On 24 Sep 2005 01:10:01 GMT, D Murphy wrote:

Cliff wrote in news:ctm8j1tphc5mtmbcspp8nr75pivpm7n4n9@
4ax.com:

He added, however, that the study also showed that over the past 20
years the number of sunspots had remained roughly constant, while the
Earth's temperature had continued to increase.

Well that statement is flat out wrong. An absolute lie in fact. How
reliable is the rest of the BS you're posting?

Sheesh .... That was a DIRECT QUOTE from the link
that was posted by someone objecting to global warming ...
and shown as such, IIRC.

And it's quite probably true if any of it is. Recall that
it's a 20 year average type of statement ... it does not
claim that the usual sunspot cycle is not in effect.

You should be able to search some of the primary solar
observatories for data BTW. And don't forget Helios-type
data either.

Someone from the Hubble might be lurknig about ...
--
Cliff