Let's pretend it's warming up

We may need to soon, as we try to convince ourselves that we are warm, even as we shiver. The main problem right now is that the sun is not being cooperative in helping man turn the Earth into a gigantic ball of fire. Solar activity (sunspots and flaring) have been decreasing since 2002, and it seems that aside from all the screaming, these phenomena contribute the most, by many magnitudes, to global warming.



Less Sun activity means reduced solar winds, longer-lasting and more frequent cold advection around the polar ice caps (yes, they will grow), refreezing of freshwater bodies such as the Dutch canals and portions of the Thames, and reduction in ariable land for food production. Climate scientists including NASA solar physicists, climatologists, geophysicists, and other professionals predict that another full solar cycle, which concludes sometime in 2012, should be enough to provide strong indications for which side is right, the warming fanatics or the cooling advocates.



The reason I use these two descriptive terms (fanatics and advocates), is that global warming ideology permits no debate at this time. Try to debate the point with anyone who tells you you should stop using incandescent bulbs. Count the sentences before they call you "ignorant" or worse. Those of us who believe that the science is incomplete are not allowed to participate in the conversation.

Look at the climate legislation that just passed the US Congress without one single member of the House, Democrat, Republican, or Independent, having read the bill.



By around 2020, I believe we will have a firmly established trend of either global warming or cooling. In the mean time we need debate and peer-reviewed study - not political grandstanding. We need to hold off on decisions that materially affect the economy and the national well-being, such as the boondoggle that just made it through Congress. We need to return the debate to the scientific, not political arena.



Let us take that step in the Senate, and throw this piece of legislative junk in the trash, where it belongs. We can do it even though Al Franken was allowed to steal his Senate seat. Since Kennedy and Byrd are out for medical reasons, the vote need not be fillibuster-proof. If Republicans can act together (hear me, Olympia and Susan?), we can help protect America from its non-representing representatives. I hope this will be the case. In any event, I am stocking up on 1,000 incandescent bulbs and dimmer switches, so I can at least enjoy my lighting until I pass away. When I'm dead, I won't hear my kids and grandkids screaming at me for bequeathing them such lunacy as this climate bill.