Comments on: An inconvenient cold http://twosen.com/2008/01/09/an-inconvenient-cold/ Current issues, feedback & complaints on public services in Malaysia Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:04:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nick http://twosen.com/2008/01/09/an-inconvenient-cold/#comment-50 Nick Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:23:07 +0000 http://twosen.com/2008/01/09/an-inconvenient-cold/#comment-50 The 'natural fluctuations in solar activity, or shifts in the tilt of the Earth's axis' explanations that Scott Thong attempts to offer as alternatives to the reality of human-induced climate change fall by the wayside of the science. As the Royal Society (the international scientific academy of the UK and Commonwealth) argues, solar activity has remained largely unchanged over the last thirty years, if anything declining, while that period marks the some of the most rapid increase in global temperatures that we have seen. This is the precise opposite to the relationship that Scott Thong seems to be suggesting. I'm not sure whether Scott Thong is attempting to be cheeky in throwing up spurious facts and relationships, or just being plain malicious. Climate change is threatening the lives and livelihoods of some of the poorest people in the world; there can be no room for the unfortunate complacency that Scott Thong demonstrates. At least (unless I'm wrong) he hasn't won the Nobel Peace Prize. The ‘natural fluctuations in solar activity, or shifts in the tilt of the Earth’s axis’ explanations that Scott Thong attempts to offer as alternatives to the reality of human-induced climate change fall by the wayside of the science.

As the Royal Society (the international scientific academy of the UK and Commonwealth) argues, solar activity has remained largely unchanged over the last thirty years, if anything declining, while that period marks the some of the most rapid increase in global temperatures that we have seen. This is the precise opposite to the relationship that Scott Thong seems to be suggesting.

I’m not sure whether Scott Thong is attempting to be cheeky in throwing up spurious facts and relationships, or just being plain malicious. Climate change is threatening the lives and livelihoods of some of the poorest people in the world; there can be no room for the unfortunate complacency that Scott Thong demonstrates. At least (unless I’m wrong) he hasn’t won the Nobel Peace Prize.

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