July 08, 2004
Quote of the Day
Now, I am no climate scientist, but I harbor a suspicion that maybe, just maybe, one factor impacting on the Earth's climate just might be - now, I'm just throwing this out - the sun. I find discussion of the sun's impact on global weather to be oddly absent from the reams of paper speculating on how minute variations in various gases here on earth may affect climate, rather like speculating on how adjusting the air pressure in your tires a few ounces might affect fuel efficiency without ever considering the, well, fuel you are putting in the tank.
Posted by Russell Whitaker at July 8, 2004 09:43 AM | TrackBackRather amusing tidbit: In the period after the September 11, 2001 attack, when flights were grounded, the *lack* of contrails from jets allowed for a detectable warming due to sunlight not being reflected.
Another butterfly in the chaos mix.
Posted by: Curt Howland on July 10, 2004 05:29 AM