There is a train of thought in the world of Climate Change, and by Climate Change I'm talking about the Greenhouse effect, and that is that we are not currently suffering from the effects of our own doing and that in fact we are simply at a natural high point in terms of heat from the sun based on our history. Recent records don't necessarily indicate this, though they do indicate fluctuation. in the early 1900's the temperature on average rose by 0.25 Celsius, but then proceeded to drop again by 0.2 Celsius in the next 40 years after that. Now we are back on the temperature rise side of things and it does seem to be happening faster than it should for natural fluctuation. But all of this is based on a very short frame of reference and I for one feel that while the theories are all sound enough in their appearance, and that the action being proposed should be carried out regardless of our situation, the most prudent thing to do for the integrity of our actions is to actually widen that frame of reference

An article published in the New Scientist suggests that we can get details about solar heat strengths all the way back to the 1600's, greatly increasing our ability to understand the context of the climate that we are discussing so avidly in these recent times. It is vitally important, I feel, that this sort of work is done. If this Climate Change period turns out, as small as a chance as that appears, to be a natural freak occurrence then without having more information about solar patterns we can fall foul of people, especially industries that would really rather not spend money to become more green, bending the situation to their own means.