I don't know about blatant left wing lie. Fundamentally though, it's a tough sell since we've only been tracking CO2 levels for some time. It's like saying it's the most active hurricane season. We don't know what the hurricane season in Florida was like in 750 AD.
Dude......there are people that believe dinosaurs walked with people and the universe is 6000 years old, Earth before the Sun etc..........
Yes, I know I'm being silly expecting people to be rational and consistent.
Part of it is that in your scenario, there's no opposing opinion. Scientists across the board agree on the eclipse and the timing. With other scientific research, we are more calloused... how many scientists paid by RJ Reynolds denied for years there were any significant health risks from smoking? How many paid scientists from Monsanto say modified foods are anything but perfectly safe? How about scientists and sugar / fat? Sugar scientists won out, fat was deemed evil, sugar went into everything, and now everybody is fat and diabetic.
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Sun spot activity is also a contributing factor. Solar flares and sun spots affect the amount of radiation with which the earth is bombarded. That radiation can warm the earth. More sun spots will cool the Earth because sun spots are cool areas that emit less radiation. In times of low sun spot activity the earth is bombarded with MORE radiation which warms the planet. These sun spots seem to run in 11 year minor cycles and 40 to 50 year major cycles. That's why back in the 80s people were actually claiming an ice age was coming.Part of it is that in your scenario, there's no opposing opinion. Scientists across the board agree on the eclipse and the timing. With other scientific research, we are more calloused... how many scientists paid by RJ Reynolds denied for years there were any significant health risks from smoking? How many paid scientists from Monsanto say modified foods are anything but perfectly safe? How about scientists and sugar / fat? Sugar scientists won out, fat was deemed evil, sugar went into everything, and now everybody is fat and diabetic.
Now with global warming, again there are dissenting opinions depending on who is paying for the "research", or what political party affiliation is behind publishing which results.
I'm with Greg. The earth has been heating and cooling for many cycles, long before man or the evil internal combustion engine was in the scene. I'm inclined to think most of it is due to a natural cycle and not man. That said, I'm open to the possibility that man is possibly accelerating the cycle. To what degree I'm not certain - although I'm skeptical it is anything too significant (for once, no doomsday theory from me!
RINO!
Is that before or after 9 gets a hold of them.
So it all has to do with Velco Mittens?
