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Thursday, September 11, 2008


It’s Official; Global Cooling Is Real

Because the Farmer’s Almanac says so:

DUBLIN, N.H. — The Old Farmer’s Almanac is going further out on a limb than usual this year, not only forecasting a cooler winter, but looking ahead decades to suggest we are in for global cooling, not warming.

Based on the same time-honored, complex calculations it uses to predict weather, the Almanac hits the newsstands on Tuesday saying a study of solar activity and corresponding records on ocean temperatures and climate point to a cooler, not warmer, climate, for perhaps the next half century.

“We at the Almanac are among those who believe that sunspot cycles and their effects on oceans correlate with climate changes,” writes meteorologist and climatologist Joseph D’Aleo. “Studying these and other factor suggests that cold, not warm, climate may be our future.”

The Farmer’s Almanac you say?  They’re a bunch of crackpots? 

Maybe that’s right.  But why is it we don’t trust the Farmer’s Almanac?  I’d say it’s because people compare their predictions with what actually happens.  Sometimes they’re right on but sometimes they’re way off. 

So why then do we not subject the computer models predicting global warming to the same tests.  Compare their predictions with reality.  What we’ll find is that these same models have been absolutely worthless predicting actual conditions. 

The Farmer’s Almanac doesn’t get billions and billions of dollars to help them with their predictions.  The global warming alarmists pretty much get a blank check courtesy of you and me to help them with their studies.

We’ve been in a cooling trend since 1998 and in fact 2007 was much cooler than the models predicted.  The models have an enormous gap in their logic in that they make no prediction about cloud formation which is absolutely vital in order to understand the dynamics of any warming or cooling. 

When it comes down to it, the Farmer’s Almanac is actually based on sounder science than the computer models.  The Farmer’s Almanac makes predictions at least partly based on solar activity.  Their predictions now are based on the sunspot activity which is virtually nil.    We know that the last such event led to the Little Ice Age which was a difficult time for man and beast alike.

Of course the Farmer’s Almanac is just a little publishing company whereas the global warming movement has such intellectual stalwarts such as Al Gore and Barbara Boxer in their corner.

So why is it that we don’t evaluate the science of global warming by making them prove their case?  Would we sacrifice because of a prediction by the Farmer’s Almanac?  Of course not.  We shouldn’t be talking sacrifice now.

 

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Comments

Global cooling?

Zsa Zsa on September 11, 2008 at 09:06 am

Yeah, global cooling.  It’s at least as likely as global warming.


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The Whistler on September 11, 2008 at 09:09 am

The earths climate constantly changes and there is nil that we can do about.


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docdave on September 11, 2008 at 09:17 am

Yea! I thought they changed the name to climate change? That is so bogus! Why don’t they just say we want another BIG GOV. funded program to study climate?  I am sure the Dems would whine enough and make us all feel guilty enough that it would be approved. Instead they have to act like the world is coming to an end.

Zsa Zsa on September 11, 2008 at 09:24 am

I’m actually afraid of global cooling.  When that’s happened in the past people die, when it’s warmer they don’t starve to death. 
Interesting that the people that make money on accuracy claim one thing and the people that make money on govt and hysteria say another.

FlyOnTheWall on September 11, 2008 at 09:39 am
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I certainly know that when I want the best information possible an issue… I turn to the Farmer’s Almanac and other news bits generally spotlighted by political pundits. 

It turns out the National Center for Atmospheric Research is a liberal conspiracy perpetrated by Al Gore and a secret alliance between Islamofascists and Communists.  The billions of dollars running through “Big Environment” have made them the most powerful lobby in America today, helping them ruthlessly manipulate our government and cut into the profits of small Mom and Pop shops such as Exxon Mobil.  This conspiracy runs so deep that it even starts popping up in advanced Physical Chemistry textbooks.  Big brother is everywhere.

TheDecider on September 11, 2008 at 12:08 pm

I knew this is over your head.


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The Whistler on September 11, 2008 at 12:17 pm
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I knew this is over your head.

True 6 years of study and an advanced degree in Science doesn’t really qualify me to understand the issue.  Nice sig by the way, brilliant analysis.

There are actually plenty of ways to argue against global warming and not look ridiculously ignorant.  DocDave is on the right track, the world may be warming but how much humans have contributed to this is very much up for debate.  Arguments that involve secret farmer’s almanac formulas and rants about sunspots probably aren’t the talking points you’re looking for.

There are also easier ways to make Al Gore look stupid…. check out his hypocritical voting record mixed with his constant pandering and grandstanding… there’s no reason that guy should even be mentioned in a serious discussion about issues.

TheDecider on September 11, 2008 at 12:42 pm
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Warming, Cooling.. Cooling, Warming…

Bottom Line.. It’s “Change”!!

The Climate “Changes”!

And by God, we Humans hold responsibility!!

i feel so guilty…...........

Jerry on September 11, 2008 at 01:34 pm

DocDave is on the right track, the world may be warming but how much humans have contributed to this is very much up for debate.

Thanks for your pleasant comment.  Yes, the human element in climate change is doubtful and should be studied but the preponderence of scientific knowledge favors cosmological and geological affects.


One of the most important talents for success in politics is the ability to make utter nonsense sound not only plausible but inspiring. Barack Obama has that talent. We will be lucky if we escape the catastrophes into which other countries have been led by leaders with that same charismatic talent.
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docdave on September 11, 2008 at 02:08 pm

Arguments that involve secret farmer’s almanac formulas and rants about sunspots probably aren’t the talking points you’re looking for.

You really are clueless aren’t you?  I pointed out that most people don’t believe the farmers almanac because they compare reality with the predictions.

And I pointed out that holding the global warming activists to the same standard would blow their entire agenda away.


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The Whistler on September 11, 2008 at 03:29 pm
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You would think that TheDecider, with his six years of study (in what?) and an advanced degree in Science (which field?) would actually READ the article before he commented on it.

Fatalerror94 on September 12, 2008 at 12:48 am
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