throughout the whole winter.

[wbill]

According to NASA's satellite temp. readings, the Earth has actually cooled approximately .1 degree since they began taking readings.

I think that they started taking readings in the late 80s.