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["Lisa K. V. Perry" <lkvp AT floydva.net>]

Lynda wrote:

>  A lot agree that man has contributed to global warming and that it
>  runs in cycles which man has speeded up to way beyond the normal time
>  frame for this particular cycle.
From Earthchangestv.com, you can learn that some think today's "global 
warming" is a normal warming trend due to changes in the sun. Even if 
this theory is true, we should still take steps to minimize pollution, 
lower emissions and greenhouse gas.

http://www.earthchangestv.com/artman/publish/article_10094.php

Duke Univ. Study - 'Sun’s Cause of Warmer Globe' Dr. Scafetta on ECTV 
“Radio Hour”
By Mitch Battros - ECTV
Oct 5, 2005, 01:22

Dr. Nicola Scafetta, Physicist from Duke University who is the co-author 
of a research paper published Sept. 28, 2005 Geophysical Research 
Letters Journal, will be on this Thursday’s ECTV “Radio Hour”. Along 
with Dr. Bruce West, a Duke adjunct physics professor, Dr. Nicola states 
their findings indicate that climate models of global warming need to be 
corrected for the effects of changes in solar activity.

Scafetta's and West's study follows a Columbia University researcher's 
report of previous errors in the interpretation of data on solar 
brightness collected by Sun observing satellites. The Duke physicists 
also introduce new statistical methods that they assert more accurately 
describe the atmosphere's delayed response to solar heating. According 
to Scafetta, records of sunspot activity suggest that solar output has 
been rising slightly for about 100 years. However, only measurements of 
what is known as total solar irradiance gathered by satellites orbiting 
since 1978 are considered scientifically reliable.


_Thursday October 6^th _ – *Dr. Nicola Scafetta*, Physicist from Duke 
University. We will be discussing his latest research paper outlining 
the Sun as a dominate role in climate change. *Website*: 
http://www.fel.duke.edu/~scafetta/ <http://www.fel.duke.edu/%7Escafetta/>