alt.energy.renewable

Eric Sears wrote:

> david.williams@bayman.org (David Williams) wrote:
>
> >-> I have never seen, where I live, two consecutive snowy nights
> >-> or a near blizzard during the day, in April.
> >
> >I talked with my sister, who lives near Manchester, England, this past
> >Saturday. She was watching the snow fall. She said that on Friday
> >morning the temperature was 17 deg. C., but fell to about 2 C over the
> >course of a few hours.
> >
> >That sort of thing is normal at this time of year here in Canada. In
> >recent years, the British climate seems to have been getting more like
> >the Canadian one. This snowfall is just another example.
>
>
> I don't usually get involved in these discussions since the majority
> of scientists are clear about overall global warming,

Really ?


> and seasonal variations are not necessarily an indicator of general
> trends.

Global temps have been dropping for the last 10 years. Hardly 'seasonal' !
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23411799-7583,00.html


> However, I think it was predicted quite some years ago that the
> reduction in the northern polar ice cap would reduce the flow of the
> gulf stream - which is what keeps England and parts of the continent
> warmer than they would otherwise be.
> I saw figures a year or more ago that implied that the Gulf stream was
> slowing down. Does anyone have any up-to-date info on the state of the
> Gulf Stream flow?

Yes. That theory has been shown to be plain daft.

In fact, according to its disciples, increased melting of Arctic ice should
actually encourage the Gulf stream. It's when you run out of ice to melt
that the alleged problem would occur.

Graham