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I'm not sure how you would quantify the impact of something like that scientifically considering how flawed the major climate models have proven to be. What is
by willmadden 5y ago
I'm not sure how you would quantify the impact of something like that scientifically considering how flawed the major climate models have proven to be.
What is impossible to deny is that we're heading into a grand solar minimum, and that the earth cools substantially every time this happens.
Personally, I believe it is time to take a very hard look at how grant money is distributed, and get politicians, governments, and special interests out of the process.
Depoliticizing grant money distribution and open sourcing the research process itself before publication are the two most powerful things we can do to speed along scientific progress.
- 7thaccount 5y agoIsn't a solar minimum just an 11-year cycle, while climate change is more about the long term implications of natural and human-caused impacts? I don't think that's the same as a little ice age. I do agree that there is a huge amount of waste in government grants, but there is value as well.
- willmadden 5y agoSolar cycles are 12 years, but grand solar cycles are every 350-400 years. Half way between grand solar cycles, we have a grand solar minimum, which is a period of ~100 years where solar activity is suppressed throughout 12 year solar cycles. These coincide with population reductions throughout history (mini ice ages). Check out the Maunder Minimum for the last time this happened. We're heading into one now, there is no denying it.