39.48, -82.98 | Science can say definitely that changes in solar output have nothing to do with the observed global warming -- because solar output has not increased. It is time for science deniers to put up or shut up. That goes for climate change, anti-GMO, and anti-VAX claims. This is not an intelligent discussion, resorting instead to politics because one side has nothing else. Again, that may sound harsh but it is true and it's just as well you hear it here. There is no conservative physical equation, no conservative temperature series, no conservative general circulation model. To allow the discussion to continue as if there were two well-considered sides does a disservice to all. A recent poll shows that about half of Republicans agree with science...the only real dissenters are the tea party fringe. And 30% of them are in agreement. I know consensus probably doesn't matter to you but you should know just how far your views are from the mainstream. |