Global Cooling?

Interesting article on the global cooling we've been experiencing the last 11 years. Obviously the article isn't saying that we shouldn't do our part in protecting our planet but still very interesting how our climate seems to be doing the opposite of what the global warming advocates are saying will happen. Planet earth may survive despite what we've done to it as humans...either it is an incredible adaptation or science may need a new theory to get government grants for.

As an academic - I've always thought it important to look at all the angles/perspectives on a issue and I read a book by Bjørn Lomborg a few years ago entitled The Skeptical Environmentalist and it definitely captures another side to the argument. He believes that Global Warming is a reality and we should do something about it but that perhaps there is a smarter way of dealing with it.

He suggest that, "....we focus on the smartest solutions to the problems that the world faces, whether we're dealing with climate change, communicable diseases, malnutrition, agricultural subsidies, or anything else. Lomborg finds that the smartest way to tackle global warming is to invest heavily in R&D in non-carbon emitting technologies, which will enable everyone to switch over to cheaper-than-fossil-fuel technologies sooner and thus dramatically reduce the 21st century emissions. Specifically, he suggests a ten-fold increase in R&D in non-CO2 -emitting energy technologies like solar, wind, carbon capture, fusion, fission, energy conservation etc..."

Here's a little quote that urges us to check out his latest book Cool It from his website:

Bjorn Lomborg argues that many of the elaborate and expensive actions now being considered to stop global warming will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, are often based on emotional rather than strictly scientific assumptions, and may very well have little impact on the world's temperature for hundreds of years. Rather than starting with the most radical procedures, Lomborg argues that we should first focus our resources on more immediate concerns, such as fighting malaria and HIV/AIDS and assuring and maintaining a safe, fresh water supply-which can be addressed at a fraction of the cost and save millions of lives within our lifetime. He asks why the debate over climate change has stifled rational dialogue and killed meaningful dissent.
Lomborg presents us with a second generation of thinking on global warming that believes panic is neither warranted nor a constructive place from which to deal with any of humanity's problems, not just global warming. Cool It promises to be one of the most talked about and influential books of our time.

Anyways - apparently the forecast continues for cool temps, strong chance of rain for the rest of the summer...I may just have to travel where some Global Warming is actually taking place!