Re: So What Is The Ideal Climate Then?

"0BZN0" <0BZN0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Dr. Don J. Easterbrook, Professor Emeritus Geology, Western Wa****ngton
> University, author of 8 books, 150 journal publications with focus on
> geomorphology; glacial geology; Pleistocene geochronology; environmental
> and engineering geology.
  Easterbrook is fond of claiming that there is a strong correlation
between
sunspot numbers and global
average temperatures.

  Here is the data.  No Correlation.

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     No correlation between sunspot number and global average temperature
     1958 -> 2007
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+-----------------------CO2->----------------------------------------------
  * = Data
  0 = Computed Regression

Y = Mx+B
M =  4.976998E-05 B =  14.18044
Correlation Coefficient  .01161709