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On to the topic at hand..............

In a follow up to my previous blog titled "Researchers find no sun/climate change link" I bring you a link to David Archibald's March presentation to the International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC), which is titled "Solar Cycle 24: Implications for the United States". In his presentation, Archibald tries to demonstrate that the sun does indeed drive the earth's climate, contrary to the UK study, led by Terry Sloan. Archibald uses the proposed relationship to predict the earth's climate to 2030.

Some of the main conclusions from Archibald's presentation.......

1. The earth is getting colder (0.06 degrees per year since 1998) and will accelerate to 0.2 degrees per year starting sometime in 2009.

2. Carbon dioxide (CO2) has a miniscule warming effect.

3. Increasing CO2 will increase agricultural productivity.

4. The ideal atmospheric CO2 level is a minimum of 1,000 ppm. Dr. James Hansen (head of NASA GISS) believes the maximum safe level for CO2 is 350 ppm.

The presentation by David Archibald is right here.I recommend looking through it. It is long, but he does have some very interesting graphs.

According to the ICCC, David Archibald is a scientist operating in the field of cancer research, climate science and oil exploration.