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>> : "They don't tell you, that, in their computer models, it's assumed
>> that CO2 drives global warming. In other words, you assume the result
>> and say the computer model proves we were right. It's garbage in,
>> garbage out. If you don't program the computers to cause temperatures
>> to rise with CO2, then you have nothing." Dr. Don J. Easterbrook,
>> Professor Emeritus Geology, Western Wa****ngton University
Easterbrook is fond of claiming a strong correlation between sunspot
numbers and
global average temperatutes.
The data shows otherwise.
Here is the data over the last several decades.
View with mono spaced font.
No correlation between sunspot number and global average temperature
1958 -> 2007
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Y = Mx+B
M = 4.976998E-05 B = 14.18044
Correlation Coefficient .01161709
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