Comments on: Global Warming Incoherence http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/12671 High Flying Political Debate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:03:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: WWS http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/12671/comment-page-1#comment-511497 WWS Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:49:07 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=12671#comment-511497 I agree with Hugh Hewitt - this could be a great opportunity to popularize Rep. Paul Ryan's roadmap. I agree with Hugh Hewitt – this could be a great opportunity to popularize Rep. Paul Ryan’s roadmap.

]]> By: WWS http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/12671/comment-page-1#comment-511474 WWS Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:44:03 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=12671#comment-511474 Here's a funny story I saw today - just 15 months ago Robert Kennedy penned an op-ed saying that he KNEW global warming was real because it hardly ever snowed in D.C. anymore. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/RFK-79834057.html Here’s a funny story I saw today – just 15 months ago Robert Kennedy penned an op-ed saying that he KNEW global warming was real because it hardly ever snowed in D.C. anymore.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/RFK-79834057.html

]]> By: Neo http://strata-sphere.com/blog/index.php/archives/12671/comment-page-1#comment-511466 Neo Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:32:45 +0000 http://strata-sphere.com/blog/?p=12671#comment-511466 <blockquote><a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V61-4Y7P9TM-2&_user=126770&_coverDate=01%2F25%2F2010&_rdoc=25&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info%28%23toc%235801%239999%23999999999%2399999%23FLA%23display%23Articles%29&_cdi=5801&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=50&_acct=C000010399&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=126770&md5=8e7c5b053445f616e030ea66cb6b46bc" rel="nofollow">The researchers found</a> that the current interglacial has indeed lasted some 2.0–2.5 millennia longer than predicted by the currently dominant theory for the way in which orbital changes control the ice-age cycles. This theory is based on the intensity of solar radiation reaching the Earth at latitude 65 degrees North on 21 June, the northern hemisphere Summer solstice. But the anomaly vanished when the researchers considered a rival theory, which looks at the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth the same latitude during the summer months. Under this theory, sea levels could remain high for another two thousand years or so, even without greenhouse warming.</blockquote>So the dominant theory regarding the current interglacial is that it is some 2.0–2.5 millennia longer than predicted. The next best says the next ice age starts in 2000 years. So why is anybody worried about AGW ?

The researchers found that the current interglacial has indeed lasted some 2.0–2.5 millennia longer than predicted by the currently dominant theory for the way in which orbital changes control the ice-age cycles. This theory is based on the intensity of solar radiation reaching the Earth at latitude 65 degrees North on 21 June, the northern hemisphere Summer solstice.

But the anomaly vanished when the researchers considered a rival theory, which looks at the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth the same latitude during the summer months. Under this theory, sea levels could remain high for another two thousand years or so, even without greenhouse warming.

So the dominant theory regarding the current interglacial is that it is some 2.0–2.5 millennia longer than predicted. The next best says the next ice age starts in 2000 years.
So why is anybody worried about AGW ?

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