Global temperatures not risen since 1998....?

Question

Does this mean I can go back to driving my car and putting my washing on at a temperature that actually washes my clothes?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7329799.stm

Answer 1

Earth temperature & weather changes over time (year time) due to many factors, one of which can be (politically too sensitive to talk):

The earth axial (pole) shifts from time to time, for example - in 1984 the earth's pole was off centre by 11 degree (77 degree north 102 degree west) and changing, and in 2006 the axial tilt to 23.4 degree off centre, and worse - the earth was about 7.25 degree to the sun's equator.

Remember the earth rotate in elliptical form round the sun, some years a bit closer or further away, our weather changes with it.

Other factors such as man made (by mistake), for example:

The CFCs problem, this stuff (chlorofluorocarbons - chlorine and fluorine bonded to carbon) were used in most household goods during pre and post war period up to the 1990's, but later realised that the process of nature destroying the stuff were too slow, but worse scientist find the stuff (CFCs) regenerate itself (a chain reaction happen) in the upper atmosphere, a global ban was enforce.

But too late, a large hole (a large decrease of ozone) was found in 1985 over Antarctica, ice started to melt. It will take nature about 50 - 100 years to repair itself.

We don't know what else we might be responsible due to our action, but certainly not cars. But if we dig deep into science, we might find out the reasons of the man made part not nature part of global warming.

Regards

Bill

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Answer 2

Global warming is all a load of old twaddle if you ask me. It's just another way of getting money out of us poor old car drivers and consumers. If we add another day on, every four years, (Leap year. Who's stupid idea was that?) that's more than a month added every hundred years, so of course the seasons are going to be in different places eventually. I can remember droughts etc when I was a kid 35ish years ago and huge snowfalls periodically. As far as I am concerned, nothing much has changed. I agree we should take care of rescources and stop filling the planet with rubbish, but the powers that be, are insulting our intelligence with theories. What caused the Ice age? Farting dinasours? They should give us some credit.

Answer 3

Just like acid rain, global warming isn't going to happen.

Just like acid rain global warming is slowly proving to be a myth.

they say 'Global warming is happening', funny how it just seems to be taking the next year off on holiday eh?

Trouble is we are in a no win situation, because when global warming is eventually proved it isn't happening, all the greenheads will say it's because we stopped everybody driving their cars etc.

Answer 4

Yes they have.  1998 was the hottest year on record because of an abnormally strong El Nino cycle.  However, the *average* global temperature has continued to increase, as you can see in these graphs of the global temperature data:

http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs...

http://tamino.files.wordpress.com/2007/0...

In understanding global warming, it's important to differentiate between weather effects like the El Nino Southern Oscillation which can change global temperatures in the short-term from year to year, but not in the long-term, and long-term climate effects like human greenhouse gas emissions.

Answer 5

i do . but i'm about to park my car because of gas prices , they are outta controle.don't get me wrong i love planet earth but to say we can change it  , we cannot , and we would have to change the rest of the solar system also and we cannot .

Answer 6

More reasons to switch back to the good ole' Moped.

Answer 7

I'm puzzled by your question. The BBC report clearly says the average global temperature is only slightly cooler than last year because of the well known La Nina weather phenomenon, and that this last decade has seen the highest average global temperatures on record, and that the continuing trend is upward. The report confirms the trend of higher average global temperatures, not the opposite.

Answer 8

I'm still not convinced about the whole global warming thing.  Personally, living in the UK, I've noticed nothing but global soaking!