quote:Originally posted by NashBama:quote:But over the LONG TERM, temperatures have risen, Nash. In case you don't understand it, rising temps are called "Global Warming."
It doesn't take a scientist to see the spike in 1998 and the drop right after back to the range before 1998. You completely ignored it.
I "completely ignored" it? I've already explained in detail why it is flawed. Twice.
I can show you data from yesterday compared to today and used that as "proof" that the globe is cooling. Is it valid? Of course not.
I'll address the assertion in a little but more detail, though. 1998 marked the peak of the solar maximum. This is a period of sunspot activity that cycles about every 11 years. Temperatures on earth are effected by these maximums and minimums. We are just about to complete the solar MINIMUM now Nash. Scientists fully expect temps to "ratchet" up again and when it peaks again 11 years from now, the temps will likely be higher than the temps in 1998.
That is why LONG TERM data is important. That is why a ten year period is statistically meaningless. So I'm not just dismissing your data because I disagree with it. I disagree because the science backs me up.
I did look at most (if not all) of the crap you posted from the GW deniers and individuals who disagree. I've already explained why one individual does not refute the vast data suggesting GW as real just a Kent Hovind's stupid stance on young earth creationism is scientifically flawed.
You posted a link to a couple dozen "organizations" that oppose GW. I soundly refuted a sampling of them and showed how they were mostly organizations that were formed for the ole purpose of denying GW and how many of them were funded by Big Oil. Nash, that is not science. It's politics. I note that you completely ignored that post.
I asked you one simple question: Show me one graph that shows a LONG TERM cooling trend. You failed miserably. NONE of your links contained that, Nash. None. Prove me wrong.
I asked you to produce one single chart that shows a decrease in CO2 -- something that refutes the fact that CO2 leaves are the highest they have been in over 2 million years. You failed miserably. Instead, you simply denied that there was any relation to temps and CO2 at all and stupidly asserted your own fabricated reality. You may as well say gravity doesn't exist, Nash. That's how stupid that sounds.