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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: "Washington Post Accidentally Admits Earth at Coolest Point in
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In article <vd9rlv$1dcog$1@dont-email.me>,
William Hyde  <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
>of direct observation does not agree with this view.
>
>As to the current warming the question is academic, as the pattern of 
>warming shows us clearly that this is not due to  an increase in solar 
>output.

Is this a good time to mention the faint young Sun paradox? 

For people unfamiliar with it, is the question of how to 
reconcile the young sun being 30% dimmer with the young Earth 
having liquid water. All things being equal, the Earth should 
have been well below freezing (on average) but it wasn't. So
all things weren't equal. 
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