Its The Sun - Not Your SUV

icarus · 01-25-2009, 02:38 PM

This is because we cling to the imperial measure of time,,, minutes, hours, days weeks etc.

If we had adopted the metric time we would all understand it. 10 second minutes, ten minute hours, ten hour days, ten day weeks, ten week months, and ten month years. Now do you all understand? It couldn't be simpler. I am only ten years old!

Icarus

Sacto1549 · 02-01-2009, 01:52 AM

Actually, the Sun has ENORMOUS influence on Earth's climate. The best-known example of this is the famous Maunder Minimum from 1645 to 1750, a period very low to zero sunspot activity that corresponded perfectly with very cold winters in Europe of these years (the Thames River through London regularly froze over in winter). It was this period that the legendary Stradivarius stringed instruments were assembled, mostly because with the cold winters the wood used to build the Stradivarius violins were much denser than normal.

Alric · 02-01-2009, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sacto1549

Actually, the Sun has ENORMOUS influence on Earth's climate. The best-known example of this is the famous Maunder Minimum.....

I think the best example of the sun's influence on climate is the seasons...

BTW, current solar activity can not be used to explain the precipitous warming of the past 200 hundred years.

01-25-2009, 02:38 PM	#11
icarus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: quetico, on/bellingham, wa Posts: 1,215 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #7 Thanks: 9 Thanked 50 Times in 39 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Its The Sun - Not Your SUV This is because we cling to the imperial measure of time,,, minutes, hours, days weeks etc. If we had adopted the metric time we would all understand it. 10 second minutes, ten minute hours, ten hour days, ten day weeks, ten week months, and ten month years. Now do you all understand? It couldn't be simpler. I am only ten years old! Icarus

02-01-2009, 01:52 AM	#12
Sacto1549 Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sacramento, CA USA Posts: 60 My Car: Other Non-Hybrid Model: Package: N/A Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Its The Sun - Not Your SUV Actually, the Sun has ENORMOUS influence on Earth's climate. The best-known example of this is the famous Maunder Minimum from 1645 to 1750, a period very low to zero sunspot activity that corresponded perfectly with very cold winters in Europe of these years (the Thames River through London regularly froze over in winter). It was this period that the legendary Stradivarius stringed instruments were assembled, mostly because with the cold winters the wood used to build the Stradivarius violins were much denser than normal.