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Dr Willie Soon reveals the real driver of climate change in new video : Comments
By Tom Harris, published 2/3/2026Is climate science ignoring the obvious? A 12-minute case for the Sun as the main driver.
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The early 1900s warming wasn't caused by multiple factors. Solar output increased, volcanoes were relatively quiet for a while, and natural variability in the oceans all played a part. As even deniers will selectively point out, climate is multifactorial.
But the situation changes once you get to the late 20th century. From the 1970s onward, solar activity isn't increasing. It's flat. Yet temperatures keep climbing. That's where the “iT's ThE sUn” explanation collapses.
When scientists test this properly, they don't just eyeball graphs. They run simulations with different drivers switched on and off. If you exclude greenhouse gases, the late-century warming largely disappears in those simulations. Put them back in, and the models produce the upward trend we actually observed.
You don't have to think climate models are perfect to see the pattern. Solar variability can help explain some earlier fluctuations. It does not account for the sustained warming over the past five decades. The timing simply doesn't line up.
Stick to mechanical engineering, Tom. You make a terrible scientist.