Incredibly Important News about Global Warming -- er... Climate Change --er... Nothing

The Daily Mail is reporting this morning on figures released last week in the UK by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia that show that over the last 15 years world temperatures have not risen at all. Let me make that clear: the University of East Anglia where the beating heart of the Global Warming Theory is located now confirms that for the last 15 years there has been NO WARMING! During this time, carbon dioxide levels have continued to rise without any slowing in growth; accordingly, the computer models used to predict the climate all indicate that there should have been continuing warming of the globe. In 2007, the very people who issued the information predicted that based upon the continuing increase in CO2, there would be an overall increase of 0.3C between 2004 and 2014. In 2009, they predicted that at least three of the years 2009 to 2014 would break the previous temperature record set in 1998.

The current pause in warming may be related to the change in the ocean temperature cycles. The Pacific has already moved into its cooler phase in that roughly 70 year cycle. The Atlantic is about to flip into the cooler phase as well. Indeed, it may be that the fact that both oceans were in their warmer phase during the 1990's led to the great warming during that decade.

The current pause in warming may also be related to the reduction in solar radiation. The current 11 sunspot cycle is showing much less solar activity than those which preceded it. Indeed, overall solar activity seems to be declining. The last significant decline came in the 18th century, the so called Maunder Minimum, which also coincided with the little Ice Age when world saw temperatures plummet.

The new temperature data is a critical piece of information both for scientists and governments. Untold billions of dollars are being spent right now to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. These expenditures may all be a waste of money. In fact, if the climate is cooling in line with both the ocean temperature cycles and a solar energy cycle, it may well be that higher levels of carbon dioxide will reduce the cooling cycle. The truth is that no one actually knows. What we do know, however, is that the computer models used by Al Gore and his fellow fanatics to proclaim the scientific consensus regarding global warming are clearly flawed. Sure, one year could vary from the predictions. Even five years could vary. Fifteen years of failure for the models, however, is a pretty good indication that there are serious flaws in them.