"One of the difficulties in identifying the causes of the Little Ice Age is the lack of consensus on what constitutes "normal" climate."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
"We have some concerns about the objectivity of the IPCC process, with some of its emissions scenarios and summary documentation apparently influenced by political considerations."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPCC#_note-
"The Maunder Minimum is the name given to the period roughly from 1645 to 1715 A.D., when sunspots became exceedingly rare" ~~ "The Maunder Minimum coincided with the middle — and coldest part — of the so-called Little Ice Age, during which Europe and North America, and perhaps much of the rest of the world, were subjected to bitterly cold winters."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum
~~This is a small amount of data, but the links will help. Look through these pages, follow some of the links. Explain exactly what politics or consensus has to do with science.
2007-03-31
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