On Jun 15, 8:52*am, dave wrote:
On 06/14/2011 10:45 PM, wrote:

"Moreover, any offset of global warming due to a grand minimum of
solar activity would be merely a temporary effect, since the
distinct solar minima during the last millennium typically lasted
for only several decades or a century at most."

Judging from the last two winter seasons this may be true . The Little
Ice Age is almost here . Has anyone seen or heard of Al Gore lately ?

There will be no little Ice Age. The earth is hotter than it has ever
been with people on it, and that will continue. The magnetic collapse in
the sun will not be enough to balance out our trashing of the
atmosphere. There were 1/6 as many people in the 17th century.

A) No man alive can foresee whether there will be or not a new Little
Ice Age . These observations take centuries to compile . B)
2000-3000-4000 years ago the weather in general was slightly warmer
(!) than today ,at least in the original Cradles of Civilization e.g.
the Mediterranean basin . D) Any physical event on the Sun always
had some impact upon the Earth, whether we like it or accept it or do
not . E) The fact that the total poulation is much higher today , than
in the 17th century is the proof that : human life longevity is much
greater due to the advances in science AND technology , wars were
implemented as a constant tool of resolving nearly ANY minor
differences , the famines of the past were MUCH greater and longer
than we can imagine . On the subject of wars , for instance , the
Thirty Years War in Europe wiped out entire regions , some areas lost
50% of the population or more . Talk about the 'good old days' . . .