Climate Change Seems To Have Stalled

Yesterday Der Speigel reported that scientists are puzzled as to why global temperatures have stopped rising over the past ten years.  Maybe they are about to realize that we really don't know all there is to know about what controls global temperatures. 

The article states:

"...not much is happening with global warming at the moment. The Earth's average temperatures have stopped climbing since the beginning of the millennium, and it even looks as though global warming could come to a standstill this year.

"Ironically, climate change appears to have stalled in the run-up to the upcoming world summit in the Danish capital, where thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, scientists, business leaders and environmental activists plan to negotiate a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations."

The thing to notice in this quote is that "Billions of euros are at stake in the negotiations."  There is a move in some circles to make 'carbon credits' the new currency.  Many American politicians will make a lot of money if global warming regulations are put into effect.  The meeting in Copenhagen is not about climate--it's about making the countries that have prospered give up their prosperity and give large amounts of money to poorer countries.  Many of the countries receiving the money have political structures in place that will allow the leaders of the country to become very rich while having no impact on either pollution or the general population in that country. 

The bottom line here is simple.  It is foolish to make drastic worldwide economic changes to combat a problem that may not even exist.  There have been climate cycles since the world began, there is no reason to doubt that these cycles will continue indefinitely.