Global Warming Myth

The following is from the The Washington Times.

Al Gore and his minions continue to chant that "the science is settled" on global warming, but the only thing settled is that there has not been any since 1998. Critics of this view (rightfully) argue that 1998 was the warmest year in modern record, due to a huge El Nino event in the Pacific Ocean, and that it is unfair to start any analysis at a high (or a low) point in a longer history. But starting in 2001 or 1998 yields the same result: no warming.

Science no longer provides justification for any rush to pass drastic global warming legislation. The Climate Security Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman and John Warner, would cut emissions of carbon dioxide — the main "global warming" gas — by 66 percent over the next 42 years. With expected population growth, this means about a 90 percent drop in emissions per capita, to 19th-century levels.

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The Earth has been warming at the same rate since the end of the little ice age, about 1700 AD. But overall the Earth has been cooling slightly since the end of the Holocene Climate Optimum, about 6000-8000 years ago. Earth is currently experiencing the Holocene Interglacial period, awaiting the start of the next major ice age. Major periods of glaciation occur about every 100,000 years, and have done so for millions of years. No one knows why the pattern repeats, just that it does.

There is a brief climate history of the late Holocene Period here.