Sunspot warming theory "deeply flawed"

As 15,000 representatives from around the world gathered in Copenhagen last week to discuss what to do about global warming, an alternative "skeptics' conference" was convened across town to discuss theories of how the globe could be warming without human influence. (Guardian UK) Among their ideas, geothermal activity is melting the ice caps, volcanic activity is primarily responsible for spiraling CO2 levels and changes in solar activity are at fault for fast-rising temperatures.

Pound360 isn't sure about the geothermal and volcanic theories, but we've heard this solar activity theory, the work of Henrik Svensmark before. Some climate skeptics have rallied behind his work. (New Zeeland Herald) But his theory that there's a connection between sunspot activity and global warming is "deeply flawed."

When Pound360 first read about Svensmark's theory (we read about it in Discover magazine, which doesn't seem to like publishing their magazine material online, otherwise we'd throw you a link), we were fascinated. Then we read this and weren't so fascinated anymore.