Year Without a Summer?
Parts of the U.S. may have just that if AccuWeather.com’s long range expert and meteorologist Joe Bastardi is correct. Here’s a part of an article that appeared on their website today (June 9, 2009):
According to Long Range Expert Joe Bastardi, areas from the northern Plains into the Northeast will have a “year without a summer.” The jet stream, which is suppressed abnormally south this spring, is also suppressing the number of thunderstorms that can form. The ones that do form in areas of the Ohio Valley and West are forming in places with very cold temperatures, which can lead to more electrified thunderstorms than normal this year.
Of course you know where I am going with this, and I think justifiably so. If you adhere to a man-caused global warming theory, shouldn’t the Earth be getting, I don’t know, warmer? If you think the Sun is the main driver of warming, and cooling, then it would make sense the the Earth is cooling now that the Sun is quieter.
Now I will admit. I am not a scientist. But these guys are! I learned enough science in school to know that if your observations do, or don’t, match your theory, then it’s time to change, or not change, your way of thinking. I believe global warming was real. When the Sun was burning hotter in the late 20th century. I also believe that global cooling is real. It’s what is happening now because the Sun is quieter. Greenhouse gases do a play a role in keeping the Earth’s temperature a bit more steady and consistent across the globe, but as far as man tipping the balance, I don’t see it. Man’s contribution to CO2 in the atmosphere is so small as to be negligible. Indeed, the evidence is bearing that out.
