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> wrote
> : "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 that there is a strong correlation
between
global temperature and sunspot numbers
Here is the correlation over the last half century.
View with mono spaced font.
No correlation between sunspot number and global average temperature
1958 -> 2007
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* = Data
o = Computed Regression
Y = Mx+B
M = 4.976998E-05 B = 14.18044
Correlation Coefficient .01161709
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