Fritz Vahrenholt

This is a very good book, and does justice to the fact that we - or scientists - do not take the effect of the sun into their calculations when talking about climate change.

I have been surprised that Germany has so many solar power installations, considering that it has very little sunshine.

Yes, indeed, there does seem to be a case for taking the sun's effects into the calculations while estimating climate change, and if indeed the sun is going through a cooling phase, it may explain, in part, why there are such cold winters in certain parts of the world.

I am not sure about the 1,000 year cycles, as we cannot estimate the accuracy of measurements 1,000 years ago.

Also, I am a little wary of the rather strident tone in the book. This can seem colored, and I wonder if their own bias sometimes overshadows the effects of the other factors on climate change. The book uses a lot of data from Europe, and many parts of the world seem to be neglected in it's analysis. Does pollution in Asia affect the climate?

This is a good book, and it raises some very valid points.… (meer)