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Morgan Griffith

The two columns below show quotes (left column) from Morgan Griffith paired with what the science says (right column). Click on text in right column for full details.


Quotes by Morgan Griffith vs What the Science Says
"I was reading one report here that indicates that by 2020 we will reach a new peak on Sun spot activity, and this report actually suggests that the Earth's temperature may be raised by .5 degrees Centigrade as a result of the Sun spot activity."
8 March 2011 (Source)

In the last 35 years of global warming, sun and climate have been going in opposite directions

"why 40 years ago, when I was in elementary and middle school, were we taught that an increase in greenhouse gas effect was going to lead to a new Ice Age?"
8 March 2011 (Source)

The vast majority of climate papers in the 1970s predicted warming.

"why are the icecaps on Mars melting?"
8 March 2011 (Source)

Mars is not warming globally.

"the Lesser Optimum...We know that that led to the Vikings...dominating Europe for several hundreds years, and also led to where the icecap in the North is melting; we are now finding evidence of Viking habitation in those areas."
8 March 2011 (Source)

Other parts of the earth got colder when Greenland got warmer.

"I am concerned that we are shifting jobs to other parts of the world where they are not going to pay attention to this."
8 March 2011 (Source)

The benefits of a price on carbon outweigh the costs several times over.



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