From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 10:21:15 MST
Spudboy100@aol.com wrote,
> <http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/space/11/16/solar.cycles.ap/index.html>
>
> The cycle of sunlight intensity roughly follows a 1,500-year pattern,
based on
> analysis of the past 12,000 years. But the difference from the top of the
cycle
> to the bottom is very small, with less than a 0.1 percent difference in
energy
> levels, he said...
Contrary to first appearances, this may actually be used to help support the
global-warming theory. This analysis not only showed the 1/10% variation in
sunlight, but also showed that there has not been any larger variation than
that for the past 12,000 years. This means that sun cycles do not account
for global warming more than 1/10% variation. Other causative factors must
be at work to explain changes in global climate.
-- Harvey Newstrom <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant, Newstaff Inc. <www.Newstaff.com> Board of Directors, Extropy Institute <www.Extropy.org> Cofounder, Pro-Act <www.ProgressAction.org>
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