Patrick J. Michaels : Deafening Silence on Real Climate Change - Townhall.com

Having been a licensed weather observer for more than 20 years from 1975 to 2001 and having worked intimately with aviation weather, reporting, observing, and delivering that information to thousands of aviators over that time period, I am convinced Global Warming is a myth designed to allow political control of people and resources, nothing else. NASA satellite pictures and on the ground weather observations from Antarctica belie the myth. 200 years of scientific study of weather, trends and causes point to two recurring weather cycles corresponding to the minor 7 year and the major 22 (or 11) year cyclic of sunspots as being the best indicators of long term annual weather cycles. We are presently in a solar calm and those cause cooling conditions, a fact that will become increasingly apparent over the next few years. Anyone happen to notice the US has been unusually cool and moist this year; MO is about 10-12 inches over its normal annual rainfall average at present and the year is not yet over. Record rains have fallen throughout the W and Midwest for the past few years. Montana went through a considerable draught these past few years but snow has again begun to fall and accumulate just as it did in the early 80's. The Rocky Mountains have recorded record snowfalls in several areas during the past couple years and they have also been increasing. In 1978 there was a widely published study that said the US was descending into a new mini ice age that was expected to last 200-300 years or more. Add to those facts that CO2 is NOT a greenhouse gas (heat capturing) and it's time to rid ourselves of some dumbass politicians incapable of discerning data. FACT: CO2 is used by every green living plant in the world. Fact 2: CO2 is pumped into commercial greenhouses to improve the growing conditions. Fact 3: the byproduct of plants is O2 (oxygen) taken from the CO2 used. If we really want to affect CO2 levels, plant and grow more green plants. The hoopla about Global Warming is about political power over people and resources, mainly our monies. Full Story