Re: Global temperature could drop 1.5 degrees C (3 degrees F) by 2020

Stan Gorodenski  wrote:

> The scientific accuracy of the article is highly in doubt. It begins 
> with the statement Months have passed with no spots 
> visible on its disc. 

Stan, the article was dated Dec. 4 so than means the author
probably wrote it in November and no sunspots had
been observed from July to November.  So the article 
appears to be correct in making the claim 
"Months have passed with no visible spots"

> Whitehouse is obviously spreading false information 

What specific information is false? It appears to me Whitehouse's 
claim of "months of no visible sunspots" was accurate up to the 
end of November (just before the article was published).

Back in 2004 Whitehouse published an article about sunspot 
activity being at a long-time HIGH:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/3869753.stm

"Sunspots reaching 1,000-year high Sunspots are plentiful 
nowadays A new analysis shows that the Sun is more active 
now than it has been at anytime in the previous 1,000 years."

The bottom line for me is scientists are UNCERTAIN why the
earth got warmer in the decades prior to about 1940,
then cooled between 1940-1975 then got warmer 
1975 to ~2000 and temps have been rather steady 
2000 -2007.  So what the next 20 years may bring is 
anybody's guess.  True, the concentration of CO2 in the
atmosphere will increase slightly, but it also increased 
slightly from 1940 -1975 and yet the earth cooled.

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.

 
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