Brrrrrrrrrrrr

[DimPrawn]

Long term trend is down down down.

And yet CO2 is higher than ever and increasing everyday.

And yet the Guardian readers still cling on to their green eyed dream attacking people with nice cars they can't afford.

[BlasterBates]

Yes it might be getting cooler but the arctic ice cap is still disappearing:




http://ocean.dmi.dk/arctic/icecover.uk.php

....oh hang on!

[DimPrawn]

And the warm climate is killing all the Polar Bears. Or is the Chinese with high powered rifles?

Rich Chinese thrill seekers paying £50,000 for ¿trip of a lifetime¿¿ to kill endangered polar bears | Mail Online

[gingerjedi]

And yet the Guardian readers still cling on to their green eyed dream attacking people with nice cars they can't afford.

But the nice cars they can't afford are some of the greenest on the market, the BMW 2.0d is greener than a Prius and still goes like the clappers.

[Spacecadet]

But the nice cars they can't afford are some of the greenest on the market, the BMW 2.0d is greener than a Prius and still goes like the clappers.

and has less nasty rare earth metals which the batteries in the pious need

[DimPrawn]

and has less nasty rare earth metals which the batteries in the pious need

Which need to be reprocessed every few years at great cost in terms of money, energy and materials.

[Doggy Styles]

They always say follow the money instead of following opinions.

MF has started buying sledges again, that's good enough for me to believe in global cooling.

Well, global cooling in England anyway.

[doodab]

And the warm climate is killing all the Polar Bears. Or is the Chinese with high powered rifles?

Rich Chinese thrill seekers paying £50,000 for ¿trip of a lifetime¿¿ to kill endangered polar bears | Mail Online

if you believe the ice caps are melting as some claim, these bears are going to die anyway, so you may as well hunt them

That's one way to look at global warming I suppose.

[BrilloPad]

This discussion is pointless.

Can anyone actually tell when when I can get my barbercue out? And when I can switch my aircon on?

[pjclarke]

ORLY? You wouldn't know a long term trend if it bit you somewhere painful. Click

The global average lower tropospheric temperature anomaly cooled a little more in February, 2012, again not unexpected for the current La Nina conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean

The 3rd order polynomial fit to the data (courtesy of Excel) is for entertainment purposes only, and should not be construed as having any predictive value whatsoever.

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