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Ice Ages Linked to Periods of Solar Inactivity
It wasn't long ago astronomers identified a new sunspot indicating the beginning of a new solar cycle. However, the solar activity was short lived and the sun's surface returned to dormancy. Some astronomers have begun hypothesizing a sustained lack of activity could actually trigger a mini ice age similar to a period of cold that hit only a few centuries past. Although it is still far too early for any accurate assessments of future inactivity, many astronomers are already perplexed by this cycle's particular lack of sunspots. If the ice age theory held water, would it not be a bittersweet irony for environmentalists to begin crying about "Global Cooling?"
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Lack of control means less worry
I don't think environmentalists would get as worked up about it if the sun went through a cool period. There's not a lot we can do about it; whereas with the current climate change / global warming concerns, the evidence is that human activity is a major causal factor in the problem, requiring us to change our ways.
Lack of control over the Sun = no funding. Global Warming....er, strike that....Global Climate Change = metric buttloads of funding from groups wanting to expand government control into every aspect of the human condition. I will say once again. I'll believe climate change when the people who are shrieking about climate change actually *change* what *they're* doing.
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I love the cold cause I am cool. by Eye.Of.Sage :: NR6 :: Show
I wouldn't mind if the world freezes. Better than buring alive right? That's also one of the reason why I went to a college on the northern side of U.S.