On Oct 22, 3:05 am, Dave Ludlow wrote:
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:06:51 -0700, Scott W

wrote:
...the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction has come up
against an "inconvenient truth". Its research shows that since 1998
the average temperature of the planet has not risen, even though the
concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has continued to
increase.

GW crusaders, is that right or wrong?

--
Dave

As far as I know it is true, but it is equally true that the mean
global temperature fell from about 1940 to 1976 when one could have
expected it to have risen, given subsequent trends. If it is true
that 1998 was the warmest year and is *still* the warmest year it
seems quite possible that the warming from 1976 to 1998 was to partly
a natural fluctuation. This doesn't deny the man-made component,
which looks too obvious to ignore, apart from theroetical
considerations, but it does mean that natural fluctuations may be more
important than first thought. Those who would deny man-made GW should
not obtain any comfort from this idea particularly if they examine the
last 100 years or so.

Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.