The outlook for global warming - cloudy!

Regular readers may have noticed that the subject of HAFs (Hot Air Fanatics) and their bizarre claims and predictions concerning man-made global warming has almost disappeared from these distinguished columns in the last year.  The reason is simple.  The whole scam, the entire Alice in Wonderland phantasy, the complete cockamamie idiocy of the entire theory has been exposed for what it is.  It now stands naked and solitary, the object of mirth and ridicule.  Of course, it still lives.  This giant, bloated body of self-deception and arrogance will not be easily disposed of, but it's definitely on its way out, it's only a matter of time, and in a few years we shall look back on it all and smile that we ever fell for such nonsense.

The latest dagger to the heart of the beast has been wielded by a Dane, Henrik Svensmark, who has propounded the idea for years that the sun's rays are critical in the formation and nature of clouds. After years of delay and obfuscation CERN finally managed to conduct experiments which, to their own acute embarrassment, turned out to confirm Svensmark's hypothesis at the particle level.  The results have been published but with Svensmark himself relegated to one tiny mention and the boss of CERN forced to issue a statement saying, in effect, please, everyone, don't get us mixed up in the global warming warfare!

However, Svensmark's propositions need to be investigated further because if he is right and it is cosmic rays that have far and away the greatest effect on global temperatures then all that nonsense about carbon can be ditched along with the idiots who proposed it and the politicians (for example, Al Gore, 'over there', and the 'Lesbian Straightener', 'over here') who supported them and shovelled shed-loads of our money in their direction.

Of course, we must not become too excited by these experiments which take place at particle level.  There are series of much more complex experimental steps to be taken before we can definitely take it that the suns rays, or lack of them, effect our cloud cover and thus our climate.  However, there has been a little nudge and wink from the 'man in the sun' over the last very few years because sun spot activity has dwindled almost to nothing and, coincidentally, I'm sure(!), we have suffered one rotten cool summer after another due to fairly constant cloud cover.

I have said it before and at the risk of being even more tedious than usual I will repeat it again, it is global cooling which is our immediate problem.

ADDITIONAL:  This from The Mail:

According to the Met Office, the UK’s average temperature from June 1 to August 15 was only 13.9c (57f), the lowest in 13 years.

But temperatures in central England – between London, Manchester and Bristol – have averaged 15c (59f), the worst since 1993.

 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100102296/sun-causes-climate-change-shock/

http://motls.blogspot.com/2011/08/cloud-1-nm-aerosol-particles-increased.html

http://calderup.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/cern-experiment-confirms-cosmic-ray-action/

Comments

[A K Haart]

Good post - I've been interested in Svensmark's theory for years.

The sun was always likely to be a factor in climate change, as were clouds and ocean heat circulation. We could be having an effect ourselves and CO2 could be a minor factor, but because CO2 has been promoted for political reasons, other more likely factors haven't received the funding they should have.

What tends to be forgotten is that colder climate would be far more damaging than a warmer one. We should prepare for it, but not with more windmills.

[David Duff]

I cannot add a single word to your comment, AK, it says it all!

[dearieme]

It's been a lovely summer for me - lots of brightness, pretty dry and only one hot, humid day. Gorgeous!

[David Duff]

Down here, April was amazing - not one single April shower! But thereafter it has been only so-so with the occasional sunny day - but no real warmth. Global warming!!! what prats they are!