Well, that’s a relief. At least it’s not global warming:
FIRST the good news. These bitter winters
aren’t going to last forever. The bad news is that they will go on for the next 30 years as we have entered a mini ice age.
So says author Gavin Cooke in his book Frozen Britain. He began writing it in 2008 and it was published last year when experts were scratching their heads at the cause of the bitter winter of 2009/10 which brought England to a standstill. Some said it was a one-off event, with experts predicting snowfall becoming increasingly rare.
Now, 12 months on, the current sub zero spell makes last year look just a bit chilly. Just like kids enjoying ‘snow days’ off school, Gavin ought to be delighted with the cold snap. After all, he can justifiably say ‘I told you so’. But he’s as glum as the rest of us.
So what’s the scoop? Why are the winters so bad?
Turns out, it might be the big ball of fire that “accounts for 99.8% of all the mass in the entire Solar System.”
Throughout the 20th century the sun was unusually active, peaking in the 1950s and the late 1980s. Recently sunspot activity has all but disappeared.
Gavin said: “It is the sun’s energy which keeps the earth warm and the amount of energy the earth receives isn’t always the same. I’ve looked at the evidence for global warming and while I understand and agree with a lot of it, there has been a lot missed out. A major factor is the activity of the sun.”
There is also solar wind – streams of particles from the sun – which are at their weakest since records began. In addition, the Sun’s magnetic axis is tilted at an unusual degree. This is not just a scientific curiosity. It could affect everyone on earth and force what for many is unthinkable – a reappraisal of the science behind global warming.
It was thought that carbon dioxide emissions rather than the sun was the bigger effect on climate change. Now a major re-think is taking place.
The upshot is that Gavin is not alone in predicting we face another 30 frozen years, each getting progressively colder than the last.
Yeah, that is good news.
Well I hope they hurry up and create a new tax to help offset what that giant 99.8% ball of mass is doing. (I’m trying to start wishing for things I know will come true)
Really? The sun is the key to the heat the earth does or does not receive? that is a huge breakthrough. Interesting that every ancient culture recognized this and modern ‘science’ is just now coming around.
Actually, they’d like to forget it and want us to forget it too. Never mind the fact that as you go further away from that big ball of plasma, the effects of global warming become more pronounced. As in, mars has a bigger jump than earth. And pluto had the biggest jump of all. At least, some report I saw not too long ago from NASA stated that and I tend to trust them a little more than I trust Al.
By the way, Al, do you think you can send us some Global Warming? It’s getting cold here and we sure could use some warmth.
I know damn well none of these so-called smart guys haven’t taken into account the galactic alignment that is happening in 2012 that only happens once in a hundred thousand years or so. Did they ever think of that?!